Past events Howard




22 Water Source Security: Is Desal the way to go?
category: Conference
venue: Zoom
time: 13:30



17 Educational Pathways and Skills: Past, Present and Future
Alison Cathles, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
24 Diaspora Mobilisation in a Conflict Setting: The Emergence and Trajectories of Syrian Diaspora Mobilisation in Germany
Nora Ragab, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Virtual defence
time: 10:00 - 11:30



24 A UN75 Dialogue in the Great Hall of Justice: The Future We Want, The UN we Need
Various Speakers, UNU-MERIT, International Court of Justice, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
category: External event
venue: YouTube
time: 17:30 - 19:30



14 Candlelight concert for Human Rights 75: Triana y Luca
Triana y Luca,
category: External event
venue: Sint Janskerk, Vrijthof 24, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30
14 Candlelight concert for Human Rights 75: Triana y Luca
Triana y Luca,
category: External event
venue: Sint Janskerk, Vrijthof 24, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30
14 Candlelight concert for Human Rights 75: Triana y Luca
Triana y Luca,
category: External event
venue: Sint Janskerk, Vrijthof 24, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30
14 Candlelight concert for Human Rights 75: Triana y Luca
Triana y Luca,
category: External event
venue: Sint Janskerk, Vrijthof 24, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30



01-00 What determines technological hits? Geography and firm competencies in biotechnology vs. “traditional” chemicals
Myriam Mariani, MERIT and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
category: Academic research seminar
08-00 Firm Level Innovation and Productivity- Is there a Common Story Across Countries?
Bettina Peters, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
category: Academic research seminar
08-00 Spillovers reconsidered: How optimal R&D subsidies depend on the spillover process
Georg von Graevenitz, University College London, United Kingdom
category: Academic research seminar
08-00 Technology, entrepreneurship, and inequality
Alfonso Gambardella, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
category: Academic research seminar
15-00 Social norms and income distribution in conspicuous consumption: on the diffusion of consumer good innovationinvaders
Andreas Reinstaller, MERIT, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
category: Academic research seminar
22-00 The empirical economic growth literature: Robustness, significance and size
Henri de Groot, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
category: Academic research seminar
29-00 Breadth and depth of search on a technology landscape
Karén Hovhannisian, Visiting Researcher MERIT, the Netherlands
category: Academic research seminar



06-00 Information technology and the value of skills: A systematically varying parameter model applied to 64 European regions
Bas ter Weel, MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
category: Academic research seminar
13-00 Economic activity and institutions: Taking stock
Saeed Parto, MERIT, Maastricht , the Netherlands
category: Academic research seminar
20-00 Productivity effects of organizational change: Microeconometric evidence
Irene Bertschek, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany
category: Academic research seminar
26-00 Welfare to temporary work: Implications for labor market outcomes
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Missouri, Columbia MO, United States
category: Academic research seminar



17-00 Open source software development and innovation
Thierry Warin, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont & CIRANO
category: Academic research seminar
26-00 Marriage and career: the dynamic decisions of young men
Eric D. Gould, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (NOTE: 16.00 hrs., Room 0.089 TS53, in association with METEOR)
category: Academic research seminar



16-00 Changing places: networks and job markets in open science
Robin Cowan, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
23-00 How to sow and reap as you go: a simple model of cyclical endogenous growth
Emmanuelle Fortune, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
30-00 On reputation, leadership and communities of practice
Paul Muller, University Louis Pasteur, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, Strasbourg:
category: Academic research seminar



07-00 The role of the information sector in India: a critical assessment
Debesh Chakraborty, Department of Economics, Jadavpen University, India
category: Academic research seminar
14-00 Peer enforcement by ostracism in common pool resource management: An experimental analysis
Daan van Soest, CentER, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar
21-00 A note on self-employment rates and job generation in metropolitan areas
Martin Carree, Department of Organization and Strategy, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
28-00 ICT and network effects
Huub Meijers, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



04-00 Debreu’s coefficient of resource utilization, the Solow residual, and TFP: The connection by Leontief preferences
Thijs ten Raa, CentER, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar
11-00 Property crime with private protection: A market-for-offenses approach
Louis Hotte, Department of Economics, University de Namur
category: Academic research seminar
18-00 The determinants of R&D financing constraints: Evidence from Belgian Companies
Michele Cincera, Department of Economics, University of Brussels
category: Academic research seminar



02-00 Does learning lead to coordination on market clearing institutions?
Georg Kirchsteiger, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
09-00 The evolution of R&D networks
Lorenzo Zirulia, Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Italy
category: Academic research seminar
16-00 The curse of natural resources in the transition economies
Tobias Kronenberg, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



00 Schooling Inequality and Growth
Bas Straathof, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



03-00 Increasing returns and the variety of traded goods: Evidence for the OECD, 1961-2000
Bas Straathof, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
10-00 Productivity, innovation and ICT in old and new Europe
Bart van Ark, Department of Economics, University of Groningen
category: Academic research seminar
17-00 On the nature of education and training as drivers of growth
Roberto Antonietti, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy
category: Academic research seminar



02-00 Licensing of university innovations: The role of a technology transfer office
Reinhilde Veugelers, Department of Applied Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
category: Academic research seminar
09-00 The effects of education on health
Wim Groot, Department of Economics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
16-00 Are skill requirements in the workplace rising? Distinguishing between skill-biased technological change and over-education
Alexandra Spitz, ZEW, Mannheim
category: Academic research seminar
23-00 Consumer behaviour: Utility maximization and a quest for novelty
Abraham Garcia Torres, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
31-00 Cartel stability with time-dependent detection probabilities
Jeroen Hinloopen, University of Amsterdam
category: Academic research seminar



06-00 Entry deterrence and multidimensional competition in the satellite pay-TV market
Nicola Matteucci, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
13-00 Economic performance, human cooperation, and the major histocompatibility complex
Lex Borghans, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
20-00 ICT revolution, globalisation, and informational lock-in
Bulat Sanditov, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
27-00 Shifts and twists in the relative productivity of skilled labor: Reconciling accelerated SBTC witht the producitivty slowdown
Arnaud Dupuy, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



11-00 Explaining development patterns through interactions between local and international systems
Tommaso Ciarli, Department of Economics, University of Ferrara
category: Academic research seminar
18-00 An assessment of the Israeli innovation networks: The experience of the Magnet program
Devrim Göktepe, Division of Innovation, Lund University, Sweden
category: Academic research seminar
25-00 Patterns of growth of technology based on SMEs in Europe
Paola Giuri, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
category: Academic research seminar



02-00 The evolution of R&D alliances relevance
Julia Stradi, Université Paris 1, Paris, France
category: Academic research seminar
03-00 IT diffusion and new industry and labour market dynamics
2 Day MERIT Workshop (3-4 June 2004), Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
10-00 The mystery of monogamy
Omer Moav, Department of Economics, Hebrew University
category: Academic research seminar



07-00 People People
Bas ter Weel, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
14-00 Dynamics of Trust within Communities of Practice: Goodwill, Reputation and Social Norms
Paul Muller, BETA, University of Strassbourg
category: Academic research seminar
21-00 Schooling Inequality and Growth
Bas Straathof, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
28-00 Competitive First Degree Price Discrimination and Quality Selection
David Encaoua, Department of Economics, University of Paris I
category: Academic research seminar



05-00 Creative Careers: The Life Cycles of Nobel Laureates in Economics
Bruce A. Weinberg, Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus
category: Academic research seminar
12-00 Spatial Proximity and Complementarities in the Trading of Tacit Knowledge
Nesli Aydogan, Department of S&O, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
19-00 The Relationship Between Geographical Mobility and Education-Job Mismatches
Maud Hensen, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
26-00 [canceled] Market Structure and Technology Diffusion Incentives under Alternative Environmental Policy Schemes
Frans de Vries, Department of Economics, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar



02-00 How Changes in Benefits Entitlement Affect Jobfinding: Lessons from the Slovenian "Experiment"
Jan van Ours, Department of Economics, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar
09-00 Natural Resources, Innovation, and Growth
Elissaios Papyrakis, Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University Amsterdam
category: Academic research seminar
16-00 Student Time Allocations and Learning Environment
Christoph Meng, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
23-00 R&D Depreciation, Stocks, User Costs and Productivity Growth for US Knowledge Intensive Industries
Theofanis P. Mamuneas, University of Cyprus
category: Academic research seminar
30-00 Explaining the Occupational Structure of Dutch Sectors of Industry, 1988-2002
Frank Cörvers, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



07-00 Uncertain Technological Change
Paul de Hek, Department of Economics, Erasmus University
category: Academic research seminar



15-00 Jobs for Young University Graduates: Is It Worth Having a Degree?
Ana Rute Cardoso, IZA, Bonn
category: Academic research seminar
22-00 14h00 - 17h30: Workshop on Innovation
Organiser: Pierre Mohnen, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



01-00 Educational Opportunities and the Role of Institutions: An International Comparison
Andreas Ammermuller, ZEW, Mannheim
category: Academic research seminar
08-00 Technological Base and the Evolution of Complex Learning Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation
Adam Tatarynowicz, Department of Business Administration, University of St. Gallen
category: Academic research seminar
15-00 The Relationship Between Labour Market Integration and Family Formation Among Tertiary Education Graduates in Europe
Maarten Wolbers, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
22-00 Innovation Propensity and Unobserved Firm-Heterogeneity: Estimating a Varying-Coefficients Binary Choice Model Using the Generalized Maximum Entropy Method
Marc Tiri, Limburg University Center, Diepenbeek
category: Academic research seminar
29-00 The World Technology Frontier
Francesco Caselli, Department of Economics, Harvard University
category: Academic research seminar



05-00 Education and Training in a Model of Endogenous Growth with Creative Destruction
Adriaan van Zon, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
07-00 The Circulation of Ideas: Firms versus Markets
NOTE: THU, 4PM Enrico Perotti, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam
category: Academic research seminar
12-00 Misrepresentation and Fudge - The OECD NAIRU Consensus
Joan Muysken, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
19-00 Endogenous Growth and Changing Sectoral Composition in Advanced Economies
Giulia Felice, Department of Economics, University of Pavia
category: Academic research seminar
26-00 The Literacy Hour
Stephen Machin, Department of Economics, University College London
category: Academic research seminar



03-00 Interfirm R&D Partnering in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Since 1975: Trends, Patterns, and Networks
John Hagedoorn, Department of Organisation and Strategy, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
10-00 Educational Self-Selection and Tasks Assignment
Arnaud Dupuy, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
17-00 Foreign and Domestic R&D Investment
René Belderbos, Department of Applied Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
category: Academic research seminar
24-00 Overeducation and Cognitive Decline
Andries de Grip, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
31-00 Evolution of Preferences, Demand, and Growth Through Product Innovation
Abraham Garcia-Torres, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



06-00 On Manipulation in Information Aggregation Markets
Martin Strobel, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
13-00 The Role of Self-Assessment in Measuring Skills
Jim Allen, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
21-00 Simultaneous Estimation of Income and Price Elasticities of Export Demand, Scale Economies and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Brazil
Thomas Ziesemer, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
27-00 Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey
David Huffman, IZA, Bonn
category: Academic research seminar



04-00 Outsourcing and offshoring of business services: how important is ICT?
Rachel Griffith, Department of Economics, University College London
category: Academic research seminar
11-00 Are courses chosen to reduce skill deficiencies? An experimental approach
Bart Golsteyn, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
18-00 The Baby Boom and World War II: The Role of Labor Market Experience
Moshe Hazan, Department of Economics, Hebrew University
category: Academic research seminar
25-00 Poverty and Consumption Insurance in Russia
Geranda Notten, School of Governance, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar



01-00 Measuring Educational Efficiency at Student Level with Parametric Stochastic Distance Functions: An Application to Spanish PISA Results
Sergio Perelman, Department of Ecnomics, University of Liege
category: Academic research seminar
08-00 Earnings Inequality and Reoganization: A Field Experiment
Gerard Pfann, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
15-00 The Dynamics of the Innovation Process in Dutch Manufacturing: A Panel Data Analysis
Wladimir Raymond, Department of Quantitative Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
22-00 Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from European Countries
François Rycx, Department of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
category: Academic research seminar
29-00 Yeasty investment and mushroom productivity growth: An industry perspective on European and American performance, 1987-2003
Marcel Timmer, Department of Economics, University of Groningen
category: Academic research seminar



06-00 Modelling Dynamic Incentives and Making Cheaper Peanuts
Tim Barmby, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen
category: Academic research seminar
13-00 The Optimal Patent Length
Paul Schure, Department of Economics, University of Victoria
category: Academic research seminar



20 Workshop on FLOSS and Open Standards for Public Administrations
category: Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS)
venue: Cologne, Germany
26 UNU-MERIT Mini Conference/Debate in honour of Keith Pavitt
category: misc
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
26 The Distribution of Job Satisfaction among Young European Graduates: Does the Choice of Study Field Matter?
Jose-Gines Mora, CEGES, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
category: Academic research seminar



07 A Wage Curve for Germany - New Evidence from the GSOEP
Christoph Hilbert, WZB
category: Academic research seminar
09 Human Capital, Infrastructure and Export Diversification in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Alexis Habiyaremye, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
14 Cross-Sectional Heterogeneity in Price-Cost Margins and the Extent of Rent Sharing at the Sector and Firm Level in France
Sabien Dobbelaere, Department of Economics, University of Ghent
category: Academic research seminar
16 Beyond technological determinism: Lower technological intensity and innovation in developing country firms
Helena Barnard, Rutgers Business School, The State University of New Jersey
category: PhD seminar
23-24 Systematic Workshop on Sectoral Innovation Systems
category: misc
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht,



06 Wage Bargaining, Unemployment and Happiness
Tobias Kronenberg, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
07 Determinants of Firm Sponsored Training Activities - An International Comparison Based on the Second Continuing Vocational Training Survey
Ralf Mytzek, WZB
category: Academic research seminar
07-08 Science and Technology for Development - L20
category: Conference
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands
09 Destination-Language Proficiency in Cross-National Perspective: A Study of Immigrant Groups in Nine Western Countries
Frank van Tubergen, Department of Economics, Utrecht University
category: Academic research seminar
14 Identifying Behaviour in a Multiproduct Oligopoly: Incumbents' Reaction to Tariffs Dismantling
Jordi Jaumandreu, Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
category: Academic research seminar
21 Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison
Maarten Vendrik, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
23 Global and Local Elites Join Hands: Development and Diffusion of Genetically Modified Bt Cotton Technology in Gujarat, India
Esha Shah, Centre for Interdisciplinairy Studies in Environment and Development - ISEC Campus, Bangalore, India
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
27-31 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Abuja, Nigeria
28 The Private Value of Software Patents
Bronwyn Hall, MERIT and Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley
category: Academic research seminar



04 The Gender Gap and the Sectoral Divide: The Case of Germany 2003
Joan Muysken, Department of economics
category: Academic research seminar
06 Trade Liberalization, Productivity and Employment- A Study of Indian Manufacturing Industries in the 1980s and 1990s
Dr. Deb Kusum Das, University of Delhi, Ramjas College, Department of Economics,
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
11 [canceled]
Mika Maliranta, ETLA, Finland
category: Academic research seminar
13 Research Symposium: Access to Knowledge Issues in Medicine & Open Source
Various speakers, Co-organized by UNU-MERIT and the UNU Office at the United Nations, New York, USA
category: External event
venue: UN, New York, USA
25 Performance Pay and Multi-Dimensional Sorting – Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Thomas Dohmen, IZA, Bonn
category: Academic research seminar
26-28 International Workshop - Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study
category: External event
venue: Brussels, Belgium
28 Development Economics PhD Seminar
category: PhD seminar
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands



02 The Pharmacia Story of Entrepreneurship and as a Creative Technical University
Gunnar Eliasson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
category: Academic research seminar
02-05 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Port Louis, Mauritius
09 Formulation of Technical, Economic and Environmental Efficiency Measures that are Consistent with the Materials Balance Condition
Tim Coelli, Department of Economics, University of Queensland
category: Academic research seminar
15-17 FM10 Openness: Code, science and content­ - Making collaborative creativity sustainable
category: External event
venue: University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
16 Qualification and Education Mismatches: Consequences for Workers
Lourdes Badillo-Amador, Technical University of Cartagena
category: Academic research seminar
19 Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers and Innovation: The Case of the Kenyan Manufacturing Industry
Geoffrey Gachino, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: 12:00, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
22-24 International Seminar Celso Furtado: Industrial Policy and the Challenges for Competitiveness
category: External event
venue: Sao Paolo, Brazil
23 Different but Equal: Total Work, Gender and Social Norms in EU and US Time Use
Daniel Hamermesh, Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin
category: Academic research seminar
30 Exit in Globalising Industries: The Role of International Sourcing
Leo Sleuwaegen, Department of Applied Economics, Catholic University Leuven
category: Academic research seminar



06 Occupational Differences in Unemployment Rates in the United States: Hysteresis or Structural?
Bertrand Candelon, Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
27 Foreign Ownership, Technological Capability and Exports: Evidence from Sri Lankan Enterprises
Dr.Ganesh Wignaraja, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
28 Half way there: the long walk to freedom and economic justice in South Africa
Francis Wilson, Saldru, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
category: misc
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands
29 The Evolution of Research Collaboration in South Africa
Tom Pogue, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands
30 PhD presentations
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, 10h00



28-29 [Call for papers] Barriers to Entry and to Expansion in the Developing World: the Role of Institutional Constraints
category: External event
venue: Amsterdam, the Netherlands



05 The Value of Science: Changing Conceptions of Scientific Productivity, 1869-circa 1970.
Benoit Godin, Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium
category: Academic research seminar
07-08 Policy, Law and Economics of Intellectual Property - 1st Annual Conference of the EPIP Association
category: External event
venue: Munich, Germany
07 The Linear Model of Innovation: The Historical Construction of an Analytical Framework
Benoît Godin, Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, 16:00 hrs
19 University IPRs and Knowledge Transfer. Is the IPR Ownership Model More Efficient?
Bart Verspagen, ECIS, Eindhoven University
category: Academic research seminar
26 On the Persistence of Inequality in the Distribution of Abilities and Income
Adriaan van Zon, Department of Economics and MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
28 The impact of Free/Libre Open Source Software on innovation and competitiveness of the European Union
category: Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS)
venue: Brussels, Belgium



02 Global Inequality and Global Macroeconomics
Prof. James Galbraith, Senior Scholar with the Levy Economics Institute, University of Texas
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
03 Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Semih Akcomak, MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
09-20 DIMETIC European Summer School
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
10 Information Technology and Inequality: Evidence from British Establishments
Alex Whalley, University of California at Merced
category: Academic research seminar
17 Two-hour workshop on growth dynamics
Timo Trimborn & Karl-Josef Koch, University of Hamburg
category: Academic research seminar
23-27 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
24 Training and Retirement Behavior in the Perspective of the Firm
Raymond Montizaan, ROA, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
26 Innovation Systems and Development: The Journey of a Beleaguered Nile Perch Fishery in Uganda
Rose Kiggundu, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg, Maastricht
31 Does Antidumping Use Contribute to Trade Liberalization? An empirical Analysis
Maurizio Zanardi, CentER, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar



07 International Differences in the Family Gap in Pay: The Role of Labor Market Institutions
Daniel Fernandez Kranz, Saint Louis University Madrid
category: Academic research seminar
08 Buzz Without Being There? Communities of Practice in Context
Meric Gertler, University of Toronto
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, 16:00 hours
09-10 Bringing the economy forward – innovation policy in Canada and the Netherlands
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
14 Introducing Regulation in the Measurement of Efficiency, with an Application to the Canadian Air Carriers Industry
Stéphane Vigeant, University of Lille
category: Academic research seminar
21 The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes
Uwe Sunde, IZA, Bonn
category: Academic research seminar
28 What Drives Productivity in Tanzanian Manufacturing Firms: Technology or Institutions?
Micheline Goedhuys, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
28 OSS Impact International Workshop
category: Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS)
venue: Eurovillage (Room London), 80 Boulevard Charlemagne - 1000 Brussels



