Future Events

UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance organise 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: Michiko Iizuka
• Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminars
  Coordinators: Lika Sanikidze & Vasil Gubadze
• Metech Seminars
  Coordinators: Davina Osei, Mueid Alrae, Mario Gonzalez & Nga Le
• AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
  Coordinator: Eduardo Urias
• PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT and MGSoG PhD programmes
  Contact: Eveline in de Braek

October 2017
05	Demand, growth and innovation: a review of the Long run linkages. Andreas Chai, Griffith University category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference Room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
07	Master's Open Day category: Open day time: 10:00 - 16:00 abstract | More information
12	Illusory transparency? Results from a survey on oil & gas revenue management in Ghana Dr. Christa Brunnschweiler , University of East Anglia category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
18	Naturalisation and homeownership: an analysis of the signalling effect of citizenship in the housing market Floris Peters, Maastricht University, Dept. of Political Science category: Migration seminar venue: 0.16-0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
19	EU innovation policy - a view from the inside Dr. Peter Dröll, Director at European Commission's Research and Innovation Department category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference Room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
26	Social protection in the Middle East and North Africa: not fair, not efficient, not effective Dr. Markus Loewe, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
November 2017
02	Grantbacks, Territorial Restraints and Innovation Prof. Dr. Katharine Rockett, University of Essex category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
08-10	Migration routes and transnational networks and institutions Symposium and PhD course, organized by IMISCOE standing committee on Interaction of Migrant Integration and Transnationalism (IMITE) & Research group Citizenship, Migration and the City (CIMIC), Erasmus University Rotterdam category: External event venue: Rotterdam abstract | More information
09	Improving trust and relaxing credit constraints to enhance uptake of weather insurance: A randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia Prof. Dr. Robert Lensink, University of Groningen category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
15	Migration seminar Roland Hosner, category: Migration seminar venue: 0.16-0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00
16-17	10th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and DEvelopment (MEIDE) category: Conference abstract | More information
16	State Capacity and Deep Economic Integration: Evidence from the EU Eastern Enlargement Prof. Dr. Nauro Campos, Brunel University London category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
21-22	UNU Migration Network conference category: Conference venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24
23-24	Migration Days category: Conference
March 2018
24	Master's Open Day category: Open day time: 10:00 - 16:00 abstract | More information