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: Maisha Fairuz & Sabrina Kouba
• Metech Seminars
  Coordinators: Racky Balde & Michelle Gonzalez
• AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
  Coordinator: Eduardo Urias
• Migration Seminar series
  Coordinators: Veronika Georgieva
• PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT and MGSoG PhD programmes
  Contact: Eveline in de Braek

March 2020
03	Resolving the Global Refugee Crisis Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser, UNU-MERIT category: public lecture venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room time: 19:00 - 20:30 abstract
04	Cycles, Economic Structures and External Constraints: A Structuralist Study on the Causes of Economic Volatility in Latin America Danilo Sartorello Spinola, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 10:00 - 11:30 abstract
04	Industrializing in the Digital Age. Main findings and messages of UNIDO's Industrial Development Report 2020 Dr. Alejandro Lavopa, UNIDO category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.18 time: 16:00 - 17:00 abstract
05	Competing along domestic value chains: Chinese import penetration and the performances of manufacturing firms in South Africa Sofia Torreggiani, SOAS, University of London category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.18 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
07	Master’s Open Day category: Open day venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht time: 12:00 - 16:00 abstract | More information
11	Gender Perspectives around Migration Dr. Ortrun Merkle, UNU-MERIT category: public lecture venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room time: 19:00 - 20:30 abstract
18	From Micro to Macro: Essays on Technological Change and Income Divergence Mary Kaltenberg, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 time: 14:00 - 15:30 abstract
May 2020
25	Call for abstracts: 1st Health and Migration collaborative community symposium Various speakers, UNU-MERIT category: Conference abstract