04-07 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Latin America - Indicators of Progress
category: Training seminar
05 The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Explaining Cognitive Test Scores
Bas ter Weel, Department of Economics and MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
13 The Emerging High Tech Competitors from Asia, Contrasts between the Innovative activities of China and India
Prof. Sunil Mani, Centre for Development Studies, India
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, 16h00
14 Dynamics of new techonology diffusion - A study of the Indian automotive industry
Mamata Parhi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, 12h00
14 Social structures and the innovation process. Their role in the demand of firms and consumers
Andreas Reinstaller, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, 14h00
14 Essays on social learning and imitation
Bulat Sanditov, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, 16h00
18 The determinants of remittances: A comparison between Albania and Moldova
Jessica Hagen-Zanker (with Melissa Siegel), MGSoG
category: PhD seminar



10 Enhancing ICT Use for Agricultural Innovation Systems
Dr. Tugrul Temel,
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, 12:00 hours
11 Structural Holes, Innovation and the Distribution of Ideas
Robin Cowan, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
15 Renewable Energy Development in China: Integrated Technology and Social Impact Assessment
Dr. Lin Gan, Center for International Climate and Enviromental Research, Oslo
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, 12:00 hours
19 1st Charles Cooper annual memorial lecture - The Challenge of the Asian Drivers: From Industrial to Innovation Policy
Professor Raphie Kaplinsky,
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
25 HIPCs, Development Assistance and Children: Child Survival Imperatives in Aid Programmes
Jay Chaubey, Ph.D., Senior Policy Advisor, Division of Policy and Planning, UNICEF, New York
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, conference room, 16h00
30 Energy Consumption, Technological Progress and Economic Policy
Prof. Théophile Azomahou, Université Louis Pasteur , Strasbourg
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Conference Room, 12:00 hours



00 t.b.a.
Szirmai, Eddy, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00 - 17:00
01 Sub-currents in the Innovations River -Explaining Innovativeness using New Product Announcements
Wilfred Dolfsma, Utrecht School of Economics and UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
07 Consumption smoothing strategies in Russia: An empirical investigation
Geranda Notten, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
15 Human Capital, Dynamic Preference and Endogenous Transition form Primitive Agriculture to Industrial Mass Production: Three Stages of Economic Development
Rudrani Bhattacharya, Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00



01 Academics in Networks of Inventors: An Exploration of KEINS Database
Bulat Sanditov, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
07 Habit Formation, Information Exchange and Geography of Demand
Zakaria Babutsidze, UNU-MERIT and Department of Economics, Maastricht University
category: PhD seminar
venue: FDEWB, Tongersestraat 53, Room A 0.23
time: 16:00 - choos
12 Innovation Policy and Innovation in China: towards an Innovative Country
Jun Jin, Research Center for Science, Technology, and Education Policy, Zhejiang University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:00
15 Which Inequality? The Inequality of Resources Versus the Inequality of Rewards
Ed Hopkins, University of Edinburgh
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00



05 Memberships and the Dynamics of Human Capital
Giulio Zanella, University of Siena, Department of Economics
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
12 Increasing returns to scale and urban characteristics: bridging firms and regions
Gustavo Britto, Land Economy Department, Darwin College, University of Cambridge
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
17 Structural Change and Economic Development
Jose Antonio Ocampo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Feestsalon, Bouillonstraat 3 (Faculty of Law), 6200 MD Maastricht
time: 16:00
25 Social capital and social dysfunction: Evidence from Dutch Municipalities
Semih Akcomak, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Seminar Room, 4th floor
time: 16:00
26 Different Energy Visions and Implications
Christoph W. Frei, Director, Energy, World Economic Forum; Adjunct Professor, International Energy Policy & Strategy, EPFL, Switzerland
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Conference Room, 4th floor
time: 16:00



01 Disarmament, Peace and Conflict Prevention - UNU-MERIT Conference in honour of Ramesh Thakur
category: Conference
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 18:00
03 Treatment of (energy price) uncertainties in energy systems models
Volker Krey, Programme Group Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (STE), Research Centre, Julich
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
04 Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Alternatives in the Energy and Transport Sectors - Policy Issues for Developing Countries
category: External event
venue: UN, New York, Conference Room B
time: 13:15 - 14:45
09 Capital goods import and manufacturing skills upgrading in developing countries: evidence from the manufacturing sector in Botswana
Alexis Habiyaremye, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Seminar Room, 4th floor
time: 16:00
24 Joint UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Seminar Series

This seminar has been cancelled. We regret any inconvenience caused.
Arie Halachmi,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar

30 Cognition, Culture and Management Research
Mark Peterson, Florida Atlantic University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:00
31-01 Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies
category: Conference
venue: Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht



04 Investment in Process Innovation: Technological Obsolescence in Australian Manufacturing
Jerry Courvisanos, School of Business, University of Ballarat, Australia
category: Academic research seminar
time: 12:30
19 China and India as emerging economic and political superpowers? Impacts on the Global Governance architecture
Dirk Messner, Director, German Development Institute –GDI-, Bonn, Germany
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Carl Dittrich Zaal, Student Service Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2
time: 16:00



27 OECD/MOST (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) Conference on China's National Innovation System and Policy
category: External event
venue: Beijing, China



03 Building a Foundation for Sustainable Electronic Governance - From Experience, To Lessons, to a Framework
Dr. Tomasz Janowski, UNU-IIST, Macao
category: Academic research seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
06 Rethinking Development Assistance
David Ellerman, University of California at Riverside
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: MGSoG, Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 16:00
13 Out of the Energy Labyrinth
Carole Nakhle, Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), University of Surrey
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
18 Semiconductors: Explaining Variations in Catch-up Strategies in Malaysia, China, Taiwan and Korea
Rajah Rasiah, University of Malaya
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference room, 4th Floor, Keizer Karelplein
time: 16:00 - 17:30
20 Technological Change during the Ancient Regime
Alessandro Nuvolari, TU/e, ECIS (Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies)
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:00
20-23 Globelics 2007
category: External event
venue: Saratov, Russia
20-21 EPIP Conference 2007
, CIRCLE/Lund University, Sweden
category: External event
venue: Lund University, Sweden
26-27 High Level Workshop on “Dialogues for a Sustainable Development - EU and China”
, Co-organized by organised by the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (Lisbon), with the collaboration of the Institute of European Studies (Free University of Brussels), the UNU-MERIT (Maastricht), the European Institute for Security Studies
category: External event
venue: Centre Culturel Gulbenkian, Paris



04 Measuring the Foreign Activities of Multinational Enterprises: The Country-Specific Mismatch between Foreign Direct Investment Data and Actual Economic Activity
Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Nijmegen School of Management
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
08 Is Culture an Obstacle to African Economic Development?
Jean-Philippe Platteau, Centre for Research on the Economics of Development (CRED), University of Namur
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Kiezer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
15 Climate Change Policy as Post-Political Populism
Erik Swyngedouw, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Faculty of Economics, Aula, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht
time: 11:00
17 Reconciling Environmental Conservation with Economic Prosperity; the feasibility of Double Dividens in the Short and Long run
Tobias Kronenberg,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
17 Assessing the impact of foreign direct investment in Transition Economies
Victoria Kravtsova,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
18 The role of leaders in microfinance groups: experimental study on the role of social structure based on empirical evidence
Jana Vyrastekova, Department of Economics, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
22-26 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
23-24 Turning knowledge into practice: Getting more out of public investment in innovation
category: External event
venue: Berlin, Germany
24 Supporting and Monitoring Trade Liberalization: EPAs and the Development Agenda
Francesco Rampa, ECDPM
category: Policy seminar
venue: Faculty of Economics, Tongersestraat 53, C-103; Colloquiumruimte 1
time: 16:00 - 17:30



07-08 3rd International Conference on Services and Innovation: Services Innovation - Driving Growth, Driving Profit
category: External event
venue: The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
07 Re-inventing the Wheel? – Transferring Best Practices in eGovernment
category: External event
venue: Beaulieu 25, Brussels, Room O/S 1
time: 09:30 - 04:30
08 Geoengineering and Economic Growth: Making Climate Change Irrelevant or Buying Time?
Sjak Smulders, Department of Economics and CentER, Tilburg University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
15 The impact of related variety on regional growth in Italy in the period 1995-2003
Ron Boschma, Department of Economic Geography, Faculty of GeoSciences, Utrecht University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:00
19 Politics, Investor Protection and Competition
Enrico Perotti, University of Amsterdam and UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room, 4th floor, UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:00
27 Multinationals and Emerging Economies: The Quest for Innovation and Sustainability
category: Project workshop (closed)
venue: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Tongersestraat 53), Room C-107
time: 09:00 - 18:00
29 Dialogues at the Interface: from North -South transfer to global exchange in development policy
Louk de la Rive Box, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00



05 ICIM 2007
category: External event
venue: Yamaguchi, Japan
06 Networks of Civil Society Organizations: The case of women’s groups in Turkey
Müge Ozman, Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), Université Louis-Pasteur
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00
13 Linking Agricultural Growth and Social Protection: Evidence from Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh
Rachel Slater, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: MGSoG, Kapoenstraat 2, room: 0.009
time: 16:00



15 New Technology Promotion and Self Organising Systems of Innovation: the Case of NERICA in West Africa
Dr. Daniel N. Dalohoun, United Nations University MERIT/INRA, University of Ghana
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Confernece room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 16:00
17 Approach for analysing capabilities in latecomer software companies
Rousseva Rossitza, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
22 ICT and Innovation: Evolving Opportunities
Thomas Andersson, Jonkoping University, Sweden
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 14:30 - 16:00
28-29 Medical innovation prizes as a mechanism to promote innovation and access
category: External event
venue: Bouillonstraat 1-3, Maastricht
31 Towards a Taxonomy of National Innovation Systems
Manuel Mira Godinho, School of Economics and Management, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00



04 Towards a European Strategy in Support of Innovation in Services
category: External event
venue: Berlaymont Building, Room: Jean Rey, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, Brussels
time: 09:15 - 17:00
12 Challenges to Science and Technology and Innovation Policy in the Adjustment of Development Goals in China
Shulin Gu, Tsinghua University, China
category: misc
venue: Conference Room, 4th Floor, UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
13 Playing in invisible markets: Innovating to harness the economic power of the poor
Dr. Shyama Ramani,
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Maastricht University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tongersestraat 53
time: 19:30 - 21:30
14-15 International Workshop of the Catch Up Group on Sectoral Innovation Systems
, Catch Up Project
category: Project workshop (closed)
venue: UNU-MERIT
15 Explaining Success and Failure in Development
Professor Adam Szirmai, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:30 - 18:00
19 The Politics of Climate Change
Maastricht Debate,
category: External event
venue: Aula, Faculty of Economics, Maastricht University, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht.
time: 19:30 - 21:30
21 Breaking path dependence in the energy sector – the need for technology-specific policies
Staffan Jacobsson, Chalmers University of Technology , Sweden
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room of the UNU-MERIT, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
25 Regional Foreign Participation and Externalities: New empirical evidence from Mexican Regions
Jacob A. Jordaan, Free University of Amsterdam
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room, 4th floor, UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht '
time: 16:00 - 17:00
28 Anthropogenics: a science of adaptive behaviour?
Niels Roling, Wageningen University
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:30



06 Human Capital Intensity in R&D-performing Firms Located in Portugal: Do Foreign Multinationals Matter?
Ana Teresa Tavares, University of Porto (CEMPRE, Faculty of Economics)
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
11 Russia and the EU: Strategic Partners or Competing Neighbours
Maastricht Debate,
category: External event
venue: Venue: the Auditorium Faculty of Economics (Tongersestraat 53), Auditorium
time: 19:30 - 21:30
13 The technological niche and organizational growth and survival: a logical formalization and empirical analysis in the biopharmaceutical industry
Ad van den Oord, Eindhoven Technical Universtity
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00 - 17:00
18 Is the world flat? Globalizing Japan's innovation system
Atsushi Sunami, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
20 Prize or Patent? Innovative Ideas for Funding Medical Drug Development and Access
Panel Discussion,
category: External event
venue: Conference Room 7, UN Headquarters, New York
time: 15:00 - 17:30



03 Cointegrated VAR Analyses of a Hybrid DSGE and SVAR Model
Xuxin Mao, Institute of Mathematical Economics (IMW) , Bielefeld University, Germany
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 16:00
10 Research Collaboration in Nanotech Research: A Case Study of China
Li Tang, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00 - 17:00
14 The Relevance, Types and Practices of Foresight in Decision-Making
Attila Havas, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference room 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
17 A multilevel analysis of innovation in developing countries
Martin Srholec, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). University of Oslo
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
21-23 Second Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies
category: External event
venue: Beijing, China
24 Sustainable Energy Development under Uncertainty
Sabine Fuss, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:00
29 Pathways out of Poverty for the 21st Century: The timing of Free Trade.
Erik Reinert, Tallinn University of Technology, NORISS, Norwegian Institute of Strategic Studies, Other Canon Foundation
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Seminar room 09
time: 16:00 - 17:30



06 Linking up eGovernment: Building a Digital Europe
category: External event
venue: Brussels
time: 09:00 - 17:00
08 Global Income Inequality
Branko Milanovic, World Bank
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: School of Governance, seminar room 009
time: 16:00 - 17:30
13 Spatial Industrial Complexes: Accessibility, Fuzzy Logic Approach and Regional Policies
Rodrigo SIMÕES, Centre for Economic and Regional Development (Cedeplar) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-Merit, conference room, 4th floor
time: 16:00
29 The Economics of Management in a large UK retail organizations
Nick Zubanov, The Netherlands' Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00 - 17:00



10-12 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: The Royal Scientific Society, Amman, Jordan
10 Closing Symposium Strategic Innovation
category: External event
venue: Eurotel, Koning Albertlaan 264, Lanaken, Belgium
time: 15:30 - 19:00
13 Internationalization of Indian Enterprises: Patterns, Strategies, Ownership Advantages and Implications
Dr Nagesh Kumar, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer karelplein 19, conference room, 4th floor
time: 12:00 - 13:00
13 Closing Symposium Strategic Innovation
category: External event
venue: Fortunato, Milaanstraat 120, Sittard, the Netherlands
time: 15:30 - 19:
16 Improving the European Innovation Scoreboard methodology
category: External event
venue: Centre Albert Borschette -Room 4C, rue Froissart, 36, 1040 Brussels
time: 09:15 - 16:30
19 Transformations in China
Angus Maddison, UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 16:00 - 17:00
27 Mental Capital: the economic significance of mental health
Rifka Weekhuizen, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00



28 Blurred boundaries between firms, and new boundaries within (large multinational) firms: the impact of decentralized networks for innovation
John Cantwell, Rutgers University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer karelplein 19, conference room, 4th floor
time: 12:00 - 13:00



01 Symposium 'India leads in brain circulation’
category: External event
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4 - 6, Maastricht
time: 09:30 - 13:00
04 Village-Wide Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology:The Case of Bt Cotton in India
Subramanian Arjunan, Georg-August-University of Goettingen
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room, 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:00
05-06 The Internationalisation of Chinese and Indian firms: Trends, Motivations and Strategy
category: Conference
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 13:30 - 13:00
09 The Challenges of Governance Structure, Trade Disputes and Natural Environment to China's Growth
Wing Thye Woo, University of California Davis
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Auditorium 0.009, Maastricht School of Governance, Kapoenstraat 2, 6211 KW Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
18 Training in Times of Change
Roberto Zachmann, International Labour Organization
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Conference room, 4th floor
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 The Internationalisation of Chinese and Indian firms: Policy implications of the new globalisation from the South
category: Conference
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00



02 Creativity and motivation in consumption
Marina Bianchi, Department of Economic Sciences, University of Cassino,
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
06-17 DIMETIC
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 17:45
16 Estimation of Purchasing Power Parities for Regional and Global Poverty Measurement
Prasada Rao, University of Queensland, School of Economics, Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Auditorium 0.009, Maastricht School of Governance, Kapoenstraat 2, 6211 KW Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
23 The Micro-foundations of Social Contracts, Civil Conflicts, and International Peace-Making
Prof. Mansoob Murshed, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, 4th Floor, UNU-MERIT
time: 16:00 - 17:15
30-31 Entrepreneurship, Technological Innovation, and Development
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands



05 Assessing the Assignation of Public Subsities: Do the Experts Choose the Most Efficient R&D Projects
José García-Quevedo, Economic Institute of Barcelona, University of Barcelona
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room, 4th floor, Keizer Karlplein 19
time: 12:00 - 13:00
10-14 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, the Netherlands
25 The West and the Rest in the World Economy:1000-2030 Maddisonian and Malthusian Interpretations by Angus Maddison
Angus Maddison, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room, 4th floor, UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Trying to meet the challenge of health innovation for neglected diseases: New players in an old game or a new game and some different players?
Prof. Joanna Chataway, The Open University, UK
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, 4th floor
time: 14:00
27 Medicines for diseases of the developing world: Innovation and Economic Policy
Rutger Daems,
category: PhD defence
time: 16:00



03 Innovation persistency
Mikko Pohjola, CRE, Turku School of Economics
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
10-11 The 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM2008)
UNU-MERIT, supported by Wuhan University of Technology (China) and Yamaguchi University (Japan)
category: Conference
venue: Kasteel Vaeshartelt (Weert 9, 6222PG, Maastricht)
time: 08:00 - 22:00
18 Can we evaluate a whole innovation system? The OECD South Africa System Review
Erik Arnold, Technopolis Ltd., Brighton UK
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, 4th floor
time: 16:00 - 17:30



21 Non-R&D innovation of manufacturing firms: theory and evidence from the third European Community Innovation Survey
Can Huang, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Market Transitions, Policy Frames and Responses Within: Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals through a Transnational Lens
Harilal M.S., Centre for Development Studies, India
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
29 CANCELLED! Migration creation and diversion in the European Union: is Central and Eastern Europe a “natural” member of the Single Market for labour?
Dr. Helena Marques, Manchester Business School, UK
category: Policy seminar
30 Human capital accumulation, fiscal policy and endogenous growth
Mbaye Diene, CRES, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar
category: Academic research seminar
time: 12:30



00 Charles Cooper-lecture: Science and technology in South Africa – Past performance and future prospects
David Kaplan, University of Cape Town
category: public lecture
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
02-07 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: New Dehli, India
11 Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology acquisition
Katrin Hussinger, Maastricht University, KU Leuven, ZEW Mannheim.
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room.
time: 16:00 - 17:00
12 The Role of Demand in Technical Change
Abraham Garcia,
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 12:00 - 13:30
12 The Impact of Social Capital on Economic and Social Outcomes
Semih Akçomak,
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 14:00 - 15:30
12 Knowledge Flows and Social Capital: A Network Perspective on Rural Innovation
Saurabh Arora,
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 16:00 - 17:30
17 The Challenges of Disseminating a New Rice Variety in Guinea, Benin and Sierra Leone
Daniel N Dalohoun, West Africa Rural Innovations Policy Studies Hub, United Nations University MERIT/INRA
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00



11 A Look Inside the Forge: Developer Productivity in Open Source Projects
Jan Eilhard, CERNA, Mines Paristech, Paris
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room.
time: 16:00 - 17:00
12 Embodied Technological Change and Patterns of Investment in Austrian Manufacturing
Sandra Leitner, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 14:00 - 15:30
20 Mentaal kapitaal
category: External event
venue: Sociëteit De Witte, the Hague, the Netherlands
26 The Optimal Prevention of Epidemics
Hippolyte d'Albis, Toulouse School of Economics
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
30-03 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy: Evaluating the Impacts of Science, Technology and Innovation Programs
category: Training seminar
venue: Montevideo, Uruguay



08 CANCELLED! - Economic Development in Eastern Germany: History, Expectations, and Public Policy
Thomas Steger, University of Leipzig
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room.
time: 16:00 - 17:00
14 Terms, Images and Realities: The Future of Urbanization
Hans van Ginkel,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
20 Will Science and Research Survive in Times of Economic Crisis’
Dr. Janez Potočnik, EU Science and Research-Commissioner
category: public lecture
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 17:45 - 18:30
23 Rethinking Innovation and Development: A Critical Review of Recent Trends in international IP Policy Reforms
Sisule F. Musungu, IQsensato, Geneva
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, conference room
time: 14:00
28 DIME-RAL 2 conference: Eco-Innovations and Global Sustainable Development
category: Conference
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 18:00



06 How and when can subsidies be effectively used to induce entry into R&D? Micro-Dynamic evidence from Spain.
Pere Arque, University of Barcelona
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room.
time: 16:00 - 17:00
10-12 Third Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development - MEIDE
category: Conference
venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 System building for better policy alignment in the South: the case of salmon farming industry in Chile
Michiko Iizuka, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room.
time: 16:00 - 17:00
27 Commercializing Academic Research: The Quality of Faculty Patenting
Dirk Czarnitzki, Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00



