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: Maria Tomai & Max Bruder
• Metech Seminars
  Coordinators: Racky Balde & Michelle Gonzalez
• Migration Seminar series
  Coordinator: Soha Youssef
• PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT PhD programme
  Contact: Eveline in de Braek

June 2021
02	Online information session for prospective Master's students Presenter: MPP programme director Julieta Marotta, UNU-MERIT category: Open day venue: Online time: 11:00 - 11:45 abstract | More information
02	Maastricht Migration Lecture Series: Challenges in using healthcare services by undocumented migrants in Europe: what does the evidence show? Prof Dr Milena Pavlova , Maastricht University. category: Migration seminar venue: https://zoom.us/j/98626671456?pwd=ZDNNRlRuN3FsTFRlM3c4NTRlS0tzZz09 time: 19:00 - 20:30 abstract
03	Engagement strategies regarding the Brazilian Diaspora of Science, Technology and Innovation: the case of Rede Diáspora Brasil Dr. Ana Maria Carneiro, University of Campinas category: UNU-MERIT Seminar Series venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
05	World Environment Day Trash Cleanup UNU-MERIT's Alumni Committee, UNU-MERIT and UNU-EHS category: misc venue: Oh La La Housing Mosae Stuwweg 22, 6219 NB Maastricht time: 14:00 - 16:00 abstract | More information
07	Technological Change, Employment & Skills, Online Workshop Marco Vivarelli & Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT category: workshop venue: Zoom: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/92175077007 time: 14:00 - 18:00 abstract
10	Unveiling the determinants of scientific productivity in middle-income countries: An economics of science perspective Lorena Rivera Leon, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 16:00 - 17:30 abstract
10	Essays on informal versus formal economy choices Racky Balde, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 14:00 - 15:30 abstract
21	Who calls the shots and why? The role of actors and institutions in the response to the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area Philip Drauz, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 16:00 - 17:30 abstract
22	The Shadow of State Hierarchy Maria Espinosa Romero, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 16:00 - 17:30 abstract
23	Preferences and Performance of High School Students in Response to Scholarships, Information, and Co-education Gloria Bernal, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 16:00 - 17:30
24	Financial risk, vulnerability and equity of access to health care services in Kenya Purity Njagi, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 09:30 - 11:00 abstract
25	Essays on Conflict-Induced Displacement and Gender in Colombia Eliana Rubiano, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 09:30 - 11:00 abstract
28	A quantitative approach to the right to education; Concept, measurement, and effects Bart Kleine Deters, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 16:00 - 17:30
30	UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees Dr. Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine category: Migration seminar venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/99124985984 time: 15:30 - 16:30 abstract | More information