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UNU-MERIT is a research and training
centre of United Nations University (UNU). UNU is an
international community of scholars engaged in research,
postgraduate training and the dissemination of knowledge
aimed at resolving the pressing global problems of
human survival, development and welfare. UNU-MERIT
is located at, and works in close collaboration with
the University of Maastricht the Netherlands.
UNU-MERIT's research mission is to provide more insights into the social, political
and economic international and local context within which innovation and technological
change is created, adapted, selected, diffused, and improved upon. The Institute's
research and training programmes address a broad range of relevant policy questions
dealing with the national and international governance of innovation, intellectual
property protection, knowledge creation, and diffusion.
UNU-MERIT actively participates
in research projects for international organisations,
governments, businesses, and foundations throughout
the world. UNU-MERIT has a particular research role
in the United Nations as a research unit concerned
with the analysis of technological change. The researchers
at UNU-MERIT are internationally recognised for their
contributions to the understanding of the economic,
political, social, and philosophical foundations of
the processes of technical change. The aim of the institution
is to further advance this understanding and to create
a new generation of scholars, policy analysts, and
business leaders for a world that will increasingly
rely on the generation and use of knowledge to improve
human well-being |
