Joint Seminars: December 2013

The year ends with two more lectures in our joint seminar series. On Monday 16 December, Prof. Manuel Mira Godinho presents “The Impact of African Science: A Bibliometric Analysis”. He argues that African research output has grown faster than the world average since 2004, while doubling in number and having higher impact than similar publications from Russia, India or Brazil. However, the continent’s production remains highly concentrated in South Africa and Egypt, both in terms of publications and university rankings.

On Tuesday 17 December, Prof. Sunil Mani explains the “Changing leadership in computer and information services: The emergence of India as the current world leader in computer and information services”. He argues that IT leadership shifted from the USA, UK and Germany first to Ireland and then to India, partly due to the availability of highly trained software engineers. He notes how, in parallel, multinational corporations have increased both their presence in India and their innovative activities, but warns that the sustainability of leadership depends on ownership – i.e. domestic or foreign.

• LECTURE PROF. MIRA GODINHO

  The Impact of African Science

• LECTURE: PROF. MANI

  Changing Leadership in Computer and Information Services

• EVENTS CALENDAR

  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
  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