03 The Mexican NIS: Institutions, policies and performance. To what extent are the innovation policy models of the OECD useful?
Dr. Gabriela Dutrenit, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City / UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Learning in the Management of Agricultural Research and Innovation: The Mexican Produce Foundations
Jose Alexandre Vera Cruz, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City / UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
24 Third annual Charles Cooper-lecture: Science and technology in South Africa – Past performance and future prospects
Prof. David Kaplan, University of Cape Town
category: public lecture
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30



03-06 Workshop on Evaluation Methods for Development Programmes
category: External event
venue: CRES, Dakar, Senegal
time: 09:00 - 17:30



30 Estimating the Patent Premium: Evidence from the Australian Inventor Survey
Paul Jensen, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference room
time: 12:00 - 13:00



06-08 GLOBELICS 2009: Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technological Change: education, social capital and sustainable development
category: External event
venue: Dakar, Senegal
12-23 DIMETIC
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
21 Crises and Economic Development: the Indonesian Experience
Prof. Hal Hill, Australian National University
category: Policy seminar
venue: 4th floor offices, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22-23 Pathways to industrialization in the 21st century: New challenges and emerging paradigms
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 09:00 - 18:30
26-30 DEIP El Salvador
category: Training seminar
29-30 Measuring Innovation: New Evidence in Support of Innovation Policy
category: Project workshop (closed)
venue: Birkbeck, University of London
time: 13:00



20 Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry
Mark Schankerman, The London School of Economics and Political Science
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room, Keizer Karlplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:30 - 16:30



07-12 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Islamabad, Pakistan



21 Technology transfer and learning under the Kyoto regime
Asel Doranova, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula of Maastricht University Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00
21 Multinational Subsidiary Evolution: Corporate Change in New EU Member States
Sergey Filippov, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula of Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28 The economics of free/libre/open source software
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, UNU-Merit
category: Policy seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-Merit, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht
time: 16:00



22-26 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Addis Abeba, Ethiopia



08-09 User and User‐Driven Innovation: Status, Prospects and Implications
category: External event
venue: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK



01 An analysis of the determinants of starting an R&D project
Sabien. D. Dobbelaere, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde (FEWEB)
category: Academic research seminar
venue: unu-merit conference room
time: 14:30 - 16:00
15 A Capability Approach to Entrepreneurship
Wim Naude, UNU-WIDER
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00 - 17:00
22 Enterprise Systems and Innovations
Benjamin Engelstätter, Centre for European Economic Research
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00 - 17:00
29 Multinational enterprises, development and globalisation:Some clarifications and a research agenda
Rajneesh Narula, Reading University Business School, UK
category: Academic research seminar
time: 11:00 - 12:00



06 Measuring and Monitoring Innovation
Pierre Therrien, OECD
category: Academic research seminar
time: 15:00 - 16:30
20 Efficient development policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: An optimum portfolio approach
Kirsten Wiebe and Adriaan van Zon, UNU MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
time: 15:00 - 16:30
27-28 Fourth Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies
category: External event
venue: Tartu, Estonia



03 New Approaches to Analyse Determinants of National Innovation Systems in Emerging and Developing Countries
Gerd Meier zu Köcker and Lysann Müller, Institute for Innovation and Technology, iit Berlin; VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik, Berlin
category: Policy seminar
time: 15:00 - 16:00
10 Innovation and productivity of Dutch fi…rms:A panel data analysis-M. Vancauteren, P. Kort, B. Melenberg and J. Plasmans
Mark Vancauteren, University of Hasselt
category: Academic research seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:30
14-15 ICPC Nanonet Workshop 2010 Beijing – live webcast
category: External event
venue: Beijing, China
time: 08:45



16-17 R&D, science, innovation and intellectual property - International Conference in Honour of Jacques Mairesse
category: Conference
venue: ENSAE, Paris
time: 08:45 - 17:30
20-21 5th Annual Conference of the EPIP Association
category: Conference
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands
22 PhD defence Bertha Vallejo
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
22 PhD defence Donatus Kosi Ayitey
category: PhD defence
time: 16:00 - 17:30
27-01 Workshop on `The Economics of Knowledge and Innovation’ / Atelier de formation en `Economie de la Connaissance et de l’Innovation’
category: Training seminar
venue: Dakar, Senegal
27-01 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in a Developing Country Context (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Dakar, Senegal
30 The Small World of Standard Setting in Wireless Telecommunications
Dr Aija Leiponen, Imperial College, London
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00



04-15 DIMETIC
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, the Netherlands
08 Business subsidies in Finland: the dynamics of application and acceptance stages
Heli Koski, The Research institute of Finish Economy
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT New student class room (Fourth Floor)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Competition and innovation: together a tricky rollercoaster for productivity
Henry van der Wiel, CPB The Netherlands
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT New student class room (Fourth Floor)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 A Formal Theory of the Semi-Private American Welfare State
Kaj Thomsson, Economics Department, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht, room 0.009
time: 12:30
21 The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?
Carlos Scartascini, Lead Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht, room 0.009
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Distributional Assessment of Emerging Technologies
Susan E. Cozzens, Georgia Tech
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Policy Workshop: REGIONAL INNOVATION MONITOR – Launch and Networking Event
category: External event
venue: Regional Office of Silesia (Casa de Asturias Building), Rue Saint Laurent 36/38, 1000 Brussels
time: 09:00 - 18:00



04 A Schumpeterian model of growth and inequality
Hélène Latzer, Université de Strasbourg (BETA) and Université Catholique de Louvain la Neuve
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
04 The social division of Belgian pension protection
Prof. Jos Berghman, Centre for Sociological Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht, room 0.009
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Inaugural speech René Kemp
category: public lecture
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:00
18 Researching African Statehood Dynamics: Negotiability and its Limits
Prof. Martin Doornbos, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht, room 0.009
time: 12:30 - 13:30
24 Conflicting Demands in Ethnically Diverse Societies: Ethnopolitical Contention and Identity Values in Europe
Victor Cebotari, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
24 Defining, Measuring and Adressing Vulnerability: The Case of Post-Conflict Environment
Maha Ahmed, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
25 Measuring entrepreneurship across countries
Claude Marcotte, Concordia University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Competing and Complimentary Perspectives on the EU as a Crisis Management Actor
Dennis Gyllensporre, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
30 On the Universality of Music
Ramin Sadighi and Sohrab Mahdavi , Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht, room 0.009
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01 Essays on Economies with Heterogenous Interacting Consumers
Zakaria Babutsidze, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
02 On the embeddedness of entrepreneurial decisions
Uwe Cantner, Friedrich Schiller University Jena and University of Southern Denmark/Odense
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12.30 - 13.30
02 Between family and friends - Understanding the interdependence of private transfers
Florian Tomini, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
06-10 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in an Emerging Economy Context (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Gebze, Turkey
10 Workshop on patenting in China
category: Conference
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, conference room
time: 08:30 - 17:30
15 Across the threshold: Reconceptualising the position of states, communities and individuals in processes of migration and transnationalism
Lothar Smith, Nijmegen Centre for Border Research, Radboud University Nijmegen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
15 Conceptual and policy debates on Afghan migration
Nassim Majidi, Sciences-Po
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:00
15 New Advances in Migration Impact Assessment
Prof. Peter Nijkamp, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht, room 0.009
time: 15:30
21 Human resources management practices and learning for innovation in developing countries: pharmaceutical firms in Mexico
Fernando Santiago Rodriguez, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30



19 Local space and economic success: The role of spatial segregation of migrants in the Netherlands
Pascal Beckers, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
20 The social division of Belgian pension protection
Prof. Jos Berghman, Centre for Sociological Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 12:30
24 Cycles of creation and destruction of production and technological capabilities in Latin America
Jorge Katz, Intelis, University of Chile
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 11:00 - 12:30
26 Constraints to Family Educational Investment in Developing Countries: Using the Asian Financial Crisis in Indonesia as a Natural Experiment
Treena Wu, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 12:30
26 Impact Evaluation of a Job-Training Programme for Disadvantaged Youths: The Case of Projoven
Henry Espinoza , Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
27 Economic Development As An Evolutionary Process
Professor Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University
category: public lecture
venue: Maastricht University, Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 18:00



03 Heterogeneous Effects of International Migration and Remittances on Crop Income: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic
Aziz Atamanov, Maastricht University, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
09 Innovation in Finance to Finance Innovation: Supporting pro-poor entrepreneur-based innovation
Lina Sonne, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
10 EU-US productivity gap: new insights based on recent corporate data
Raquel Ortega-Argilés, IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Cross cultural intelligence amid intricate cultural webs – A tale of the UnDutchables in the land of 1001 smiles
Nantawan Kwanjai, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
17 Political Economy of Innovation and Sustainable Development: Evolutionary and Kaleckian Themes
Jerry Courvisanos, Centre for Regional Innovation and Competitiveness (CRIC), University of Ballarat, Australia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Emerging Corporate Social Responsibility policies and innovation: Indian perspectives
Subhasis Ray, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT New student class room (Fourth Floor)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Open Day Master's programme
, UNU-MERIT / MGSoG
category: misc
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 14:45



02 To (un)know him is to love him: can we derive universal properties of the innovation process?
Gerald Silverberg, UNU-MERIT and IIASA
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 13:30 - 14:30
03 Large-scale risks and technological change: What about limited liability?
Sandrine Spaeter, BETA, University of Strasbourg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14-16 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Jakarta, Indonesia
17 Seminar on the Middle East
Mohammad Javad Akbarein, Freelance journalist and political analyst
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30
18 Inaugural Lecture Jacques Mairesse
category: public lecture
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:30
23 Migration seminar: The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
David McKenzie, World Bank, BREAD, CReAM and IZA
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Board room, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 13:30 - 14:30
24 A Note on the Survival of Small Nations: A Dynamics View
Bentent Zou, Université du Luxembourg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
31 Connectivity and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of communication satellites
Evans Mupela, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
31 Tajikistan and the IMF: Some Lessons for Development Policy
Luc Moers , Visiting Scholar at the University of Guelph (Department of Economics)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30



01 Multilevel analysis of the determinants of innovative entrepreneurship across Europe
Bulat Sanditov, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
06-08 DIME Final conference
category: Conference
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands
11 Growth, development and new technologies in the ICT era
Mario Cimoli, ECLAC
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 Will Fukushima halt the “nuclear renaissance”? Tentative analysis of media debates in Finland, France and the UK
Markku Lehtonen, The Sussex Energy Group
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 02:00
20 Tuberculosis in India - A case of innovation and control
Nora Engel, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
21 Comparing (Supra-national) Regional Governance: Methodological Aspects
Philippe De Lombaerde, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies in Bruges
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 13:00 - 14:00
27 Migration seminar: a presentation on emigration policies
Simona Vezzoli , Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:00



03 Warfare, Taxation, and Political Change: Evidence from the Italian Risorgimento.
Mark Dincecco, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Tuscany
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 13:00 - 14:00
12 Scientific Uncertainty and Fabricated Uncertainty
Claude Henry, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 The Craft of Openness: Absorptive Capacity at the Individual Level and Innovation
Ammon Salter, Imperial College Business School, UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 14:00 - 15:00
19 Social Remittances Revisited
Peggy Levitt , Wellesley College and Harvard University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
23 Sustainable urban futures: Towards the Integrated Planning of the Urban and the Rural
Hans van Ginkel,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
25 Metech (Methodological and Technical) seminar on R
Kirsten Wiebe, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 14:00 - 18:00
25 Private methods to evaluate public projects. Accounting and financial approaches to assess macroeconomic perspectives of public-private partnerships
Emmanouil Sfakianakis , Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
28 Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Alumni Day
category: External event
time: 11:00 - 19:30
30 Metech (Methodological and Technical) seminar on STATA
Kristine Farla, Nevena Zhelyazkova, Michael Verba, MGSoG and UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Room H0.04, SBE, Tongersestraat 53
time: 14:00 - 17:30



09 Frequently Asked Questions: Public Policy and Private Business in Developing Countries
Wim Naudé, Maastricht School of Management
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
3 PhD fellows, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
15 The Role of the Diaspora in Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building in Post-Conflict Settings: The Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals to Afghanistan
Katie Kuschminder, MGSoG / UNU-Merit
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU Merit Conference Room (Keizer Karelplein 19)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Who's left behind? Social dimensions of health transition and utilization of medical care in Poland
Agnieszka Sowa, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
22 Successfully managing alliance portfolios: An alliance capability view
Tina Saebi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
23 Size, competition, and innovative activities: a developing world perspective
Abdul Waheed, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27-28 Fifth Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies (MEIDE)
category: External event
venue: San José, Costa Rica



07 The Welfare Effects of Integrating AIDS Treatment with Food Transfers: Evidence from Zambia
Nyasha Tirivayi, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
07 Improving Educational Quality through Enhancing Community Participation: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment in Indonesia
Menno Pradhan, Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID), Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU Merit Conference Room (Keizer Karelplein 19)
time: 16:00 - 17:00



08 Rural nonfarm Employment and International Migration as Alternatives to Agricultural Employment: The case of Kyrgyzstan
Aziz Atamanov , Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00
12-16 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Bogota, Columbia
15 Analysing the role of conditional dissociation in the evolution of cooperation, using agent-based modeling and evolutionary game theory
Luis Izquierdo, Universidad de Burgos
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Poverty Alleviation: Aid and Social Pensions
Frieda Vandeninden, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
21 The External Dimension of the EU's Migration Policy - In What Respect Nationality Continues to Matter
Katharina Eisele, Law Faculty, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:00
22 Regions at Risk – Predicting Conflict Zones in African Civil Wars
Sebastian Schutte , International Conflict Research Group at ETH Zurich
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 01:30
27 Technological Change and Skill Development: The case of Sudan
Samia S. O. M. Nour , Khartoum University; Visiting research fellow at UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
30 Interrupted Innovation: Emerging economies in the structure of the global aerospace industry
Daniel Vertesy, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30



06 The Dutch consolidation package in a comparative perspective
Dirk Kraan, OECD
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 01:30
11 The introduction, evolution and end of colonial extractive institutions in the Netherlands Indies, 1830 - 1942
Thee Kian Wie, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 MIGRATION SEMINAR. The role of third countries in EU migration policy: the Mobility Partnerships
Natasja Reslow, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Patent Citations and Knowledge Spillovers: An Analysis of Chinese Patents Registered in the US
Yanrui Wu, University of Western Australia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 A General Model for Productivity Research
Bert M. Balk, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Fourth Floor, Grote Gracht Building (Phd Students Classroom)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
24 “Making Globalization Socially Sustainable” and “Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts - ILO-EC publication”
Marion Jansen, ILO
category: misc
venue: Room H0.06, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
time: 12:15 - 13:30
25 Implementing and fine-tuning business R&D policies in developing countries
Jorge Niosi, UQAM, Canada Research Chair in Technology Management
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room C -1.09, School of Business and Economics
time: 12:30 - 13:30
31-04 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in a Developing Country Context (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Putrajaya, Malaysia



01 Research tutorial 2
, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 11:00 - 14:00
02 Joint MSM-MGSOG-UNU Merit Seminar: Foreign Direct Investment And Entrepreneurial Activity In Host Countries.
Utz Weitzel, Nijmegen School of Management
category: External event
venue: Room 225, Maastricht School of Management, 150 Endepolsdomein, Maastricht, The Netherlands, www.msm.nl
time: 12:30 - 13:30
03 Informal Payments for health care services in Albania
Sonila Tomini, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
03 “And Who Listens to the Poor?” Shocks, stresses and safety nets in India and Pakistan
Karishma Huda, BRAC Development Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08 Research Tutorials November 2011 Chair: Serdar Turkeli
Florian Henning, Zina Nimeh and Alejandro Lavopa, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Board Room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
10 Changes in Industrial Leadership and Catch-Up by Latecomers: Toward a Theory of Catch-up Cycle from the Case in the World Steel Industry
Keun Lee , Seoul National University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 Maastricht Reflections on Innovation - Tans Lecture
Prof. Dr. Luc Soete, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: public lecture
venue: Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht
time: 20:00 - 22:00
15-17 GLOBELICS 2011
category: External event
venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina
17 Incarcerated Connection: A New Focus on Child Rights
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 18:00
17 Joint MSM-MGSOG-UNU Merit Seminar: The Economics of Procurement
Nicola Dimitri, University of Siena, Italy, and external research fellow, MsM
category: External event
venue: Room 225, Maastricht School of Management, 150 Endepolsdomein, Maastricht, The Netherlands
time: 13:30 - 14:30
22 Innovation Strategies: Components, Co-ordination and Governance
Fred Gault, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22-23 Empower European Universities Conference
category: External event
venue: Maastricht
time: 12:30
24 Promoting democracy, development or governance in Kosovo? the EU’s intervention in comparative perspective
Adam Fagan , Queen Mary, University of London
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01 Charting Nanotechnology and its Subdomains
Scott Cunningham, Delft University of Technology
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
01 Metech (Methodological and Technical) seminar on igraph
François Lafond, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room
time: 14:30 - 18:00
08 Joint MSM-MGSOG-UNU Merit Seminar: The Delicate Art of Regulating the Development of Generation from Renewables
Caterina Miriello, Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy and until 2010 Visiting scholar at the Energy Markets Group, London Business School.
category: External event
venue: Room 225, Maastricht School of Management, 150 Endepolsdomein, Maastricht, The Netherlands
time: 13:30 - 14:30
13 Research Tutorials December 2011
Oxana Slobhozan, Bianca Buligescu and Jasmin Kientzel, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
14 Migration Seminar - Fourfold Labour Migration. On the Differential Attachments of Migrants from Central and Eastern Europe
Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Legitimacy of 'Humanitarian Military Intervention'
Lenka Eisenhamerova, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
22 Dynamic Microsimulation for Public Policy Analysis
Jinjing Li, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30



12 Joint MSM-MGSOG-UNU Merit Seminar: The EU's Legislative Effort Against Climate Change
Mario Negre, External Policy Department of the of the European Parliament, Brussels
category: External event
venue: 4th Floor Seminar Room (Grote Gracht)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
3 PhD fellows, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: conference room
time: 15.00 - 17:00
19 Joint MSM-MGSOG-UNU Merit Seminar: A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development
Patricia Justino, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 4th Floor Seminar Room (Grote Gracht)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 A G2 for science, the rise of China in science: implications for Europe
Prof Dr. Reinhilde Veugelers, KULeuven
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 MIGRATION SEMINAR: Where Next for Migration and Development?
Prof. Dr. Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 13:15 - 14:15



02 Endogenous (In)Formal Institutions
Carmine Guerriero , University of Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
05 Essays on the Distributional Impact of Public Policies, Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Evaluation
Lina Salanauskaite, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
08 Youth in Unrest - The Voice of Occupy: Did Western Capitalism Fail?
category: External event
venue: Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 22:00
09 Are patent law firms intermediaries of knowledge spillovers?
Dr. Stefan Wagner, European School of Management and Technology
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 Research tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
3 PhD Fellows, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
14 MsM – MGSoG Joint Seminar on R&D INCENTIVES FOR NEGLECTED DISEASES
Nicola Dimitri, University of Siena, Italy, and external research fellow, MsM
category: External event
venue: Room 225, Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht,
time: 13:30 - 14:30
15 Youth in Unrest: The Destiny of Middle East: Youth Fighting for Liberty
category: External event
venue: Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 22:00
16 "Warfare experience during ontogeny increases egalitarian and parochial motivations"
Michal Bauer, CERGE-EI and Charles University, Prague
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Joint MSM/MGSOG Seminar: Egypt in the Reform Crisis: Political Upheaval without Economic Concept
Juliane Brach, Department of Economics, Copenhagen University, Denmark and GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies, Hamburg, Germany
category: External event
venue: Room 225, Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht
time: 13:30 - 14:30
17 MIGRATION SEMINAR: Borders Beyond Control? The Role of States and Policies in Migration Processes
dr Hein de Haas, International Migration Institute (IMI), Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01 "The emergence of knowledge intensive natural resource based sectors: implications for developing countries"
Fulvia Farinelli, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 01:30
03 Master's Open Day
, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 10:00 - 14:45
05-09 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in a Developing Country Context (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Woraburi Phuket Resort & Spa, Phuket, Thailand
08 Small Worlds in Networks of Inventors and the Role of Science: An Analysis of France.
prof. Francesco Lissoni, University of Brescia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08 The APE-INV open-source database on patent data.
prof. Francesco Lissoni, University of Brescia
category: misc
venue: Board Room
time: 14:00 - 14:30
13 Research tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
2 PhD fellows, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: 4th Floor Grote Gracht building
time: 14:30 - 17:00
21 MIGRATION SEMINAR: The link between the high wage gains from international migration and the vulnerability of migrant flows to shocks at destination
David McKenzie, World Bank (Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Energy security today and tomorrow: definitions, measurements, policy implications
Aleh Cherp, Central European University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
23-24 Vibrant Europe Forum - Europe for People
category: Conference
venue: Vaeshartelt Castle, Weert 9, Maastricht
29 The Rise of China and The Reshaping of the Global Resource Sector
Prof. Dr. Raphael Kaplinsky, The Open University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



