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Blog: From Youth Engagement to Global Diplomacy
Posted: 2013-05-16 | Updated: 2013-05-22
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EuroMUN is the Model UN conference held every year at Maastricht University. An academic simulation of a UN meeting, EuroMUN gives students from all over the world a platform to debate issues of global concern while learning the procedures of an international conference. This year’s event, tagged ‘Global Engagement: Embracing Diversity Through Cultural Diplomacy’, was held from 1-5 May and drew more than 600 student delegates from various backgrounds and nationalities. Research intern Eli Stoykova took part and reported from the ‘front line’ for the UNU-MERIT blog. Read all about it below.
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Policy Brief: Women in the Informal Economy
Posted: 2013-05-15 | Updated: 2013-05-16
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UNU’s latest policy brief focuses on female workers and entrepreneurs in the global informal economy. The paper looks into a range of governance experiments, covering both top-down and bottom-up initiatives, and considers ways to improve the sustainability of women-owned businesses. From Latin America to Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors find that many top-down actions are only effective in gender-neutral development programmes. They also conclude that successful women role models are often the best agents for sweeping change. The brief complements an earlier working paper, which can also be downloaded below. |
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Recruitment: Seven Research Fellow Positions
Posted: 2013-05-06
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UNU-MERIT is now recruiting for seven new research positions: one senior research fellow in social economics, requiring a PhD and at least seven years of professional experience; plus six research fellows in governance, innovation and development economics / policy, each requiring a PhD and at least three years of professional experience. See the vacancies page for the full job descriptions. Closing date: 31 May 2013. |
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Urban Mobility Blog: What Can Latin America Learn from East Asia?
Posted: 2013-05-11
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What are the urban development options for Latin American cities? Will they follow highly motorized models or will they develop sustainably? Can lessons be drawn from East Asia? Investigating the cities of Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong, PhD fellow Carlos Cadena Gaitán compares various approaches to urban design and weighs up their positive or adverse consequences in terms of sustainable development. Read the blog via the link below. |
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UN Workshop: Mitigating Poverty Among Forced Migrant Children
Posted: 2013-05-02 | Updated: 2013-05-06
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From 4-9 May 2013, Queshm Island, Iran, will host 32 officials for a course on poverty concepts and measurement, with a special focus on child refugees and migrants. Trainers from UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance will provide interactive workshops on deprivation, poverty, social exclusion and vulnerability. Participants will learn social budgeting, how to measure multidimensional poverty, and how to create indicators for the Iranian context. Attendees include policy makers, civil servants and administrators from several Iranian ministries, plus reps from UNICEF and UNHCR. The course is sponsored by UNICEF Iran. |
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Award: Researcher Wins Scientific Excellence Contest
Posted: 2013-04-30 | Updated: 2013-05-07
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In February 2013, researcher Samia Nour won the University of Khartoum’s Scientific Excellence Award in the field of Humanities and Educational Studies. This was a highly competitive contest open to all relevant staff and researchers from 12 faculties and research centres at the University of Khartoum. The organizing committee shortlisted 17 researchers, of which 16 were men plus the female winner. The award came after Nour’s promotion to associate professor and the release of her new book on ‘Technological Change and Skill Development in Sudan’: the result of a two-year postdoctoral research project at UNU-MERIT. |
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Press Review: First Impressions April 2013
Posted: 2013-04-30 | Updated: 2013-05-02
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Our latest press review presents four papers and a book chapter, covering development and economic performance worldwide; migration through Latin America, Africa and Asia; and parental leave policies in industrialized countries. We also present a literature review on innovation and productivity, and a new multilateral framework for labour migration. Additionally, a book co- published with UNIDO was featured by the UN News Centre. ‘First Impressions’ is published on our blog at the end of every month.
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Workshop: How to Foster Online Senior Communities?
Posted: 2013-04-23 | Updated: 2013-04-30
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Europe is ageing: the EU’s population is set to reach 517 million in 2060, by which time nearly a third of us will be 65 years or over. This shift requires a fundamental change in how we view and approach the ageing process. A new workshop, organized by the TAO project, will gather a range of stakeholders to promote and market online communities for senior citizens. Registrations are welcomed, via the link below, from both non-profit and for-profit organizations. Practitioners working in the area of senior communities, online platforms, and healthcare organizations are also encouraged to join this one-day workshop on 22 May 2013. |
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Summer School: International Impact Assessment of Education Policies
Posted: 2013-03-26 | Updated: 2013-05-14
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What is the future of education? How do skills shape innovation? How best to weigh the impact of education policies? This new course answers all of the above and more, giving participants the tools and training to run impact assessments in various national contexts. Running from 8-19 July 2013, the course looks at primary and tertiary education from micro- and macro-economic perspectives, also covering advanced econometric methods and the educational impact of ICT. By the end of the course, participants will have a thorough grounding in the theory, method and practice of assessing the impact of educational policies. |
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UNU-MERIT Presentation
Posted: 2013-03-08 | Updated: 2013-05-06
Click below to see a visual summary of what we do, where, how and with whom. From our partners at other UN agencies to our research, training and media work.
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