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: Anthony Arundel
• Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminars
  Coordinators: Tatenda Zinyemba & Hiwot Mesfin
• Metech Seminars
  Coordinators: Racky Balde & Michelle Gonzalez
• AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
  Coordinator: Eduardo Urias
• Migration Seminar series
  Coordinators: Charlotte Mueller & Veronika Georgieva
• PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT and MGSoG PhD programmes
  Contact: Eveline in de Braek

May 2019
01	Extending Immigrant Non-Citizen Voting Rights in (Non)Democratic Regimes Victoria Finn, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile and Leiden University category: Migration seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 13:00 - 14:00 abstract
01	The Transformation of Huawei Prof. Can Huang, Zhejiang University category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
02	PechaKucha event on Sustainability, Innovation and Public Policy DEMOS Study association, UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University category: public lecture venue: Rooms 0.16-0.17 time: 18.00 - 20.00 abstract
02	Politicians and their promises in an uncertain world: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in India Prof. Kunal Sen, UNU-WIDER category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
03	Squaring-up for a circular economy - Let's make a change happen! Maria Tomai, Sanae Okamoto, Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, UNU-MERIT & UNU-FLORES category: External event venue: World Conference Center Bonn Platz der Vereinten Nationen 2, 53113 Bonn, Bonn, Germany time: 15:30 - 17:00 abstract | More information
08	Developing scientific capacity in the Global South Hugo Confraria, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 10:00 - 11:30 abstract
08-09	UNU-MERIT Workshop: Data Science and STI Indicators category: workshop venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.23 abstract | More information
10	Interactive workshop: The role of Innovation in Sustainability Fabiana Visentin, Maria Tomai, Serdar Turkeli, UNU-MERIT category: Project workshop (closed) time: 09:00 - 12:00 abstract
13	Asbestos, leaded petrol, and other aberrations: Comparing countries’ regulatory responses to disapproved products and technologies Prof. Alex Coad, CENTRUM-Católica Graduate Business School category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
13-15	'Reach & Turn' Science Reporting Workshop Bolivia Various speakers, Bolivian Ministry of Education, UNESCO, UNIC, UNU-MERIT category: workshop venue: La Paz, Bolivia abstract | More information
15	Strategic Institutional Ambiguity and the Governance of Refugees in Lebanon Dr. Nora Stel, Maastricht School of Management (MSM) category: Migration seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 13:00 - 14:00 abstract
21	The Constitutional Costs of the War on Drugs Prof. Alejandro Madrazo Lajous, CIDE in Aguascalientes, Mexico category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar time: 12:00 - 01:00 abstract
25	The Future of Development Economics Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University category: public lecture venue: Tongersestraat 53, 6211 LM Maastricht time: 19:00 - 20:30 abstract | More information
30	Gender Identity, Co-Working Spouses and Relative Income Within Households Dr.Natalia Zinovyeva, Aalto University category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
June 2019
04	Trade in Intangibles and A Global Value Chain-based View of International Trade and Global Imbalance Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Oxford University category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 1.23/1.24 time: 16:00 - 17:00 abstract
05	Being Far Away From What You Need. The Impact of Dispersal on Resettled Refugees’ Home-making and Place Attachment in Small to Medium-Sized Towns in the Netherlands Dr. Ilse van Liempt, Utrecht University category: Migration seminar time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
06	The Impact of Terminating Cash Support to Displaced Syrian Children in Jordan Dr. Jacob de Hoop, UNICEF category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
17	Institutional isomorphism and Policy transfer in Public management reforms: Three stories about public procurement agencification in Latin America Ana Cristina Calderon Ramirez, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 14:00 - 15:30 abstract
17	Diamonds are a Woman’s Best Friend - Broadening Measures of Women’s Access to Formal Political Decision-Making Catie Lott, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 16:00 - 17:30
20	Teachers' in-service training and student achievement: The effect of in-service training of Peruvian teachers on student achievement Camilo Carrillo Purin, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 15:45 - 17:15
21	Cash Transfers, Child Nutrition and Intra-Household Dynamics: Unpacking the Causal Mechanisms Richard de Groot, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 10:00 - 11:30
26-27	3rd UNU-MERIT Internal Conference category: Conference venue: UNU-MERIT, all rooms time: 09:00 - 17:00 abstract
September 2019
19-20	The Future of Industrial Work: New pathways and policies of structural transformation? category: workshop venue: Vienna, Austria abstract | More information
October 2019
08-10	CALL FOR PAPERS: 11th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE) category: Conference venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire abstract | More information
November 2019
30	Master's Open Day category: Open day venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht time: 12:00 - 16:00 abstract | More information