05 The use of public incentives in the promotion of private R&D activities
Ester Martínez-Ros, Universidad Carlos III
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 Research Turorials ESPP yr2-3-4
3 PhD fellows, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
11 METECH seminar: Introduction to reference management software (Zotero, Mendeley and Endnote)
Sachin Badkas and Florian Henning, MGSoG/UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room
time: 14:30 - 16:00
11 MIGRATION SEMINAR: Unpacking the postcolonial link in migration research and migration policies
Simona Vezzoli, International Migration Institute (IMI), Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 Entrepreneurial opportunities in peripheral versus core Regions in Chile
José Ernesto Amorós, Economics and Business School, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 225, Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht, The Netherlands
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Unleashing Explorative Potential: Spin-Outs as Linking Contexts of Inventors’ Communities
Prof. Dr. Stefano Breschi, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 Continuity or rupture of change? Trends in democracy and peace in recent African elections
Judith Vorrath, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Organizational strategies, firms' performance and spatial spillovers: The Canadian case in research and development
Julio Miguel Rosa,
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00
20 Global governance system - A Chinese perspective
Prof. Dr. Lan Xue , School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
category: Conference
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
23 METECH seminar: Introduction to Latex
Daniel Opolot, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: PhD fellows' room located above UNU-MERIT conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
26 Global protection of intellectual property rights and local promotion of public health in the South.
Samira Guennif, Centre d’économie de l’Université Paris Nord (CEPN)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 01:30



01 Evaluating the Pro-Poorness of Income Transfers: Does the Choice of Poverty Indicator Influence the Assessment?-
Dr. Geranda Notten, University of Ottawa
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
02 MIGRATION SEMINAR: Remittances and Household Welfare in rural Ethiopia
Lisa Andersson, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
03 How Exports Matter: Trade Patterns over Development Stages
Mark Sanders, Utrecht University School of Economics -
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
Serdar Turkeli, Jun Hou & Francesca Guadagno, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
10 Conflict Resolution, Public Goods and Patent Thickets 
Prof. Dr. Georg von Graevenitz, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
24 Trade Facilitation
Dr. Andrew Grainger, Nottingham University Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 4th Floor GG
time: 12:30 - 01:30
29 METECH seminar: Introduction to econometric methodologies using Matlab
Dr. Marco Capasso, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: SBE, Room C -1.07 (below the Mensa)
time: 14:30 - 16:45
31 The Risks of Innovation: Are Innovating Firms Less Likely to Die?
Dr. Caroline Paunov, OECD
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 01:30



07 Conditions for the most robust multidimensional poverty comparisons using counting measures
Dr. Gaston Yalonetzky , Leeds University - OPHI
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08 Can the University save Europe? Inaugural lecture Prof. Dr. Ir. Jo Ritzen
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jo Ritzen, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht University
category: public lecture
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
12 Research Tutorials
Salih Cevikarslan and Nevena Zhelyazkova, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: misc
venue: 4th floor Grote Gracht building
time: 14:30 - 17:00
15 Quantitative assessment of sustainable development and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kirsten Wiebe, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
18 Changing gender relations in the EU: reflections on differences that matter
Mieke Verloo, Institute for Gender Studies
category: public lecture
venue: Board Room
time: 13:30 - 14:30
18 Gender quota in the labor market
Klarita Gerxhani, University of Amsterdam
category: public lecture
venue: Board Room
time: 14:30 - 15:30
18 African women in the Economics profession
Elizabeth Asiedu, University of Kansas
category: public lecture
venue: Board Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
19 The Anti-Politics of Development: donor agencies and the political economy of governance
Wil Hout , ISS
category: public lecture
venue: Conference Room
time: 11:30 - 12:30
19 Parliaments, governments, and EU affairs: lessons for the EU candidate countries
Tapio Raunio , University of Tampere
category: public lecture
venue: Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
19 Migration Seminar: Migration, Immobility and Displacement Outcomes Following Extreme Events
Prof. Richard Black, Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT building
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Strong Organisations in Weak States
Joe Abah, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
20 METECH seminar: Principal Components and Factor Models using Matlab
Dr. Marco Capasso, UNU-MERIT and School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
category: Training seminar
venue: 4th floor, UNU-MERIT
time: 10:30 - 12:30
20 Migration seminar: The Effects of Transnational Child Raising Arrangements on the Wellbeing of Ghanaian Migrant Parents in The Netherlands
Dr. Bilisuma Dito, FASOS, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT building
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 Territorial Governance and Planning in the new Egypt – from centralized dictatorship to decentralization?
Professor John Loughlin , St Edmund’s College University of Cambridge
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Governance in unstable regions -I
Forbes Davidson and Paul Rabé, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies -Rotterdam
category: public lecture
venue: Conference Room
time: 10:15 - 11:30
21 [CANCELLED] Governance in unstable regions -II
Georg Frerks, Wageningen University
category: public lecture
venue: Conference Room
time: 15:15 - 16:15
22-23 Empower European Universities - The State of Universities for Progress
category: Conference
venue: Parkhotel Valkenburg, Maastricht area
time: 09:30
28 Social citizenship rights: Inequality and exclusion
Zina Nimeh, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
28 Will strong families return? Family welfare and the incomplete gender revolution
Prof. Gosta Esping-Andersen , Universitat Pompeu Fabra
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 10:00 - 11:00
28 Fixed cost, variable cost and the markup
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Koebel, University of Strasbourg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
29 Light and shade of multidimensional indexes: how methodological choices impact on empirical results.
Dr. Enrica Chiappero Martinetti, University of Pavia
category: Conference
venue: Conference Room
time: 10:30 - 11:30



05 Is the new politics of development transforming the governance agenda? Insights from Uganda
Samuel Hickey, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room, Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 12:30 - 13:30
05 To condition or not - is that the question? An analysis of the effectiveness of ex-ante and ex-post conditionality in social cash transfer programs.
Esther Schuering , Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:00



06 What role for the European Union in an era of fiscal austerity? Adjustment to the recession in the European Higher Education Area
Dr. Cecile Hoareau, UNU-MERIT/School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07 The Development Style of Open Source Software (a figuration of Open Innovation), and the Methodology of Estimating the Productivity of Business Enterprises
Prof. Tetsuo Noda, Prof. Terutaka Tansho, Prof. Liming Cai, Prof. Masayuki Hatta, Shimane University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07 Inaugural lecture: 'Het kind van de rekening' (in Dutch)
Dr. Bas ter Weel, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:15 - 17:30
11 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
Luciana Cingolani, Ozge Bilgili, Hamton Wong, MGSOG/UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: 2nd Floor KK (Above Conference Room)
time: 14:30 - 17:00
13 Patent Rights, Product Market Reforms, and Innovation
Prof. Dr. Susanne Prantl, University of Cologne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 Worker Remittances, Migration, Accumulation, and Growth in Poor Developing Countries: Analysis of Direct and Indirect Effects
Dr. Thomas Ziesemer, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room Kaizer Karelplein 19
time: 13:30 - 14:30
20 The Law and Economics of the EU Pre-Commercial Procurement of Innovation
Prof. Dr. Nicola Dimitri, University of Siena and Maastricht School of Management
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Sealing the deal in the market for technology
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Webster, University of Melbourne and Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Tongersestraat 53 (School of Business and Economics Maastricht University). Room A0.23.
time: 12:00 - 13:30
27-28 7th Annual Conference of the EPIP Association: IP in motion. Opening up IP?
category: Conference
venue: University of Leuven, Belgium
27 Voting and Peer Effects: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
Prof. Dr. Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



05 Essays on the Distributional Impact of Public Policies, Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Evaluation
Lina Salanauskaite, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
09 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
Judith Flory, Tatevik Poghosyan and Oxana Slobhozan,
category: misc
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
09 What Makes Chinese Firms Productive? - Learning from Indigenous and Foreign Sources of Knowledge
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Mueller, Mr. Philipp Boeing, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 SWITCHING THE LIGHTS OFF: THE IMPACT OF ENERGY TARIFF INCREASES ON HOUSEHOLDS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Dr. Franziska Gassmann , UNU-MERIT/Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
13 Master's Open Day MGSoG
, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 10:00 - 14:45
17 International Mobility Decisions for Graduates in Science and Engineering: The Case-study of India
Metka Hercog, Center for Cooperation and Development, EPFL
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Social Capital in the Netherlands and beyond
Prof. Dr. Hans Schmeets, Statistics Netherlands and Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 Utility reforms and performance of the Urban Water Sector in Africa
Dorcas Mbuvi, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
25-26 Workshop on Migrant Integration, Transnationalism and Return
category: External event
venue: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
25 CANCELLED
Prof. Dr. Martin Srholec,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30



08 A quality index for patent systems
Prof. Dr. Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Université Libre de Bruxelles
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
13 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
Michaella Vanore, Andrea Franco, Jinjin Zhao, Kapoenstraat 2, room 1.034
category: misc
venue: Kapoenstraat 2, room 1.034
time: 14:30 - 17:00
15 CANCELLED
Dr. Saeed Parto,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 METECH Seminar: Survey and Interview Design
Prof. Anthony Arundel , UNU-MERIT and University of Tasmania
category: Training seminar
venue: School of Business and Economics, room A0.23
time: 14:00 - 17:00
21-23 6th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies (MEIDE)
category: Conference
venue: Cape Town, South Africa
21 How to edit your dissertation using Latex
Andrea Franco, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, conference room
time: 09:00 - 10:00
21 How to compose a good literature review
Ad Notten, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, conference room
time: 13:30 - 14:30
22 Structural Impediments for Innovation - The Effect of Hierarchies on Knowledge Flows
Prof. Markus Reitzig, University of Vienna
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Life Satisfaction of Turkish and Moroccan Immigrants in the Netherlands
Dr. Özge Gökdemir, SBE, Istanbul University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Boardroom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Policy aspects of the migration and development debate"
Prof. Ronald Skeldon,
category: public lecture
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 09:30 - 10:30
22 Master class ethics
Prof. Maarten Verkerk ,
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, conference room
time: 14:00 - 16:00
28 METECH Seminar: Introduction to Programming and Statistical Analysis with R (Participants strongly encouraged to bring own laptop with R installed)
Nevena Zhelyazkova, UNU-Maastricht
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 13:00 - 15:30
28 Innovation Studies: Some emerging challenges
Ben Martin , SPRU. University of Sussex
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Tongersestraat 53 (School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University) Room:A1.22
time: 12:00 - 13:30
28 The COST Framework, Science & Technology Policy, and Innovation in Europe
Matteo Razzanelli, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 16:00 - 17:00
29 Social impacts and feedback loops: a new framework for evaluating social protection
Dr. Stephen Devereux and Dr. Keetie Roelen,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



04 METECH Seminar: Introduction to iGraph (R-based package for network analysis)
François Lafond, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Board room (1st floor)
time: 16:15 - 18:15
04 Innovation in manufacturing from product variety and labor productivity growth to economic development in Chile
Rodolfo I. Lauterbach Junneman, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
05 3rd RIM workshop: Achievements and outlook on RIM, a tool for policy learning
category: External event
venue: Brussels
time: 09:15 - 16:00
11 Research Tutorials ESPP yr2-3-4
Kristine Farla, Mahmut Kobal and Zijun Jiang, Conference room
category: misc
venue: Confernce room
time: 14:30 - 17:00
12 Intellectual Property, Innovation and R&D in the Global Environment
Ben Wang, Unilever Research and Development Center in Shanghai
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
13 Financialized commodity markets volatility: An Edgeworth-Keynesian appraisal
Prof. Bertrand Munier, IAE - University of Paris 1
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 Energy Poverty and Rural Energy Markets in Pakistan
Bilal Mirza, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, k. 1.169
time: 13:00 - 14:30
17 Innovation Impact: Mini Symposium
Professor Carlo Pietrobelli, Dr. Gustavo Crespi, Dr. Almamy Konte, Inter-American Development Bank / African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation
category: Conference
venue: Conference Room, UNU-MERIT
time: 14:00 - 17:00
17 Labour Migration in the Post-2015 Development Framework & Possible Contributions of the European Union
Ms. Anna Knoll & Dr. James Mackie, European Centre for Development Policy Management
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Boardroom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Natural Resources, Innovation and Export Growth; the wine industry in Chile and Argentina
Fulvia Farinelli , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, k. 1.169
time: 10:15 - 11:45
18 Innovation determinants and innovation as a determinant: evidence from developing countries
Abdul Waheed , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, k. 1.169
time: 15:45 - 17:15
19 Enterprise software and video games: an Empirical analysis
Benjamin Engelstätter, SBE
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, k. 1.169
time: 12:45 - 14:15



31 From Necessities to Imaginary Worlds: Structural Change, Product Quality and Economic Development
Pier Paolo Saviotti, INRA-GAEL, Université Pierre Mendès-France
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



14 “Is Evolutionary Economics in Crisis?: A Bibliometric Analysis”
Geoffrey Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Innovation, Exports and Productivity: Learning and Self selection in Chile
José Miguel Benavente, Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile.
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A1.22 (Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht)
time: 12:00 - 13:30
20 The Globalization of Migration: Has the world really become more migratory?
Dr. Hein de Haas , International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of taxes and transfers in 20 LIS countries over time
Koen Caminada , Leiden University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
28 High-Tech activities in emerging countries: A network Perspective of the Argentinean Biotech Activity
Lilia Stubrin, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
28 Technological regimes and demand structure in the evolution of the pharmaceutical industry. A History Friendly Model
Luigi Orsenigo, IUSS (University Institute for Advanced Studies), Pavia, Italy
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room A1.23 (Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:30



01 Unified yet separated: Empirical study on the impact of hierarchical positions within communities of learning
Martin Rehm, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
02 Master's Open Day
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19
time: 10:00 - 15:30
04 Base of the Pyramid (BoP) Symposium: Matching Technology and BOP Wants: From Good Intentions to Mutual Value Creation
category: External event
venue: Tokyo
time: 15:00 - 17:45
07 Corruption and economic activity: Micro level evidence from rural Liberia
Prof. Dr. Erwin Bulte, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 [CANCELLED] "The International Dimension of Open Innovation: evidence from intra- and international university-industry linkage from China"
Prof. Xiaolan Fu , Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: CANCELLED
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Forced Up or Down? The Impact of Forced Migration on Social Status
Carlos Vargas-Silva , Centre on Migration, Policy, & Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:15 - 13:15
21 How far from the tree does the (good) apple fall? Spin-out generation and the survival of high-tech firms
Roberto Fontana, Pavia University & CRIOS-Bocconi University
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room H0.06 (Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:15 - 13:45



05 Human Trafficking in Turkey: Challenges of the Victim-Identification Process
Ms. Eleni Diker , International Organisation for Migration, Istanbul
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Board Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08-09 Call for papers: Complexities and Challenges in Afghan Migration - Research and Policy Event
category: External event
venue: Brussels
10 Global collaboration and spillovers in MNE patenting from emerging economies: Evidence from India and China
Suma Athreye, Brunel University - UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: C-1.07 (Tongersestraat 53)
time: 13:30 - 15:00
10 Migration of Adult Children and Elderly Left Behind
Tobias Stöhr , Kiel Institute for the World Economy
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 Slicing Up Global Value Chains
Marcel Timmer, University of Groningen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 14:00
18 Adoption of improved cooking stoves and socio-economic impacts. Evidence from Burkina Faso using a quasi-experimental design
Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm, University of Passau
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30



02 Cross-border acquisitions of science-based firms: their effect on innovation in the acquired firm and the local science and technology system
Professor Marcela Miozzo , University of Manchester
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08 Do International Remittances Stimulate Private Transfers? Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia
Lisa Andersson, University of Gothenburg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
15 Wrongfully forgotten or simply trivial? A comparative analysis of higher education attainment among foreign born populations in Europe
Dr. Cécile Hoareau/Ms. Paulina Pankowska, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Returns to Specialization and Economic Growth with Human Capital Accumulation
Prof. Alberto Bucci, University of Milan
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Impacts of Government Incentives to R&D. Innovation and Productivity: A Microeconometric Analysis of the Québec Case
Rufin Baghana,
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 16:00 - 17:30
22 Open Workshop for Online (Senior) Communities
, Collaborative Creativity Group, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, conference room
time: 10:00 - 16:00
23 The distribution of individual income gains and losses in Russia 2000-2009
Philippe van Kerm, CEPS/INSTEAD (Luxembourg)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
23 Investing in Early Childhood Care and Education: The Impact of Quality on Inequality
Robert Bauchmüller, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
29 International Policy Debate on Remittances, Entrepreneurship and Development
category: External event
venue: MSM, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 18:00
30-31 International Workshop: Migrants: Transnational Entrepreneurs or Entrepreneurial Refugees?
category: External event
venue: MSM, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht
30 Poverty as capability deprivation: multidimensionality and the role of freedom in poverty measurement
Ortrud Leßmann ,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



03-14 Short course - Politics, Public Policy and Social Reform: The Case of the Arab Spring Countries
category: Course
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
06 Development, Capabilities and Policy
Martin Srholec, CERGE-EI, Prague and CIRCLE, Lund University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07 The effects of migration on children and the elderly left behind in Moldova and Georgia
category: Policy seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
10 Asylum and migration in the Aegean Region: Why Turkey and Greece failed to protect
Orçun Ulusoy,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Board Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 Childhoods embargoed: constructing and reconstructing multidimensional child poverty in Iran
Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
12 Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Licensing: The Case of Developing Countries
Prof. Sunil Kanwar, Delhi School of Economics
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A1.22 (Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:30
12 Revolution and Dignity: Reflections on the Transition in Egypt
Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Saleh Ahmed, Dr. Zina Nimeh (Chair), Universities of Cairo and Maastricht
category: public lecture
venue: UCM Lecture Hall
time: 18:30
13 Rivalry and the Rules in Collective Problem‐Solving: Learning more about Open Innovation processes from the microeconomics of computer programing contests
Paul A. David, Stanford University and UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:15 - 13:15
17-18 Econometric Evaluation of Treatment Effects
Arnaud Dupuy,
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:30 - 12:30
19 e-Governance
Magnus Mahrnig,
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, conference room
time: 14:00 - 16:00
19 Afghan Return Migrants’ Identification with the Conflict and Their Potential to be Agents of Change in the (Post-) Conflict Society of Return
Marieke van Houte,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Electronic Governance for Sustainable Development — Conceptual Framework and State of Research
Tomasz Janowski, United Nations University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Geographic Information Systems
Dr. Stuart Green,
category: Training seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, board room
time: 11:00 - 12:30
24-28 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries: The Caribbean Context (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Bridgetown, Barbados
27 Antipoverty Transfers in Developing Countries: A quiet revolution?
Armando Barrientos, Brooks World Poverty Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30



08-19 Summer Course: Impact assessment of education policies, an international perspective
category: Training seminar
venue: Maastricht



04 TEDx Maastricht: How can you make sure that 2.4 billion people have access to a working toilet?
Dr. Shyama Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Vrijthof Theatre, Maastricht
time: 14:30 - 15:00
05-06 8th Annual Conference of the EPIP Association: The Frontiers of IP
category: Conference
venue: Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
05 Room to Move: Why Some Industries Drive the Trade-Specialization Nexus and Others Do Not
Jaap W.B. Bos, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Lost (in) dimensions: Consolidating progress in multidimensional poverty research
Professor de Neubourg , UNICEF’s Office of Research Innocenti in Florence
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Navigating a River by its Bends. A comparison of returnees’ contributions to the transformation of Cambodia
Dr. Gea Wijers, Erasmus University College in Rotterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-Merit Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 Industry- and firm-specific factors of innovation novelty
Ana Paula Faria, School of Economics and Management at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Burden or relief? Fiscal impacts of recent Ukrainian migration to Poland
Dr. Paweł Kaczmarczyk , University of Warsaw
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30-04 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia



