Future Events

UNU-MERIT organises a range of activities designed to stimulate academic debate, disseminate research findings, and facilitate knowledge sharing among researchers and policymakers. Regular workshops and training courses are also held as part of the research and policy analysis programme. Regular events include:

• Short-term training programme "Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy" DEIP Coordinator: Anthony Arundel
• UNU-MERIT Seminar Series
  Coordinators: Yannick Markhoff & Karthika Baby Sujatha
• Migration Seminar series
  Coordinator: Laura Cleton
• PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT PhD programme
  Contact: Julia Walczyk

December 2022
02	GLO Global Conference online research paper session: Trust & Inequality Jo Ritzen, Bruno Martorano, Yannick Markof, Zina Nimeh, & Lonneke Nillesen, UNU-MERIT category: Academic research seminar venue: Zoom: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/93601564032 time: 10:00 - 12:00 abstract | More information
06	STI Policy, development strategy and social inclusion Gabriela Dutrénit, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco category: Academic research seminar time: 15:00 abstract
06	Threats and opportunities in the digital era: The firm-level effects of automation on employment, wages and export performance Tania Treibich, Maastricht University category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:30 - 13:30 abstract | More information
09	Coffee Chat with Shrddha Rajesh Shrddha Rajesh, J-Pal category: Alumni/Career venue: Online (Zoom) time: 13:00 - 14:00 abstract | More information
13	Joint seminar with WB on Economic Multiplier effects of cash transfers category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: Online time: 16:00
13	1+1 = 3? Emerging Findings from a Systematic Review of the Economic Multipliers of Cash Transfers Franziska Gassmann, Professor of Social Protection and Development, UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University category: Policy seminar time: 16:00 - 17:00 abstract
19	Essays on Technological Change and Income Distribution Guido Pialli, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 10:00 - 12:30 abstract
January 2023
16	Teacher professional development interventions to promote data use in education Muhammad Fauzan Ansyari, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 10:00 - 11:30 abstract
19	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
23	Decision-making of irregularised migrants throughout the migration trajectory Talitha Dubow, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 16:00 - 17:30
30	Strategy Implementation and Decision Making in the Broader MNC Network Sophie Gysan, category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 16:00 - 17:30
February 2023
02	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 01:00
16	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
27	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 Frank Neffke, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
March 2023
02	Digital infrastructure and employment in services: Evidence from Sub[1]-African countries Chuks Otioma, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 13:00 - 14:30
16	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
18	Master's Open Day category: Open day venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht time: 13:00 - 16:00 abstract
30	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 Catherine Guirkinger , Center for Research in Economic Development (CRED) at the University of Namur (Belgium) category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
April 2023
13	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
24	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
May 2023
11	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
25	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
June 2023
08	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00
15	UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023 To be confirmed, category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht time: 12:00 - 13:00