Master’s Voice

💭 Curious about how your career might look in 2-10 years after graduating from our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development? 💡 Here, seven of our MPP alumni give you some insights into their working lives and your possible future.   🎓  Francesco Iacoella – 2017 graduate, ...

With our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP) application deadlines fast approaching (15 June 2023 for non-EU applicants and 15 July 2023 for EU applicants), we thought we’d provide an overview of the application process and some helpful tips to support anyone who’s still ...

A guest post by Noa van Mulken, alumna of last year’s 2021-22 MPP cohort Due to the increasing concern for the environment and the need to fight climate change, green careers are becoming increasingly popular. A green career is very diverse and can touch upon many different indu...

A guest post by Sterre Naaktgeboren, alumna of last year’s 2021-22 MPP cohort   Curious to learn more about the “wicked problem” of migration, I chose the Migration Studies Specialization of UNU-MERIT’s Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development programm...

A guest post by Julia van Koeveringe, alumna of last year’s 2021-22 MPP cohort   After completing a Master’s in Global Health, I enrolled in the Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development programme at UNU-MERIT to learn more about policy making and devel...

Free tote bags! Photo corners! Q&As! Snacks! On Saturday 18 March 2023, UNU-MERIT opened its doors to the public for the second Master’s Open Day of the academic year, welcoming potential students to find out more about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development programm...

Evidence suggests that millions of individuals are disregarded in risk and vulnerability analyses due to a lack of sufficient data. In her master’s thesis research, Katherine Bruni (recent MPP alumna) tried to identify a baseline understanding of the exposure, susceptibility and adapt...

Matilde Perotti (alumna of the MPP 2021-22 cohort) outlines the challenges of undertaking research on disaster risk management in refugee camps, drawing on her firsthand experiences of working in a number of challenging situations. I am a graduate of International Relations and Global...

 United Nations University – MERIT · Director´s Corner Podcast – Nov 2022   In this episode of the Director’s Corner Podcast, Director Bartel Van de Walle chats with Kathleen Hopewell, new Student Ambassador of the MPP Programme. In this conversation, Bartel sh...