03 The impact of innovation support programmes on SME innovation in traditional manufacturing industries: an evaluation for seven EU regions
Professor Geoff Pugh, Staffordshire University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
08 Striking Syria
Lutz F. Krebs, Zina Nimeh, et al, Studium Generale
category: External event
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 20:00 - 22:00
09 Entrepreneurial Clusters and thevCo-agglomeration of Related Industries: Spinoffs in Portuguese Plastics and Molds
Rui Baptista, Brunel Business School
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room A1.23 (Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:30
10 The Arc of Institutional Change in the Long Shadow of Elites: Essays on Institutions, Human Capital and Ethnicity in Developing Countries
Biniam Bedasso, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 12:00 - 13:30
10 What do we know about the impact of social protection programmes on the decision to migrate?
Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker, ODI
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 Research elevator pitches
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 11:00 - 12:00
11 Complementarity in Innovation and Development: A Cross-country Comparison
Jun Hou, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
12 Master's Open Day
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 16:00
16 Monitoring social media for local governance of migrant integration
Rianne Dekker, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Investment liberalisation, technology take-off and export market entry: Does foreign ownership structure matter?
Prof. Sourafel Girma, University of Nottingham
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Conference Day on Poverty, Migration and Social Protection
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 17:00
23 In Intrapreneurs We Trust
Erik Stam, Utrecht University School of Economics (USE)
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A1.23 (TS53)
time: 12:00 - 13:30
25 Building the links between funding and quality in higher education: India’s challenge
Prof. Darleen Opfer, RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh.
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30 UNU-MERIT / MGSoG Research elevator pitches
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplei 19
time: 10:45 - 11:40
31 International Coordination and the Effectiveness of Aid
Professor Arne Bigsten , Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development, University of Gothenburg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
31 UNU-MERIT / MGSoG Research elevator pitches
category: misc
time: 11:00 - 12:00



06 5th Charles Cooper memorial lecture: Dynamic Capability - The Concept and How It Helps Us Understand Economic Change
Sidney G. Winter, Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management, Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
category: public lecture
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
07-08 7th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies (MEIDE)
category: Conference
venue: Santiago de Chile
11 Patterns of governance in the modern state: towards hybridity?
Professor John Loughlin , Von Hügel Institute (VHI), St Edmund's College and University of Cambridge
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Research elevator pitches
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 The Unintended Consequences of Decentralization in Colombia
Dr. Mario Chacón, NYU Abu Dhabi
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 GPAC² Keynote speech: Ethical issues in late-phase clinical trials
Dr. Rose Bernabe,
category: PhD seminar
time: 11:00 - 12:00
18 GPAC² Keynote speech: Immigration, Brain-Drain, and the Diaspora from LDCs
Prof. Tatiana Wah, Earth Institute, Columbia University
category: PhD seminar
time: 09:30 - 10:30
19 Research elevator pitches
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 GPAC² Keynote speech: The Culture of Markets: the political economy of climate governance to offer.
Dr. Janelle Knox-Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology
category: PhD seminar
time: 15:30 - 16:30
19 GPAC² Keynote speech: A Theory of Governance
Prof. Mark Bevir, Center for British Studies, University of California, Berkeley
category: PhD seminar
time: 10:00 - 11:15
20 UPDATE: GPAC² keynote speech: The Role of Individuals as Agents influencing Global Social Policy and Governance
Prof. Bob Deacon, International Social Policy, University of Sheffield, UK
category: PhD seminar
time: 11:30 - 12:30
20 “Plant Productivity Dynamics and Private and Public R&D Spillovers: Technological, Geographic and Relational Proximity”
René Belderbos, KU Leuven, Maastricht University (O&S) and UNU-Merit
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A0.24 (TS53)
time: 12:00 - 13:30
21 GPAC² keynote speech: Development and the Role of Pockets of Effectiveness
Wil Hout, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: PhD seminar
time: 11:00 - 12:00
21 Assessing Governance Assessments; The Case of Mozambique Governance Assessments in the Context of Aid Effectiveness Discourse
Laura Torvinen, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
25-26 IS Academy Migration and Development: Civil society days
category: External event
venue: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
time: 09:00 - 17:00
25-26 Sustainable Growth and Development in Africa
category: External event
venue: Dakar, Senegal
27 The Self Reliance of Self-Settled versus Settlement Refugees in Uganda
Ayla Bonfiglio , UNU Merit/ MGSOG
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 On the Origins of the Worldwide Surge in Patenting: An Industry Perspective on the R&D-Patent Relationship
Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Université Libre de Bruxelles - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A1.23 (TS53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



02 Workshop on Institutions, Governance and Economic Development
category: workshop
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 17:30
03 Research elevator pitches
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
05 Difference in the rates of return to R&D for European and US young leading R&D firms.
Professor. Michele Cincera, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
05 Social assistance and activation in the pursuit of happiness: Shedding new light on old policy solutions to social exclusion
Marina Petrovic , Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: PhD defence
time: 14:00 - 15:30
11 Do Liberal Citizenship Policies Decrease the Citizenship Premium? Assessing the Relation between Naturalization and Employment among Male Immigrants in 16 European Destination Countries?
Maarten Vink and Jaap Dronkers , Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 The family innovator's dilemma: How family influence affects the adoption of discontinuous technologies by incumbent firms
Nadine Kammerlander, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) - Center for Family Business
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A1.23 (Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Empirical Studies on Institutions, Policies and Economic Development
Kristine Farla,
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
16 The Impact of African Science: A Bibliometric Analysis
Manuel Mira Godinho, ISEG (School of Economics and Management) of the Technical University of Lisbon
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 14:30 - 15:30
17 Changing leadership in computer and information services: The emergence of India as the current world leader in computer and information services
Sunil Mani, Centre for Development Studies (India)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 15:30 - 16:30
18 What we talk about when we talk about Brazilian multinational, an investigation on Brazilian FDI, economic structure, innovation and the relationship between them
Flavia Pereira de Carvalho, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
18 Information Sharing through Informal Interaction in Low-tech Clusters
Anant Kamath, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30



09 Migration and the post-2015 development agenda
Professor Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex/Graduate School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 ORGANEXT Cluster Meeting: Organic Solar Cells
category: Conference
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 17:00
16 Political versus Economic Institutions in the Growth Process
Dr. Maty Konte, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22-24 IS Academy Migration and Development: Final Conference
category: Conference
venue: MSM, Maastricht, the Netherlands
29 The impact of differential social security systems and taxation on the welfare of frontier workers in the EU
Irina Burlacu, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30 Educational Diversity and Knowledge Transfers via Inter-Firm Labor Mobility
Marianna Marino, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



00 "Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital and Technical Change in Agriculture"
Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Discussion Group, UNU-MERIT & SBE
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT BOARD Room, 1st Floor
time: 15:30
06 Structural asymmetries at the roots of the eurozone crisis. Implications for EU industrial policies from a post-Keynesian perspective.
Dr. Alberto Botta, University of Pavia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
13 Measuring Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies
Dr Pieter Vanhuysse, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 TBD
Prof. dr. Luc Soete, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Master's Open Day
category: misc
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 17:00
25 Africa: A Fast Growing Continent - Debate Café
category: External event
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 20:00 - 22:00
26 Industrial and Innovation Policy for the Medium to Long-Term
Alan Hughes, Judge Business School , University of Cambridge
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: TS53, room A0.23
time: 12:00 - 13:30
26 African migration at the fringes of Europe: Migration strategies and transnational social networks
Marieke Wissink, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-Merit Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 The Everyday Integration of Migrants in the Absence of Policy: some African examples
Dr. Oliver Bakewell, International Migration Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



06 Contracting for technology transfer: patents, know-how and IP bundles
Dr. Catalina Martinez, Institute of Public Goods and Policies of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC-IPP)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 "The Origins of Endogenous Growth Theory"
Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Discussion Group, UNU-MERIT & SBE
category: workshop
venue: SBE TS53 room E1.04
time: 14:00
12 Blogging / Online Communications Workshop
Howard Hudson / Sueli Brodin, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
time: 13:00 - 14:00
13 Informality and Innovation
Professor Pedro Mendi , Navarra Center for International Development (NCID)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 "Successes in social protection: what lessons can be learned?"
Professor Giorgia Giovannetti , University of Florence
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Refugee Diasporas as development actors
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UM Campus, Avenue de l’Armée / Legerlaan 10, 1040 Brussels
time: 09:30 - 13:00
19 Rejected asylum seekers and voluntary return migration
Arjen Leerkes, Erasumus University Rotterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: UNU-Merit Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 Discriminating Ontology: Looking for Meaning in ‘Policy’ and ‘Governance’
Sachin Kumar BADKAS, UNU-MERIT and MGSoG
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
31 The Dynamics of Economic and Cultural Development
Prof. C. Hidalgo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01 External knowledge and innovation – some evidence from pooled cross sections of Nigerian firms
Abiodun Egbetokun, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 13:00 - 14:00
03 "Entrepreneurship & Innovation"
Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Discussion Group, UNU-MERIT & SBE
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT: Conference Room
time: 14:00 - 15:30
08 Moving towards symbolic religiosity? An exploration of generational changes in levels and forms of religiosity in the Turkish and Moroccan origin population in Western Europe.
Evelyn Ersanilli, IMI, Oxford University
category: Migration seminar
time: 13:00 - 14:00
10 Agricultural extension as an escape from the poverty trap : Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands
Isabelle Bonjean, University of Namur
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Migration and Development in the Asia-Pacific- An Australian Perspective
Graeme Hugo, Australian Population and Migration Research Centre, University of Adelaide
category: Migration seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Making the ends meet: The Word and Action in the Office of Ukraine’s 1994-1999 President
Valery Shyrokov, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: Research tutorial
venue: Board room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:30 - 11:15
24 The economics of identity
Prof. Alan Kirman, Aix-Marseille Université
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30 Industrial policy for technological infrastructure development: Intermediate institutions, collective productivity and inter-sectoral learning
Antonio Andreoni, Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation, University of Cambridge
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A0.24 (TS53)
time: 12:00 - 13:30



08 Rethinking the Role of the State and Innovation in Economic Growth: How East Asia May Have Misled Us On Both Issues
Professor Samuel Cohn , Texas A and M University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 "Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital and Technical Change in Agriculture"
KIT Discussion Group, UNU-MERIT & SBE
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT BOARD Room, 1st Floor
time: 15:30
20 One Europe or Several? Causes and Consequences of the European Stagnation
Professor Jan Fagerberg, Center for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 14:00 - 15:00
21 Report Launch: Migrant and Refugee Integration in Global Cities: The Role of Cities and Businesses
category: External event
time: 14:00 - 17:00
21 Developing EU immigration and asylum policy: thinking laterally and adding value
Elizabeth Collett, Migration Policy Institute Europe
category: Migration seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Peace and Conflict in Transitioning Societies
category: Research tutorial
time: 14:30 - 17:00
27 Poverty, PP & Inclusive Innovation Group - Research Tutorial Session
category: Research tutorial
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 16:15
28 THE NEW CONTEXT FOR DEVELOPMENT AROUND NATURAL RESOURCES: An opportunity for Latin America (and other resource rich countries)?
Prof. Carlota Perez, Centennial Professor of International Development at the London School of Economics (LSE), U.K.; Professor of Technology and Development at the Nurkse Institute, Technological University of Tallinn, Estonia; Research Affiliate at CFAP/CERF, Cambridge Fina
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



04 Organic Nanomaterials: Materials of Wonder
category: External event
venue: Hasselt University, campus Diepenbeek, Building D (auditorium H2) – Agoralaan, Diepenbeek
time: 13:30
05 The Structure and Comparative Advantages of China’s Scientific Research - Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives
Dr. Lili Wang, UNU-Merit
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 Introduction to STATA
Michael Verba, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Evaluation of Meal and Deworming Programs for Primary Schools in Rural Senegal
Fatoumata Lamarana Diallo,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
17 Catching Up or Breaking Out? Capability Development Strategy of Latecomer Firms and Nations
Prof. Wong Poh Kam, National University of Singapore
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 4th Floor Grote Gracth Building
time: 15:30 - 16:30
17 New governance under limited statehood: The case of local government reform in Kosovo
Ilire Agimi, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
17 The Design of Centralized Public Procurement Strategies: Demand Aggregation Techiques and Tenders Evaluation
Gian Luigi Albano, Consip
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 17:00 - 18:00
19 Analytical Challenges for Measuring Multidimensional Poverty and Well-being
category: workshop
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 17:00
23-04 Designing and Implementing Social Protection Programmes in Africa
category: Course
venue: Mombasa, Kenya
25 Processes of ageing among firms
Dr Alex Coad, Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: D0.03 (TS53)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Highly skilled migration and new destination countries: How government policies shape destination choices
Metka Hercog, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
26 Can Remittances influence the Tenure and Quality of Housing in Uganda?
Margaret Agaba Rugadya, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
27 Inaugural Lecture, Prof. Hein de Haas
Prof. Hein de Haas, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: public lecture
venue: University Aula, 4-6 Minderbroedersberg, Maastricht
time: 14:30 - 15:30
27 Promoting Innovation in Latin America: What Countries Have Learned (and What They Have Not) in Designing and Implementing Innovation and Intellectual Property Policies
Annalisa Primi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30



14-18 Summer School: Impact Assessment for Human Capital
category: Course
venue: UNU-MERIT
17 RIM Plus Workshop "Supporting advanced manufacturing activities at the regional level"
category: workshop
venue: Brussels, Belgium
time: 09:00 - 16:00
21-22 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP): Germany
category: Training seminar
24 Dynamics of Science and Technology Catch-Up by Developed and Emerging Economies: A Composite Analysis Combining Scientific Publications and Patenting Data
Dr. Chan-Yuan Wong, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 14:00 - 15:00



04-14 Summer School on Discovering Econometrics with ‘R’
category: Course
venue: SBE, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht



04-05 EPIP 9: Improving Innovation Systems
category: External event
venue: Brussels, Belgium
04 Cloud Computing
Sachin Badkas, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: METECH Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:00
10 Exploring the Relation Between the Degree of Novelty of Innovations and User–Producer Interaction Across Different Income Regions
Cristina Chaminade, CIRCLE, Lund University
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A0.23 (TS 53)
time: 13:30 - 15:00
10 Female Return Migration and Reintegration in Ethiopia
Katie Kuschminder, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 What Innovation Policies Does China Need to Catch-up with the Most Advanced Countries in the World? Outlining a Research Agenda
Prof. Johann Peter Murmann , UNSW Australia Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
15-05 Research Methods and Skills
category: Course
venue: MSM, Maastricht / Online
17 Migration and School Performance of Children Who Stay Behind in Moldova and Georgia
Dr. Victor Cebotari,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Board Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 When is Migration a Security Issue? Inaugural Lecture
Khalid Koser, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
18 Staff Research Pitching Sessions
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 11:00
24 Innovations in Delivery Platforms: A Case study of Indian Health Care Reform
Arijita Dutta, University of Calcutta, India
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 The additionality effects of R&D tax credits across sectors: A cross-country microeconometric analysis
Prof. Fulvio Castellacci, TIK Centre, University of Oslo
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Staff Research Pitching Sessions
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 12:00



02 Levels and trends in regional and global inequality and poverty, 1993 - 2011: Are these measure Sensitivite to the choice of PPPs and real income measures?
Prof. Prasada Rao, University of Queensland, Australia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
02 Staff Research Pitching Sessions
category: Academic research seminar
time: 10:00 - 12:00
06-10 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies (DEIP)
category: Training seminar
venue: Nairobi, Kenya
07 BOP Symposium: Innovating Business Model for the BOP
category: External event
venue: Tokyo, Japan
time: 13:00 - 18:00
08 The Second Big Transition or the Struggle for Inclusive Capitalism
Prof. Johan Schot, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
09 Appropriate Technology and Balanced Growth
Prof. Miguel Leon-Ledesma, University of Kent, UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 Master's Open Day
Dr Lutz Krebs et al, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: misc
15 Neoliberal Government of Integration: Governing by Enterprise and Law
Ms. Özden Ocak, George Mason University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Board Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Green Politics in Latin American Cities: Sustainable Transport Agendas
Carlos Cadena Gaitán, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00
16 Is a Breakthrough on Climate Change Governance on the Horizon? Sharing experiences from the IPCC assessment process.
Maria Figueroa , CBS DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND POLITICS - COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 The Evolution of Knowledge Systems
François Lafond , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00
17 Percolation in social networks as a model of diffusion
Prof. Koen Frenken, Utrecht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 15:00 - 16:00
23-24 European Meeting of the International Microsimulation Association
category: Conference
venue: MsM
28 Multidimensional Poverty Index as a tool for public policy: The case of Colombia
Andrea Franco, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: Research tutorial
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 14:45
28 The Impact of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts on Labor Market Outcomes: Wages and Contract Type
Paula Nagler, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: Research tutorial
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 14:45 - 15:30
28 Direct and Indirect Effects of Social Transfers on Human Capital Accumulation
Andrés Mideros, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: Research tutorial
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:30 - 16:15
29 Bureaucracies for Development: Oxymoron or Reality? Studies on State Capacity in challenging governance contexts
Luciana Cingolani, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
time: 14:00 - 15:30
30 Datavisualization with Stata: How to adapt APIs and take benefit of HTML5/canvas to create dynamic charts and maps with Stata
Dr. Thomas Roca, Agence Française de Développement - ERS/ RED - Research Department
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30



04 Global Governance in the Management of Natural Resources: The case of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Oxana Slobozhan,
category: PhD defence
time: 16:00 - 17:30
06 Iodine Deficiency and Educational Outcomes in Cameroon: Testing the Fetal Origins Hypothesis.
Dr. Nyasha Tirivayi,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
13 Do migrant girls perform better than migrant boys? Deviant gender differences between the reading scores of 15-year-old children of migrants compared to native pupils
Prof. Jaap Dronkers, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 Ethnic segregation in housing, schools and neigbourhoods in the Netherlands
Cheng Boon Ong,
category: PhD defence
time: 12:00 - 13:30
17 Deciding upon health technologies: experiences from The Netherlands and the UK
Manuela Joore,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 16:00
17 Evidence of Moral Hazard in the Health Care Market and the Influence of Policies on Consumption: A study of Germany, Poland and the Netherlands
Yasmin Kilders,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Board room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 11:00 - 12:00
18 An Evaluation of Tax-Benefit Systems Impact on the Welfare of Frontier Workers. The Case of Luxembourg and Belgium
Irina Burlacu,
category: PhD defence
time: 16:00 - 17:30
18 Globalization, international testing, and educational governance
Louis Volante,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 11:30 - 12:30
18 Empirical testing of effectuation – towards proximal performance variables in uncertainty contexts
Rene Mauer,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Board room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 11:30 - 12:30
18 Introduction to R
Charlotte Guillard, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, 4th floor
time: 13:00 - 15:00
19 The Changing Role of the Central Planning Offices in Latin America, A Comparative Historical Analysis Perspective (1950-2013)
Luis Meija Guinand, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:45 - 15:15
19 Reshaping the big agenda: Transnational politics and domestic resistance: Financial crisis and social protection reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yulia Privalova Krieger , UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
19 U.S. Border Control, Migratory Policies, and Criminal Violence in Mexico
Francisco Alonso , European University Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Moving Back or Moving Forward? Return migration after conflict
Marieke van Houte,
category: PhD defence
time: 10:00 - 11:30
20 Metachoice and Metadata: Innovating with Environmental Policy Analysis in Europe
Sachin Badkas, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
20 The many faces of public sector innovation
Carter Bloch,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 14:30 - 15:30
20 Effective European antitrust: Does EC merger policy involve deterrence?
Prof. Tomaso Duso, DIW Berlin and DICE, Heinrich-Heine University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 Public sector innovation
Anthony Arundel, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 11:00 - 12:00
21 Simultaneity in transnational migration research: Links between migrants' host and home country orientation
Özge Bilgili, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
21 Introduction to IGraph for R
Charlotte Guillard,
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Board room, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 16:00
25 The Geographic Dimensions of Growth and Development
Samyukta Bhupatiraju, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
26 International Conference: Future Perspectives on Innovation and Governance in Development
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT



