Research Topics

Research and academic activities aligned with every Sustainable Development Goal

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The University shall devote its work to research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its agencies.
Charter of the United Nations University

People — topics on improving lives of people everywhere

Planet — topics on preserving and improving our environment and natural resources

Peace and partnerships — topics on fostering peaceful, just, and inclusive societies

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Expert Receptionist & Management/Office-Assistant

Ingeborg Eijssen-de Beer

Ingeborg Eijssen-de Beer is Receptionist & Management/Office-Assistant at UNU-MERIT

Expert Researcher

Dr. Ortrun Merkle

Dr. Ortrun Merkle is a researcher at UNU-Merit and Maastricht University. Her research focuses on the nexus of corruption and gender and corruption and migration.

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Julieta Marotta

Julieta Marotta is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT and is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University. 

Expert Academic Programme Director - MPP / Researcher

Dr. Elaine Lebon-McGregor

Elaine Lebon-McGregor is the Academic Programme Director of the MSc Public Policy and Human Development (MPP) and a researcher at UNU-MERIT, United Nations University and Maastricht University.

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Pui Hang Wong

Pui Hang Wong is a research associate at UNU-MERIT and an assistant professor at Maastricht University.

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Nordine Es-Sadki

Nordine Es-Sadki is an Assistant Professor at UNU-MERIT. He holds a PhD in Economics from the School of Business and Economics of Maastricht University on the topic of formal technology transfer of universities, research institutes and firms. His research interests include, knowledge/technology transfer, the measurement and analysis of Science, Technology & Innovation including social and public sector innovation, questionnaire design, surveys and their methodology, and the economics of regional innovation.

Expert Admission Officer

Danny Beckers

Danny Beckers is Admission Officer at United Nations University-MERIT

Expert Assistant professor

Dr. Tatiana Skripka

Tatiana Skripka is an Assistant Professor in Governance at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. René Belderbos

René Belderbos is full professor of Strategy at KU Leuven (Belgium) and part-time professor of International Corporate Strategy at Maastricht University and UNU-MERIT (The Netherlands).

Expert Researcher

Dr. Michaella Vanore

Michaella Vanore is a research fellow at UNU-MERIT and holds a secondment to Maastricht University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, where she is programme director of the BSc Global Studies programme.