01 Human capital specificity and the diffusion of economic activities
Dr. Frank Neffke, Center for International Development-Harvard Kennedy School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
03 Regional co-evolution of firm population, innovation and public research? Evidence from the West German laser industry
Prof. Guido Buenstorf, University of Kassel (Germany)
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room A1.22 (TS53)
time: 12:00 - 14:00
03 Options for Reference Management
Sachin Badkas, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: METECH Seminar
time: 11:00 - 12:00
03-05 DEIP Dominican Republic
category: workshop
venue: Santo Domingo
04 CANCELLED: Business as unusual. An explanation of the increase of private economic activity in high-conflict areas in Afghanistan
Dr. Tommaso Ciarli, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
11 CANCELLED- Contract Enforcement and Investment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Diego Aboal, Centre for Economic Research (CINVE-Uruguay)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Exploring the Benefits and Potential of City-to-City Partnerships in Integration Governance
Dr. Özge Bilgili, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 The Impact of Brands on Innovation and Firm Performance – Empirical Evidence from Germany
Dirk Crass,
category: PhD defence
venue: room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 15:45 - 17:15



08 Household out-of-pocket expenses on health: does disease type matter?
Dr. Fleur Wouterse, IFPRI
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
15 The Dynamics of Grassroots-led Development: What Works? Case studies from Egypt
dr. Solava Ibrahim, University of Manchester and University of Cambridge
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: conference room
time: 12:45 - 13:45
22 Rural Development, Community Participation and Leadership: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Liberia
Gonne Beekman, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 Advanced Microsoft Excel: Tricks to Make your Life Easier and your Files Nicer
Alejandro Lavopa,
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Board room
time: 15:00 - 17:00



04 Work-Family Reconciliation and Use of Parental Leave in Luxembourg. Empirical Analysis of Administrative Records
Nevena Zhelyazkova, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
05 Characterizing the Highly Cited Papers by means of the H-index
Prof. Enrique Herrera-Viedma , University of Granada
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10-12 8th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE)
category: Conference
venue: New Delhi, India
11 The Effectiveness of Migration Policies: New Evidence from the DEMIG Project
Dr. Hein de Haas, University of Oxford, International Migration Institute
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 African state formation and the historical evolution of fiscal systems
Prof. Ewout Frankema, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Understanding E-Government Project Escalation
Niels Groen, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 09:30 - 11:00
24 Advanced Microsoft Excel: Tricks to Make your Life Easier and your Files Nicer
Alejandro Lavopa,
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Board room
time: 15:00 - 17:00
25 Realities and illusions of human migration: a geographical perspective
Dr. Ronald Skeldon, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
25 Key Findings from Comparative Research on the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Migrants
Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser , Geneva Centre for Security Policy
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Urban water management reform: The case of China
Jinjin Zhao, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
26 Why Horizontal Inequalities are Unjust, and how to Correct Them.
Prof. Frances Stewart, University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 Attracting the Highly Skilled
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 17:00
28 Transnational Civic Engagement? Return to Somalia from Norway and the USA
Cindy Horst, Peace Research Institute Oslo
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



05 Firm R&D Investment and Export Market Exposure
Van Anh Vuong, University of Cologne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Structural transformation and economic development. Can development traps be avoided?
Alejandro Lavopa, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
19 5th Research Tutorial Poverty, Public Policy and Inclusive Innovation
Shyama Ramani, Elvis Avenyo and Omar Rodríguez Torres,
category: Research tutorial
venue: Conference room
time: 14:00 - 16:30
19 Group lending or Individual lending? Evidence from an RCT in Mongolia
Britta Augsburg , Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 13:00 - 14:00
20 Using Surveys for Academic Research
Anthony Arundel, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht, Conference Room
time: 13:00 - 15:00
25 Market imperfections, skills and total factor productivity: Firm-level evidence on Belgium and the Netherlands
Dr. Mark Vancauteren , Department of Economics, Hasselt University, Belgium
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room C-1.07 (TS53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 Growth Dynamics and Development: Essays in Applied Econometrics and Political Economy
Richard Bluhm, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
26 Does electrification spur the fertility transition? Evidence from Indonesia
Michael Grimm, University of Passau
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



08 Why Diaspora Matters: New Trajectories in Diaspora Engagement and Research
Dr. Martin Russell, Diaspora Matters
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
09 Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries
Prof. Vivarelli, Catholic University of Milano
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 Qualitative Research Design and Analysis
Julieta Marotta & George Okongo, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 13:30 - 15:00
23 Heterogeneity in Chinese Enterprise Patent Behaviors and Optimal Standardization Policy
Dr. Mao Hao, Max-Plank institute for innovation and competition and The State Intellectual Property Office of China
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
29 Introduction to Programming in Stata
Charlotte Guillard, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Board Room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 17:00
30 Technology and Human Development - A capability approach
Ilse Oosterlaken, VU University Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



07 The arrival of the new
Prof. Luigi Marengo, LUISS-Rome
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Growth and Innovation in the Presence of Knowledge and R&D Accumulation Dynamics
Michael Verba, UNU-MERIT
category: Research tutorial
venue: Board Room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:00
21 Contract Enforcement and Investment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Diego Aboal, CINVE, Montevideo, Uruguay
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Rooom
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Displacement, refugees and the new world disorder
Ewen MacLeod, UNHCR
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 Sustainability: The concept and sustainable development policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Théophile Azomahou, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht University
category: External event
venue: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Avenue Abdoulaye Fadiga, Dakar, Senegal
time: 15:00 - 17:00
28 Transnational Civic Engagement? Return to Somalia from Norway and the USA
Prof. Cindy Horst, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01-03 EMAEE 2015 Conference: Globalisation, Innovation and Economic Change
category: Conference
venue: Maastricht, the Netherlands
03 The evolution of beliefs and strategic behaviour
Daniel Opolot, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
03 How to Prepare a Presentation
Robin Cowan, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: 4th floor, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:00
03 Stigma, Coercive Isomorphism and Pakistani Migrant Organizations in London, Toronto and New York City
Ali Chaudhary , University of California, Davis/International Migration Institute
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference Room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
15 The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Stylianos Michalopoulos, Harvard University/Brown University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
15 CHANGED: Seminar Khalid Koser -> Koko Warner
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 14:45
15 International Migration
Ronald Skeldon, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:45 - 17:30
15 Where the rain falls: Evidence from 8 countries on how vulnerable households use migration to manage the risk of rainfall variability and food insecurity
Koko Warner, United Nations University
category: PhD seminar
time: 14:00 - 14:45
16 The economic and social effects of remittances and return migration in conflict-affected areas: The case of Burundi
Sonja Fransen, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
16 The European Union´s Health Mandate - will it stay?
Helmut Brand,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 09:30 - 10:15
16 CANCELLED: Researching the Political Representation of Women from Marginalized Groups
Melanie Hughes,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Board Room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 10:30 - 12:00
16 Lunch seminar: Lessons from international peacekeeping in countries in civil war
Jan Pronk, ISS
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 14:00
16 Natural Hazards and Education: The Impact of Floods on Primary School Education in Zambia
Ibrahim Conteh, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
17 Family-Member Migration and the Psychosocial Health Outcomes of Children in Moldova and Georgia
Michaella Vanore, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
17 International organisations and global education governance
Louis Volante, Brock University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 11:15 - 12:00
17 Teacher-based reactivity to provincial large-scale assessment in Canada
Derek Copp, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
17 Why most patents are invalid – Extent, reasons, and potential remedies of patent invalidity
Dr. Joachim Henkel , Technische Universität München
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: A0.23 (TS53)
time: 12:00
18 Age and Poverty
Armando Barientos, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, UK
category: PhD seminar
venue: Conference room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
18 A co-evolutionary approach to transformative change in health care - The case of active ageing and amtient assisted living technologies
Markus Bugge,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Board Room, Keizer Karelplein 19, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
18 The never-ending project; understanding E-government Project Escalation
Niels Groen,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
24 Living up to standards: Interoperability governance and standards adoption in government information networks
Florian Henning, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
25 Regional policies: convergence, trade and the allocation of public capital
Mehmet Guney Celbis, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
26 Searching for the Sources of Inequality
Chris de Neubourg, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
category: public lecture
time: 16:30 - 17:30



02 Open, social and inclusive innovation — weaving the strands together for greater impact
Prof. Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute and Brunel University (London)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27-07 Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes
category: Course
venue: Cape Town, South Africa



02-03 EPIP 10: Intellectual Property in the Creative Economy
category: Conference
venue: University of Glasgow, UK
03 When Geography Matters for Growth: Market Inefficiencies and Public Policy Implications
Dr. Montmartin, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Student
time: 13:00 - 14:00
09 The Adding-up problem & Wage-productivity dynamics in exports of developing countries facing the middle-income trap
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 14:30 - 15:30
09 Why have so few countries industrialised?
Francesca Guadagno, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
09 Determinants of Professional Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
Jasmin Kientzel, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
17 Foundations for a new Microeconomics?
Brendan Markey-Towler, Queensland University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 13:00 - 14:00
19 Public lecture: Who is a migrant?
Dr. Katie Kuschminder, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: public lecture
venue: Bureau Europa, Boschstraat 9, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30
24 Sanctioning regimes and chief quality Evidence from a lab-in-the-field-experiment in Liberia
Eleonora Nillesen , UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
24 Research pitches
, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 0.16
time: 10:00 - 11:30
28 Valorisation for PhD students
Ermo Daniels, Maastricht Universit, Department of Knowledge Engineering
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Room 1.16 – 1.17, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 12:00
30 Disasters, displacement and livelihoods: The case of Japan’s Fukushima evacuees
Dr. Ana Mosneaga, UNU-IAS
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01 Intermediation and Innovation: Changing Dynamics and Future Perspectives
Jeremy Howells, University of Southampton
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16-0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07 Does FDI impact on technology choices of firms? An analysis of Indian manufacturing
Dr. Saikat Sinha Roy , Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room A0.23 (SBE - TS53)
time: 12:00
08 Understanding the current refugee/migrant crisis in Europe
Zina Nimeh, Maurice Boon, Katherine Kuschminder, Mohamed Nour Khatib, Melissa Siegel,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 14:30
09 Occupational Choice in the Developing World
Paula Nagler, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
12 Which Way is Germany? Debate about the European Refugee Crisis
category: External event
venue: Boekhandel Dominicanen, Dominicanerkerkstraat 1, Maastricht
time: 20:00 - 21:30
15 Recommending research collaborations. The potential and limits of link prediction techniques
Raf Guns, University of Antwerp
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18-22 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies (DEIP)
category: Course
venue: Tehran, Iran
21 The Challenges of Harmonising Legal Migration
Dr. Ágnes Töttős , Ministry of Interior, Hungary; European Migration Network NFP Hungary
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
22 Does the Elimination of Export Share Requirements Matter for Export Performance? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
Alejandro Riaño , University of Nottingham
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
28 Improving access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Brazil: When are compulsory licenses effective in price negotiations?
Eduardo Urias, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
29 "R&D, Scale Effects and Spillovers: New Insights from Emerging Countries"
Kul Luintel, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30 The Inter-American Development Bank and the issue of Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Central America
Nicola Magri, Inter-American Development Bank
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30



04 Technology Paradigm Shifts in Agriculture: Drivers of Sustainability and Catch up
Ajay Thutupalli, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
05 Through the Looking-Glass of the Readmission System
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (IRMC, Tunisia)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 The UNU ‘Jargon Buster’ Launch
Howard Hudson, Dr Michaella Vanore, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: United Nations Regional Information Centre, Brussels
time: 11:30 - 12:30
12 The Triple Challenge for Europe: The Economy, Climate Change and Governance
Ben Martin, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 The landscape of evaluation in the UN: Commonalities, opportunities and challenges
Jos Vaessen,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 1.23
time: 10:00 - 11:00
16 Is Schumpeter Still a Useful Guiding Light for Global Innovation and Growth Research?
Gerald Silverberg, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16, Boschstraat 24
time: 11:00 - 12:00
16 International Education Surveys and the Challenges of Education Governance within the European Union
Louis Volante, Brock University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 0.16
time: 13:30 - 14:30
17 Civil Conflict and Education: How Does Exposure to Civil Conflict Affect Human Capital Accumulation? Evidence from Standardized Exit Exams in Colombia
Silvia Consuelo Gómez Soler, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
19 Humanitarian security practices
Fabrice Weissman,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 2.24
time: 11:00 - 12:00
19 Risk preferences across the life course
Bart Goldsteyn, SBE, Maastricht University
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 2.24
time: 13:30 - 14:30
19 Family dynamics, gender and return migration: a look beyond assumptions of solidarities
Stephanie Condon, National Demographic Studies Institute (INED) Paris, France
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 0.16
time: 15:15 - 16:15
20 Borders, independence and post-colonial ties: the role of the state in Caribbean migration
Simona Vezzoli, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
25 Macro and Micro Perspectives on Sustainable Development: Threats and Opportunities
category: Research tutorial
venue: Room 1.23, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 11:00 - 12:15
25 Obstacles to naturalization in the Netherlands: a case study of ‘Ranov Licensees’
Dr. Djamila Schans, WODC, Ministry of Security and Justice
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Creative destruction or mere niche support? Innovation policy mixes for sustainability transitions
Florian Kern, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30



03 Unrest, Risk, and Macroeconomic Activity
Lance Kent , College of William and Mary, Virginia, US
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
09 Academic Publishing in Public Administration and Policy Journals
Prof. David Van Slyke, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
category: public lecture
venue: Room 0.16, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 16:00
09 Prospects for Sustainability in Urban Water Management - The Need for a Geographical Transitions
Prof. Bernhard Truffer, Eawag-ESS (Switzerland) and Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room C -1.09 (SBE / TS 43)
time: 12:00
09 The power of women entrepreneurs and their social impact
Prof. Dr. Josette Dijkhuizen,
category: Migration seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
10 North-South FDI and Bilateral Investment Treaties
Neil Foster-McGregor, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 On Synergies between Environmental Technological and Organizational Innovations
Effie Kesidou, Leeds University Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Looking for the right path. Technology Dynamics, Inventive Strategies and Catching-up in the Semiconductor Industry
Giorgio Triulzi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 09:45 - 11:15
16 Knowledge flows and networks in the ICT sector: The case of Pakistan
Baseer Qazi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 15:45 - 17:15
17 Towards an Economics of Wellbeing. What would economics look like if it were focused on human wellbeing
Dr Nicky Pouw, University of Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 UNIDO Seminar “Partner for Prosperity”
category: External event
venue: United Nations University HQ, Tokyo, 5F, Elizabeth Rose Hall
time: 13:30 - 19:30
21 Dissecting Aggregate Productivity: International Integration and Growth with Heterogeneous Firms
Hibret Maemir, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 15:45 - 17:15



13-14 S&T and Innovation Indicators in Peripheries
Dr. Lili Wang et al, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room (R. 0.16/0.17)
time: 12:30
14 Why Do We Need Theory and Metrics of Technology Upgrading?
Slavo Radosevic, University College of London
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
20 A Life Course Perspective on the Citizenship Premium: the Case of the Netherlands
Floris Peters , Maastricht University/Statistics Netherlands
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16/0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Discovering Preferences: An experiment and a Bayesian representation
Prof. Louis Lévy-Garboua, Pantheon-Sorbonne University and Paris School of Economics
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25-28 DEIP Panama Workshop
, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: SENACYT, Panama City
26 Spillover effects of international standards: Working conditions in the Vietnamese SMEs
Neda Trifkovic, UNU-WIDER
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28 Permeability of Firm Boundaries: Open innovation and governance of contractual relations​
John Hagedoorn, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30



00 Researching the role of education and youth in sustainable peacebuilding
Mieke Lopes Cardozo, University of Amsterdam
category: PhD seminar
venue: conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 15:00 - 16:00
04 Parental job loss and child health: evidence from China
Janneke Pieters , Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 1.23
time: 13:30 - 14:30
11 Appropriate Technology, Human Capital, and Development Accounting
Beatrice Farkas, DIW Berlin
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Government of the People?: Right-wing Populism and Immigration Policy
Mr. Adrian Shin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 India Research Workshop
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: Indian Institute of Science
time: 10:00 - 13:00
18 Migrant subjectivities and crisis narratives in the Euro-Mediterranean region
Michael Collyer , University of Sussex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 Master's Open Day
, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: misc
venue: Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 16:00
22 Introduction to Economic Globalisation
Bart Verspagen, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: External event
venue: Karl Dittrichzaal, Student Services Centre - Bonnefantenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30
22 Studium Generale: Migration and Violent Extremism - Current Affairs
Khalid Koser, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 20:00 - 22:00
23 Founder Inventors and their Investors: Implications for Firm Survival and Growth
Elisabeth Mueller, German Graduate School of Management and Law
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
24 When Strengthening Environmental Regulation Reduces Green Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Auto Industry
Matthieu Glachant, CERNA, MINES ParisTech
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room H0.06 (SBE, Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 12:00
24 A migration agenda for the private sector
Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser , Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 1.23/1.24
time: 13:00 - 14:00
25 Do acquisitions boost patents? An empirical analysis on Chinese and Indian Multinationals investing in Europe, Japan and USA
Roberta Rabellotti, Università di Pavia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
27 NASPAA Student Climate Change Simulation competition
, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, the Netherlands
time: 08:00 - 18:00



03 Dust Exposure and Infant Mortality in West Africa
James Fenske, University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
04 Introduction to UNIX
Charlotte Guillard, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
time: 14:00 - 16:00
07 The Costs and Benefits of Deep Trade Agreements - The case of TTIP
Neil Foster-McGregor, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Karl Dittrichzaal, Student Services Centre - Bonnefantenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30
07-08 Indonesia High-Level Policy Dialogue 2016
Prof. Adam Szirmai, UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
venue: Jakarta, Indonesia
10 Technological pathways to low carbon: Differences between Europe and emerging Asia and implications for competitiveness
Tilman Altenburg, German Development Institute (DIE)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 The Dutch and (Future) EU Multilayered Regulation of the Admission of TCN Entrepreneurs
Dr. Tesseltje de Lange , University of Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Is a mashup superior to a dashboard? Reflections on the policy relevance of multiple deprivation measures
Charles Meth, University of Cape Town
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
18 Migrant integration policies and student achievement across Europe: An analysis and synthesis of the literature
Louis Volante, Brock University
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, room 0.16
time: 12:00 - 13:30
21 Changes in the Global Aid Landscape
Adam Szirmai, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: External event
venue: Karl Dittrichzaal, Student Services Centre - Bonnefantenstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30
24 Manufacturing development and the importance in economic development in a long-term perspective
Nobuya Haraguchi, UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
31 The return of the prodigy son: do return migrants make better leaders?
Marion Mercier, IRES – Université Catholique de Louvain
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30



01 Migration Policies and Practices in the Americas
Melissa Siegel (moderator), UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, The Hague
time: 09:00 - 13:00
02-03 WUN Migration Conference 2016
category: Conference
venue: SBE, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 08:30 - 15:30
04 WUN Community of Learning for African PhD fellows (COLA)
Mindel van de Laar, UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
venue: SBE, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 08:30 - 18:00
07 Innovation for Remaking the Planet: Some Economics of Geoengineering R&D
Timo Goeschl, Heidelberg University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07-08 Science and development: Growth, expansion and role of the university system in South Africa
category: workshop
venue: Morgenhof Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa
12 Migration from the Mexican State Perspective
Ambassador Eduardo Ibarrola-Nicolín, Government of Mexico
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT conference room (R. 0.16/0.17) -- Open to all.
time: 16:00 - 18:00
12 Inaugural lecture: The Three Tenors of Development Economics Meets an Entrepreneur
Wim Naudé, MSM / SBE / UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
14 Social Protection as Development Policy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
François-Xavier Merrien, University of Lausanne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
14 The Enterpreneurial State: Who made your phone smart?
Mariana Mazzucato, University of Sussex / UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: SBE, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht, the Netherlands
time: 19:00 - 21:00
15-16 Board meeting UNU-MERIT
category: misc
time: 09:00 - 17:00
15 Inauguration ceremony new premises UNU-MERIT
category: misc
time: 17:00 - 21:00
19 Essays on the Role of Knowledge, R&D, and Technology-Based Firms in the Evolution of Socio-Techno-Economic System
Muhammad Shafique, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
19 Entrepreneurial traits and innovation: Evidence from Chile
Jocelyn Olivari Narea, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
19 "The downside of entrepreneurial orientation: Linking innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness to business discontinuation"
Prof. Dr. Werner Bönte, University of Wuppertal (Germany)
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: Room A1.23 (TS 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 Labour Market Impacts of Forced Migration
Dr. Isabel Ruiz, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Lifting the Veil on Patents and Inventions: Implications for Strategy Research
Paola Criscuolo , Imperial College Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Migrants as Agents of Change: Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union
Prof. Izabela Grabowska , entre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw/University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
28 International emigration and the labour market outcomes of women staying behind in Morocco
Anda David, French Development Agency
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30



12 Do Funding Sources Complement? The Case of UK Cancer Research
Daniele Rotolo, SPRU, University of Sussex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 The Effects of Productivity and Benefits on Unemployment: Breaking the Link
Alessio J. G. Brown , UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19 Working as a research-based consultant in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation policies
Pim den Hertog, Dialogic innovatie & interactie
category: public lecture
venue: Room 1.23
time: 16:00 - 18:00
23 The relationship between immigrant political participation in receiving societies and transnational political engagement with countries of origin
Dr. Ali Chaudhary , Wolfson College, University of Oxford
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
26 Innovation in Low Income Countries
Xiaolan Fu, University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30 Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-making
Dr. Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 12:30 - 13:30



09 Money left on the table: large bank failures during the crisis
Jaap Bos, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 14:30 - 15:30
12-15 Personalised health care: From research to impact
category: Conference
venue: Palais des congrès de Montréal, Canada
14 Mail-Order Brides in the European Union
Laura Barry, Manouk Media
category: External event
venue: Law Faculty, Bouillonstraat 1-3, Feestzaal (B 1.113)
time: 15:30 - 17:30
15 Displacement and the Elderly: An Age-Sensitive Approach to Durable Solutions
Ana Mosneaga (UNU-IAS) & Michaella Vanore (MGSoG/UNU-MERIT),
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16-17 9th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and DEvelopment (MEIDE)
category: Conference
venue: Moscow, Russia
16 Sourcing from Conflict Regions: Policies to Improve Transparency in International Supply Chains
Oliver Lorz , RWTH Aachen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:30 - 13:30
16 Prejudice and the Securitization of Migration as Global Security Threats
Dr. Valeria Bello, UNU-GCM
category: Migration seminar
venue: Lecture Hall 1.23
time: 16:00 - 16:45
20 Cash for care? Social protection for children’s care and wellbeing
Keetie Roelen, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 11:00 - 12:00
20 Multilevel Governance … or government?
Natalia Timus, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:00
20 CANCELLED: When policy innovations meet administrative traditions: the case of climate change adaptation
Robbert Biesbroek, Wageningen University
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 15:45
21 Gender, Diversity & Political Representation
Karen Celis, RHEA
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 16:00
22 On guarding the welfare of clinical trial subjects while promoting novel drug innovation: A Game Theoretical Approach
Farida Lada, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
22 Peak Trade? An Anatomy of the Recent Global Trade Slowdown
Bart Los , University of Groningen
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:00
22 Creating Alignment between Host Community Preferences and Sponsor Practices on Short-Term Volunteer Health Trips
Judith Lasker, Lehigh University
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:00
23 CANCELLED: Book Launch: International Migration: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
Prof. Khalid Koser, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
time: 16:30 - 18:00
24 Rural livelihoods, location and vulnerable environments: Approaches to migration in mountain areas of Latin America
Andrea Milan, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:45 - 16:15
27 Multi-Problem Challenges for a Renewable Future: Empirical Studies on Competitive Disadvantages from Electricity Price Differentials and Mineral Supply Risk in an Open Economy World
Eva Bartekova, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30



01 The role of macroeconomic policies in firms' investments
Francesca Guadagno, UNU-MERIT / Unctad, Genève
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room D0.03, SBE, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht
time: 11:00 - 12:15
12-15 Measuring return and reintegration outcomes
category: Conference
venue: Poznan, Poland



08-19 Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes (Cape Town)
category: workshop
venue: Cape Town, South Africa



05-06 Social protection systems – tying the knots
category: Conference
venue: Bonn, Germany
07 Simple as ABC, Art for Behavioural Change!
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Sint Janskerk, Maastricht
time: 19:00 - 22:30
08 New empirical evidence about the first Kaldor law
Nicola Cantore, UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
08 Myths and Realities of Migration
, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Auditorium, MBB 4-6
time: 22:30 - 23:00
14-16 STI Conference 2016 Valencia: Peripheries, Frontiers and Beyond
category: External event
venue: Valencia, Spain
15 Protectionism and the Education-Fertility Tradeoff in Late 19th century France
Cecilia Garcia-Peñalosa, Aix-Marseille University and CESifo
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19-21 OECD Blue Sky Forum on Science and Innovation Indicators
category: External event
venue: Ghent, Belgium
21 Varieties of capitalism, variation in immigrant self-employment
Magda Ulceluse , Central European University
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 Building a path of equality to economic progress and macroeconomic stability - the economic theory of the Swedish model
Prof. Lennart Erixon, Department of Economics, Stockholm University
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: room A0.24 (School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
22 Industrial Structural Change and the Shifts in Comparative Advantage in Globalized Production
Xianjia Ye, University of Groningen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28 Part-time entrepreneurship: a summary of evidence and two (own) empirical studies
Prof. Dr. Jörn Block, Universität Trier (Germany) and Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: METEOR-UNU-MERIT joint seminar
venue: room C-1.09 (School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
29 The Distribution of Power and Household Behavior: Evidence from Niger
Fleur Wouterse, IFPRI
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:15 - 13:15



03-14 Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes (Chiang Mai)
category: workshop
venue: Chiang Mai
06 Governmental Funding and Firms’ Performance – A Panel Data Study
Arvid Raknerud, Statistics Norway
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
08 Master's Open Day
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT
time: 10:00 - 16:00
12 Investigating the Role of Policies in Refugees’ Economic Integration: Potentials and Challenges of Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Ms. Asya Pisarevskaya , University of Milan/University of Turin
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 1.23
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 Fiscal Transfers and Regional Economic Growth
Prof.dr. Herbert Dawid, University of Bielefeld, Germany
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: room A0.23 (School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
13 Deterrence, Peer-Effect and Legitimacy in Anti-Corruption Policymaking: An Experimental Analysis
Amadou Boly, African Development Bank
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Essays on Conflict-related Migration and Development in the case of Afghanistan
Craig Loschmann, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
14 Tracking Technical Emergence: Can we predict the future?
Nils C. Newman , Search Technology, USA
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
19-21 New Perspectives on Transnational Living
category: Course
venue: Room 0.16-0.17, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
20 Imported intermediate inputs, absorptive capacity and wage
Xi Chen, STATEC (Luxembourg statistical office)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 Well being, transnational practices, and development: the case of Sub-Saharan highly-skilled migrant women in Europe
Dr. Camilla Spadavecchia ,
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Foreign capital and structural multipolarity: why development does not happen
Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Would you rebel ? An inquiry among high-risk youth in eastern DRC
Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



03 Impacts of Innovation Policy: Synthesis of Evidence and Meta-Assessment
Abdullah Gök, University of Manchester
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 14:00 - 15:00
07 Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Opportunities and Challenges
Matteo Grazzi, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Rooms 1.24 & 1.23
time: 11:00 - 12:00
10 World Science Day for Peace & Development: ‘Pop Up Muse’
category: workshop
venue: UN Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
time: 13:45 - 19:00
10 The Globalisation of Academic Mobility
Dr. Mathias Czaika, International Migration Institute, University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
15 Essays on Household Production with Labour-Saving Technology
Raquel Tsukada, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
16 Top-Down vs Bottom-Up: Reconciling the Effects of Tax and Transfer Shocks on Output
Sebastian Gechert, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Düsseldorf, Germany.
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: room C-1.05 (School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53).
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17 Heterogeneous Firms and International Trade: The Role of Productivity and Financial Fragility
Giorgio Ricchiuti, University of Florence
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19-20 Pathways to SDG6: Macro to Micro Perspectives
category: External event
venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
time: 09:00 - 19:00
21 Did polls really fail in the US elections?
Eduardo Gamarra, Green School of Public and International Affairs
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room 0.16-0.17
time: 14:00 - 15:00
21 In and Out of Poverty
Kenroy Roach, PhD fellow
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room 0.16-0.17
time: 17:30 - 19:00
22 Uncertainty and Resource Constraints in the Small Island Developing States: Essays in Entrepreneurial Cognition
Richard Martina, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
22 The Expansion of Basic Social Protection in Low-income Countries: An analysis of foreign aid actors' role in the emergence of social transfers in sub-Saharan Africa
Cecile Cherrier, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
23 The Tacit Bargain in Short-Term Medical Missions: Why US Physicians Go and What It Costs
Paul Henry Caldron, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
23 When policy innovations meet administrative traditions: the case of climate change adaptation
Robbert Biesbroek, Wageningen University & Research
category: PhD seminar
venue: 2.22
time: 11:00 - 12:00
24 Organizing concurrent engineering through ICT platforms - Blueprinting Product Lifecycle Management platforms across disciplinary agencies
Luiz Rothier Bautzer, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
24 Measuring innovation in the public sector
Carter Bloch, Aarhus University
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room 0.16-0.17
time: 11:00 - 12:00
24 Researching the role of education and youth in sustainable peacebuilding
Dr. Mieke Lopes Cardozo,
category: PhD seminar
time: 15:00 - 16:00
24 Migration in the Periphery of the European Union
Natalia Popova, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
25 'UNU Jargon Buster': Valorisation Session
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT, Rooms 1.23-1.24
time: 13:00 - 14:00



01 Labour Immigration Policies in High-Income Countries: Variations Across Political Regimes and Varieties of Capitalism
Dr. Martin Ruhs, Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
02 The effect of residential segregation on fertility of socially-excluded and marginalized ethnic Roma minorities
Dr. Marianna Battaglia, University of Alicante
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 0.16/0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07 Reversing the curse? What are the pathways and pitfalls for innovation in the mining sector in developing countries?
category: workshop
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 09:00 - 13:00
08 Macroeconomic Effects of Disruptions in Global Food Commodity Markets: Evidence for the United States
Gert Peersman, Ghent university, Belgium
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: room H0.06 (School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53).
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 Redistributive Innovation Policy, Inequality and Growth
Yoseph Getachew & Parantap Basu, University of Pretoria
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12-16 Reach & Turn: Science Reporting Workshop
category: workshop
venue: Ciudad del Saber, Panama City
13 Firm-Level Theory and Evidence of Corruption
Thuy Nguyen, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:45 - 14:15
13 Getting ahead or left behind? Essays on poverty dynamics and social mobility in Africa
Eleni Yitbarek, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 15:45 - 17:15
13 Visit Standing Committee for Equality at UNU-MERIT
Standing Committee for Equality, Council of European Municipalities and Regions
category: misc
venue: Conference room (0.16 &0.17)
time: 10:15 - 11:30
14 Why do people (want to) migrate? Seeking new answers to an old question
Prof. Jørgen Carling, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Customs & Excellence: a comparative approach on administrative and regulatory compliance perspectives of the EU-Turkey customs union
Mahmut Kobal, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
20 Pathways to Sustainable Peacebuilding in Divided Societies: Lessons and Experiences from Mozambique
Ayokunu Adedokun, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 11:45 - 13:15
20 Grow More Food Using Fewer Resources: Agricultural Technology Adoption and Innovation Practices for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Tigist Mekonnen Melesse, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:45 - 15:15
20 Insurance for Growth: Empirical Essays on Insurance Demand and Impacts in Africa
Yesuf Awel, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 15:45 - 17:15



12 Direct and Cross Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program.
Cindy Lopes-Bento, Maastricht University, SBE
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 On the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty as a Policy Tool: Empirical Applications to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Andrea Franco Correa, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
17 Identity and anonymity: victims and perpetrators in human rights reports
Barbara De Cock (Université catholique de Louvain) and Daniel Michaud Maturana (Zuyd University of Applied Sciences),
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18 Blade Runner economics: Will innovation lead the economic recovery?
Daniele Archibugi, Italian National Research Council (CNR-IRPPS) and University of London, Birkbeck CollegeItalian National Research Council (CNR-IRPPS) in Rome, and Professor of Innovation, Governance and Public Policy at the University of London, Birkbeck College
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 14:00
18 Refugee Integration and Social Media: A Local and Experiential Perspective
Dr. Amanda Alencar, Department of Media & Communication, Erasmus University
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 The demand for, and impact of, workplace based access to malaria care. Experimental evidence from Nigeria
Dr. Pieter Serneels, University of East Anglia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 Spillover effects of international standards: Working conditions in the Vietnamese SMEs
Neda Trifkovic, UNU-WIDER
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



02 A Bayesian measure of poverty in the Developing World
Prof. Michel Lubrano, Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
03 Governance of Innovation Policy: Empirical studies on applied political economy by multi-method analysis
Serdar Turkeli, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
07 Yo!Fest 2017
YouthUP! workshops - Yo!Fest 2017, European Youth Forum
category: Project workshop (closed)
venue: UNU-MERIT (all meeting rooms)
time: 09:00 - 17:00
07 Yo!Talks
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Lumiere Cinema,Bassin 88, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 16:00
09 Fixing the puzzle of patent value indicators: citations received and Bayesian learning in a real option model of patent renewals.
Marc Baudry, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
09-10 Future Force Conference
category: Conference
venue: World Forum, The Hague
15 Social Media & Migration: The Connected Migrant
Saskia Kok, University of Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 The Effect of Abortion Legalization on Fertility, Marriage, and Long-term Outcomes for Women
Prof. Judit Val Castelló, Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES), Universitat Pompeu Fabra
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 Development perspectives of Sub-Saharan Africa under climate policies
Gregor Schwerhoff, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of Victims of Domestic Violence through Legal Organisations in the City of Buenos Aires: A Qualitative Empirical Legal Study
Julieta Marotta, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
25 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT



02 The impact of expanding access to early childhood education services in rural Indonesia
Prof. Dr. Menno Pradhan , Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
06 UNU Action Debate: ‘High Time for UN Reform?’ High-Level Reflections Ahead of the ‘Global Challenges Prize 2017: A New Shape’
, UNU-MERIT and Global Challenges Foundation
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 18:30 - 21:00
13 Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2016: The region amid the tensions of globalization.
Nanno Mulder, CEPAL - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Migration Issues: The Canadian Experience
Canadian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sabine Nölke,
category: public lecture
time: 12:00 - 13:30
15 Why is productivity growth so low (in the 'Second Machine Age')?
Alfred Kleinknecht , Emeritus Professor of Economics
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: Room A0.24 (SBE, TS 53)
time: 12:00 - 13h30
15 Using integration policy indexes to measure policy determinants and outcomes: The do's and don'ts for researchers
Thomas Huddleston, Migration Policy Group
category: Migration seminar
venue: Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18 Master's Open Day
category: Open day
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 16:00
22 Migration to the US from Mexico: The Experiences of a Mexican Diplomat
Mexican Ambassador to the Netherlands, Eduardo Ibarrola Nicolin,
category: public lecture
venue: Conference room 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:30
23 Knowledge recombination, firm networks and diffusion of ideas
Ivan Savin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology & Université de Strasbourg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28-29 International Comparison of Knowledge Transfer Policies and Practices
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT
29 Mainstreaming integration governance: A critical analysis
Dr. Peter Scholten, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: Migration seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
30 How politics shapes development and why this matters: the role of incentives, ideas and coalitions
Prof. Sam Hickey, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre & Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00



06 Robots and Jobs: Technological unemployment in the ICT Revolution
Mark Knell, NIFU Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
13 The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration: Empirical Evidence from France
Dr. Biagio Speciale, Paris School of Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Implications of the irregular migration and refugee situation on Official Development Assistance spending and practices in Europe
Anna Knoll, European Centre for Development Policy
category: Migration seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Climate change: policy problems and innovative solutions
Speakers: MPP specialisations representatives and students, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
time: 16:00 - 17:30
20 Exploring the state of science and the role of science policies in the era of digitalisation through a new initiative: the OECD International Survey of Scientific Authors
Dr. Fernando Galindo-Rueda, OECD
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
24 Regional Diversity of Development in India: Agglomeration, Skills and Access to Finance
Prof. Dr. Krishnan Narayanan, IIT Bombay
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26-27 'Reach & Turn' Science Reporting Workshop, Ghana
UN Communications Teams, UNU-INRA, UNU-MERIT, UNIC
category: workshop
26 From commodity-based to knowledge-based economics: Why and how evolutionary economics matters
Prof. Kurt Dopfer, Department of Economics of University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
category: AE2/UNU-MERIT joint Macroeconomics Seminar series
venue: Room A0.24 (SBE, TS 53)
time: 12:00



02 Meeting of research theme III
category: misc
time: 11:00 - 13:15
04 Micro- and Macro Determinants of Health: Older Immigrants versus Natives in Europe
Dr. Teresa Garcia-Muñoz , University of Granada
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
04 Work For All or Mass Unemployment Revisited: Christopher Freeman Annual Lecture
Prof. Luc Soete, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK
time: 18:30 - 20:00
10 Migrant Entrepreneurship and Transnational Practices: the Case of Moroccan Entrepreneurs in Amsterdam and Milan
Dr. Giacomo Solano , Eindhoven University of Technology
category: Migration seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 The social origins of inventors
Prof. Dr. Otto Toivanen, Aalto University Business School & KU Leuven
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17 Migration and rural welfare: The impact of potential policy reforms in Europe
Dr. Fleur Wouterse , International Food Policy Research Institute
category: Migration seminar
time: 11:00 - 12:00
18 The External Cost of Prostitution: Evidence from Downsizing Red Light Districts in the Netherlands
Dr. Rafael Perez Ribas, University of Amsterdam (UVA)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 The Refugee Mental Health Crisis: Surprising Facts from Neuroscience and Genetics
Turhan Canli, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director, Mind/Brain Center on War and Humanity, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
category: public lecture
venue: 1.23-1.24, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
22 Six UNU-MERIT speakers at PechaKucha Maastricht
UNU-MERIT students and researchers, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: De BrandweerKantine, 21 Capucijnenstraat, Maastricht
time: 20:15 - 22:30
24 Journeys on hold: how policy influences the migration decisions of Eritreans in Ethiopia
Dr. Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Overseas Development Institute
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 1.23
time: 12:00 - 13:00



02 Inaugural Lecture -- "Migration &: The Depth and Breadth of Migration Studies"
Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
06 Let's get real! How do we walk the talk to make STI work for SDGs?
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani et al., UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Conference Room A in the UN Conference Building, NYC, USA
time: 18:15 - 19:30
06 Institutional diversity in the euro area: any evidence of convergence?
Salvador Pérez-Moreno, University of Malaga
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 13:00 - 14:00
07 Reaching the Poor - Targeting Food and Multi-Sectoral Cash Transfers in Niger
Dr. Theresa Beltramo , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 1.23
time: 13:00 - 14:00
07 Corruption & Migration: How Women and Girls Pay a Heavy Toll
PhD fellow Ortrun Merkle (among others), UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: European Development Days, Brussels
time: 14:00 - 15:15
08 Imagining Refugia: thinking outside the current international migration regime
Dr. Nicholas van Hear, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Conference room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Moving Towards an Energy Efficient Future: Essays on Energy Efficiency, Technology and Development
Sheng Zhong, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
14 Oil and Norway’s 1975 Immigration Ban
Dr. Adrian Shin, University of Colorado Boulder
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 1.23
time: 10:00 - 11:00
15 The War in Your Head: On the Long-term Origins of Domestic Violence
Prof. Dr. Tilman Brück, International Security and Research Center & IGZ – Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 How does violent conflict affect labour supply: The case of the Kyrgyz Republic
Hampton Wong, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16
time: 16:00 - 17:00
20 Local Governance Assessment and Its Use for Improving Service Provision Mechanisms: An Egyptian Experience
Khaled Abdelhalim, American University in Cairo
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16
time: 09:00 - 10:00
20 Subjective Wellbeing,Risk Perceptions and Time Discounting: Evidence from a large-scale cash transfer programme
Bruno Martorano,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.23
time: 10:00 - 11:00
20 From Chaotic Complexity to a Controlled Climate -- the Anthropocene’s Challenge
Paul David , Stanford University & All Souls College, Oxford & UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:45
22 Schooling Despite All Odds: Evidence from Lesotho on Female Child Carers who Stayed in School
Brenda Yamba, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
23 Technology foresight and industrial strategy
Carlo Pietrobelli , University Roma Tre, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28-29 1st UNU-MERIT Internal Conference
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT



04-07 ELEVATE: Study visit to Maastricht University
category: Course
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
13-14 APPAM 2017 International Conference
category: Conference
venue: Crown Plaza, Brussels
13 The Hearts and Minds in Conflict and Peace: The Economics of Counterinsurgency and the Psychology of Reconstruction
Pui-hang Wong, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: PhD defence
venue: 1.169 of Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 09:45 - 11:15



07 These Women of Many Nations: Immigration Trends of Black Women to the United States 1960-2015
Ronda Sharpe, Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race - Stanford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Weather shocks and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Developing World
Anthony Mveyange, World Bank
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14-16 'Reach & Turn' Science Reporting Workshop
Prof. Carlos Cadena Gaitán, Sueli Brodin, Diego Salama, et al., UNU-MERIT and SENACYT Panama
category: workshop
venue: Ciudad del Saber, Panama City
time: 09:00 - 17:00
14 Innovation and Knowledge Dynamics: Essays on the Knowledge Economy
Michael Verba, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
18 Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Prices
Prof. Dr. John P. Haisken-DeNew, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 In the Absence of Social Justice – the Case of Migrating from Syria
Zina Nimeh, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17 (Boschstraat 24)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 The important thing is not to win, it is to take part. What if scientists benefit from participating in competitive grant races?
Fabiana Visentin, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25-26 Delegation visit from China’s ‘Institute of Scientific and Technological Information of Qingdao’ (ISTIQ)
category: misc
25-29 DEIP Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
, UNU-MERIT and the African Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation (AOSTI)
category: workshop
venue: Hotel La Rose Blanche, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire



05 Demand, growth and innovation: a review of the Long run linkages.
Andreas Chai, Griffith University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
07 Master's Open Day
category: Open day
time: 10:00 - 16:00
12 Illusory transparency? Results from a survey on oil & gas revenue management in Ghana
Dr. Christa Brunnschweiler , University of East Anglia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18 Naturalisation and homeownership: an analysis of the signalling effect of citizenship in the housing market
Floris Peters, Maastricht University, Dept. of Political Science
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 EU innovation policy - a view from the inside
Dr. Peter Dröll, Director at European Commission's Research and Innovation Department
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference Room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 Social protection in the Middle East and North Africa: not fair, not efficient, not effective
Dr. Markus Loewe, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 The impact of R&D and various knowledge diffusion mechanisms on the productivity of firms in emergent economies: Lessons from Turkey
Teoman Pamukcu, Middle East technical University in Ankara
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room 0.16-0.17
time: 14:30 - 15:30



01 Science, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship for Societal Welfare SITE4Society
Prof. Shyama Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, 0.16-0.17
time: 10:30 - 16:30
02 Grantbacks, Territorial Restraints and Innovation
Prof. Dr. Katharine Rockett, University of Essex
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
09 Improving trust and relaxing credit constraints to enhance uptake of weather insurance: A randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
Prof. Dr. Robert Lensink, University of Groningen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
15 Labour Market Integration of Refugees in Austria: First Findings
Roland Hosner, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16-17 10th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and DEvelopment (MEIDE)
category: Conference
16 State Capacity and Deep Economic Integration: Evidence from the EU Eastern Enlargement
Prof. Dr. Nauro Campos, Brunel University London
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 Supply-side labour market reforms: A neglected cause of the productivity crisis
Alfred Kleinknecht, TU Delft
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, room 0.16
time: 15:00 - 16:00
20 Procurement and corruption: re-calibrating the sights
Peter Trepte,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.17
time: 15:30 - 16:30
21 Diversification and Structural Economic Dynamics
Clovis Freire, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 9:30 - 11:00
21 Single-Axis Politics and the Political Dominance of Ethnic Majority Men Worldwide
Melanie M. Hughes, University of Pittsburgh
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 2.22
time: 14:00 - 15:00
21-22 Fourth Annual Knowledge Summit
Hugo Hollanders, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), Dubai
21 Education, structural change and economic development
Pier Paolo Saviotti, Utrecht University
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.25
time: 16:00 - 17:00
22 Book Launch: A Second Chance for Europe, Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union
Prof. Jo Ritzen, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
category: Conference
venue: UM Campus Brussels, Avenue de l’Armée / Legerlaan 10, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
time: 17:00 - 19:00
22 Scientific evidence and public policy: the Swiss heroin trial and syringe exchange programs in the USA
Abu S. Abdul-Quader,
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.25
time: 16:00 - 17:00
23 Prioritizing the HIV Response: A multi-criteria decision analysis
Ali Safarnejad, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
23 Migration and Human Rights in the Wake of Climate Change
Cosmin Corendea, UNU-EHS
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.23
time: 16:00 - 17:00
24 From no-government to e-government
Bernard Nikaj, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 13:30 - 15:00
24 Pressured into a Preference to Leave? A Study on the "Specific" Deterrent Effects and Perceived Legitimacy of Immigration Detention
Arjen Leerkes, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 11:00 - 12:00
26-27 2nd International Conference on "Sustainable Development in Africa"
category: Conference
venue: Dakar, Senegal
30 Asylum Policies and the Labour Market Integration of Refugees across Europe
Dr. Tommaso Frattini, University of Milan
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



04 An Introduction to R
Mario Gonzalez Sauri, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.24
time: 10:00 - 12:00
06 Essays on the Economic Effects of Non-contributory Social Protection
Andres Mideros, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
06 An Introduction to iGraph
Mario Gonzalez Sauri, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.24
time: 10:00 - 12:00
07 Mental Health Stressors Among Undocumented Young Adults in the United States: A Review from the Socioecological Perspective.
Lenore Matthew, University of Illinois, School of Social Work
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 13:15 - 14:15
07 Do tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D
Dr. Ralf Martin, Imperial College London
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 Redressing the Gender Gap: Conditional cash transfers and women's experiences of empowerment in Brazil and Mexico
Ana Patricia Silva Vara, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
13 New Actors in the Global Economy: The Case of Chinese Development Finance in Africa
Tobias Broich, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
13 Have studies of democratization that inform policy and practitioners produced misleading results for 60 years?
Prof. Dr. Staffan I Lindberg, University of Gothenburg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 10:00 - 11:30
14 Administrative capacities that matter: organizational drivers of public procurement competitiveness in 32 European countries
Dr. Luciana Cingolani, Hertie School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Winds of Change: Expanding Renewable Energies in Developing Countries
Hans-Erik Edsand, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:30 - 15:00



16 Title TBA
Dr. Arjen Leerkes, UNU-MERIT/Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00



22-26 Workshop training schoolteachers on refugee and migrant students' integration
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
31 Using education to examine refugee agency in forced migration flows
Ayla Bonfiglio, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
venue: Room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
31 Environmental Factors Shape Risk Preferences
Ferdinand Vieider, Ghent University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 12:00



01 Is European Union still the least corrupt continent in the world? A tale of indicators
Professor Alina Mungiu-Pippidi , Hertie School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
01 Alumni Star Lecture: Understanding Migration in a European Context
Prof. Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Literaturhaus München, Salvatorplatz 1, 80333 Munich, Germany
time: 19:30 - 22:30
01 Sustainability theme session
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 14:00 - 17:00
08 Thinking about innovation governance in emerging economies
Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros, University of Twente and Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotá
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
09 Science, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship for Societal Welfare - SITE4Society
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 10:00 - 16.30
17 MPP Alumni reunion in Geneva
For MPP students, alumni and staff, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
20 Middle Income Transitions: Trap or Myth?
Jesus Felipe, Asian Development Bank
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 09:30 - 10:30
21 Beyond the liberal paradox? Immigration and Citizenship Policies in 21 OECD countries 1980-2010
Samuel Schmid, European University Institute (EUI)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 13:00 - 14:00
27 Coup D’état to Overthrow Higher Education?
Semih Tumen, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and IZA
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 09:30 - 10:30
27 Social Mobility in the Global South
Vegard Iversen, The University of Manchester
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
28 Campaign externalities, programmatic spending and voting preferences in rural Mexico. The case of Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programme
Miguel Nino-Zarazua, UNU-WIDER
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room 1.23
time: 09:30 - 10:30
28 Violent Conflict and Second-Generation Health Outcomes: Evidence from Angola
Eleonora Nillesen, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00



01 From Dark Satanic Mills to Human Development in an Unsustainable World
Dr. Andrew Crabtree , Copenhagen Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 01:00
08 Predictions as a better way to elicit preference structure
Sonja Radas, Institute of Economics Zagreb
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
08 UN policy and guidelines on gender, harassment and human rights - from women's perspective
Shyama Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.23
time: 12:00 - 13:15
14 Determinants and Dynamics of Forced Migration: Evidence from Flows and Stocks in Europe
Dr. Eleonora Nillesen, UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
category: Migration seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 12:00 - 13:00
15 Optimal Penalties on Informal Firms
Dr. Anders Fredriksson, Center for Organization Studies (CORS) – University of São Paulo, Brazil
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 Presentation on Capacity Development
Hub Gielissen, former trainer in Capacity Development in post-conflict areas.
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, room 0.16
time: 16:00
21 Interrelations between public policies, migration and development
Lisa Andersson, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21-22 Workshop on Science-Industry Linkages
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, room 0.16-0.17
22 Innovation, Structural Change, and Inclusion. A Cross Country PVAR Analysis
Dr. Tommaso Ciarli, SPRU, University of Sussex, UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 Inclusive virtuous circles: why governments need to invest in social protection (and why it's in their own best interests)
Franziska Gassmann, UNU-MERIT / School of Governance
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:30 - 17:30
27 Migration and the 2030 Agenda
Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Overseas Development Institute
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Demand for off-grid solar electricity – Experimental evidence from Rwanda
Professor Michael Grimm, University of Passau
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 16:00 - 17:00
28 On Institutional Persistence
Stefania Innocenti, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
28 Economic Globalization, Institutions and Development: Essays on Aid, Foreign Direct Investment and Trade
Hassen Wako, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
28 Fostering skills-recognition and labour market access of non-EU migrants and refugees in the Netherlands: The clash between neoliberal and humanitarian policy agendas
Pascal Beckers, Radboud University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28 The spillover effects of monitoring institution on unethical behavior across contexts
Professor Marie Claire Villeval, University of Lyon / National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 16:00 - 17:00



04 WHO work on health and migration in Europe
Santino Severoni, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Division of Policy and Governance for Health and Well-being
category: Migration seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 12:00 - 13:00
05 The Compositional Nature of the Productivity and Innovation Slowdown
Dr. Simone Vannuccini,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 Ice Cream Parlors, Tea Parlours and Shishabars Migrant initiated architectural types and their relation to the City in Germany
Anna Weber, Aachen University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 Migration and Violent Extremism
Khalid Koser, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 Regionalism and regional organizations. Exploring the dynamics of institutional development and change in Latin America
Dr. Andrea C. Bianculli, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
15-19 UN-wide Capacity Building Workshop on Technology for Development: Innovation Policies for SDGs in the Arab Region
Prof. Anthony Arundel, Prof. Shyama Ramani, Dr. Ludovico Alcorta et al., UNU-MERIT et al
category: workshop
18 The Economics of Walls and Fences
Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Surveys & Satellites: using QGIS to match satellite data with survey data
Stefan Dietrich, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
time: 13:30 - 16:00
19 The use of research portfolios in science policy: Mapping research priorities against societal needs
Dr. Ismael Ràfols, Ingenio (CSIC-UPV) Universitat Polècnica de València; Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) University of Leiden; SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) University of Sussex;
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women's Nationality Law Reform
Lilian Frost, George Washington University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 The UN and the ‘Future We Want’? A Conversation with Helen Clark
category: External event
venue: Lumiere Cinema, Maastricht
time: 15:00 - 16:00
25 My Year with Helen: Movie Screening and Q&A with Helen Clark
category: External event
venue: Lumiere Cinema, Maastricht
time: 17:30 - 19:45
26 Is social protection becoming more solidaristic in the Middle East and North Africa?
Dr. Rana Jawad, University of Bath
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00



03 Eliciting, Applying and Exploring Multidimensional Welfare Weights: Evidence from the Field
Prof. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, University of Pavia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16-0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
07 Webinar: Horizontal Inequalities (basic definition and causes): Webinar
Zina Nimeh, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
time: 10:30 - 12:00
16 Why do Global Migrants have worse occupational health and safety?
Prof. Marc Schenker, UC Davis School of Medicine
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17 The Sociology of Extremism and Terrorism in Jordan
Prof. Dr. Musa Shteiwi, Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
24 Innovations and firm performance in sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical analyses
Elvis Avenyo, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
24 Re-thinking the design of climate stabilisation policy
Paul A. David,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 Too Scared to Achieve: The Relation between Neuroticism, Conscientiousness and Socioeconomic Outcomes
Caroline Wehner, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
28 SDG Dialogue with Dr Alaa Murabit
Alaa Murabit, Omnis Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU MERIT Conference Room (0.16-0.17)
time: 14:00 - 15:00
29 Talent on the move. Essays on human capital, graduate mobility and economic development
Simone Sasso, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30



05-06 UNU at European Development Days 2018
category: External event
venue: Brussels
06 Green technologies and smart specialisation: a European patent-based analysis of the intertwining of relatedness and Key-Enabling-Technologies
Sandro Montresor, Kore University of Enna
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room 0.16-0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
06 How to make a presentation
Robin Cowan, UNU-MERIT
category: METECH Seminar
venue: Room 1.24
time: 15:00 - 16:30
07 Productivity, Capital Accumulation and the Effectiveness of EU Cohesion Policy
Dr. Petros Milionis ,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:30 - 13:30
13-14 Science, Innovation, Technology & Engagement for Societal Welfare - SITE4Society
Shyama Ramani (moderator), UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: Maastricht Municipality (13 June, 16.45-19.00) and School of Business and Economics (H0.06) (14 June, 9.00-17.30)
13 Assessing the Role of the Export Sector in Mexican Economic Development, 1965-2014
Juan Carlos Castillo, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
19 Strategic Planning under Fragility: The Role of Leadership in the Strategic Planning of Municipalities in Palestine
Khaled Rajab, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
19 A Tall Order: Improving Child Linear Growth Diets, Transitions and Maternal Education
Mutinta Hambayi Nseluke, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
19 Food Security Policy Impact Analysis: The Econometrics of Cash and Food Assistance Cost Effectiveness
Tareq Abu-El-Haj, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
19 An Illustration of Local Governance research, based on document analysis and interview
John Loughlin,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17
time: 15:00 - 16:00
20 Immigrant Student Achievement and Education Policy: Cross-Cultural Approaches
Louis Volante, Brock University, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: 0.16
time: 15:00 - 16:00
20 Game on! Using in-class simulations to explain and explore provision and appropriation dilemmas
Frank van Laerhoven, Utrecht University
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17
time: 16:00 - 17:00
20 Undernutrition, Obesity and Sustainable Food Systems
Martin Bloem, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
category: PhD seminar
venue: 0.17
time: 14:00 - 15:00
22 Essays on Migration and Occupational Choice
Clotilde Mahé, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
25 The role of community mobilization in the promotion of maternal health in women living with HIV in Zambia
Choolwe Muzyamba , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
25 European Innovation Scoreboard 2018: Launch event
Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, DG GROW, European Commission et al.
category: External event
venue: Breydel auditorium – 45 Avenue d'Auderghem, 1040 Brussels
time: 14:30 - 17:00
27-28 2nd UNU-MERIT Internal Conference
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT



25-26 Reach & Turn Science Reporting Workshop
Howard Hudson, Diego Salama, Daniel Powell, UNU
category: workshop
venue: United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) UNU-IIGH Building, UKM Medical Centre Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.



06-07 Designing and Implementing Social Protection Programmes
category: Course
venue: Cape Town, South Africa



13 The Seduction of Applied Conformity
Dr. Charles Efferson, University of Lausanne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17-21 Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies (DEIP), with the African Union Commission in Morocco
Profs. Anthony Arundel, Fred Gault, Carlo Pietrobelli, et al., UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: Rabat, Morocco
19 Mixed Signals: How the Ambiguous German Citizenship Law Reform of 2000 Affected Immigrant Naturalisation Propensity
Dr. Swantje Falcke, FASoS, Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 13:00 - 14:00
19-21 New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequenses of Structural Change in the Global Economy
category: workshop
25-26 Smart Specialization Strategies: Contemporary Challenges of its Design and Implementation
category: Conference
venue: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
25 I3U Final Conference
Pierre Mohnen et al., UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Auditorium Nowotny COV2, Place Rogier 16, Brussels.
time: 09:00 - 17:00
27 School feeding or general food distribution? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Educational Impacts of Emergency Food Assistance during Conflict in Mali
Dr. Jean-Pierre Tranchant , Institute of Development Studies
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00



01-12 Designing and Implementing Social Protection Systems Course
category: Course
venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand
04 Social Assistance and Remittances and Their Role in the Fight Against Poverty
Jennifer Waidler, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
04 The Right Job and the Job Right: Novelty, Impact and Journal Stratification in Science
Dr. Nicolas Carayol, University of Bordeaux
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
05 ‘Policy pollination’: External actors and the rise of social protection in Africa
Dr. Stephen Devereux , Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
10 The Multi-Level Governance of Asylum in Italy: Understanding Eritreans Secondary Movements in search of Relocation within Italy
Dr. Katie Kuschminder, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 Levels and Dynamics of Indian Inequality: Filling in the Blanks
Prof. Peter Lanjouw, VU University Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17-19 'Reach and Turn' Science Reporting Workshop, part of UNESCO's Open Science Forum (CILAC)
Prof. Carlos Cadena Gaitan, Dante Licona, Diego Salama, representing EAFIT University, United Nations University, and the World Health Organization
category: workshop
venue: City of Knowledge (CdS), Panama City
18 Patterns of innovation during the industrial revolution: a reappraisal using composite indicators of patent quality
Dr. Alessandro Nuvolari, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Pisa
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 Women's Empowerment in Tunisia: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit Weights for a Multidimensional Index
Dr. Natalie Quinn, Oxford University Poverty and Human Development Initiative
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00



03-20 IMPACT International Forum
category: External event
venue: Maastricht, Hasselt, Eupen, Aachen and Liège
08 Lobbying, Regulation of NGOs and Corporate Social Responsibility
Dr. Vivekananda Mukherjee, Jadavpur University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
08 Visit to Statistics Netherlands, Heerlen
category: External event
15 Looking forward to the past. Different perspectives on poverty and their impact on research and policy-making
Prof. Jan Vranken, University of Antwerp
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 13:30
17 Master's Open Day
category: Open day
time: 10:00 - 16:00
19 Reforming judicial recruitment and training in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia under EU guidance: Implementation without institutionalisation?
Prof. Adam Fagan, Queen Mary University of London
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16
time: 16:00 - 17:00
20 The Effectiveness of Environmental Policies on Reducing Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Silke Heuser, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
20 Development cooperation to promote decentralisation in the Sahel zone – an instant fix for problems of governance and poverty?
Prof. Eva Terberger, KfW Development Bank
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.17
time: 10:00 - 11:00
20 Input tariffs, Roads and Firm Performance
Marco Sanfilippo PhD, University of Bari and University of Antwerp
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.17
time: 14:30 - 15:30
20 PISA as a measure and stimulus for system-level education reform
Prof. Louis Volante, UNU-MERIT & Brock University
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.23
time: 14:00 - 15:00
21 Has migration reduced economic inequality between the EU Member States? A cross-national analysis between 1980-2017
Dr. Magdalena Ulceluse, University of Groningen
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Charles Cooper Memorial Lecture: From creative destruction to destructive creation
Prof. Luc Soete, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Lumière Cinema Maastricht, Bassin 88, 6211 AK Maastricht
time: 16.00 - 18.30
21 Robot Apocalypse: Does it Matter for India’s Manufacturing Industry?
Dr. Sunil Mani,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 11:00 - 12:00
21 Ocean acidification: an additional stressor to fisheries governance
Prof. Juan Carlos Seijo, Universidad Marista de Merida
category: PhD seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16
time: 10:00 - 11:00
21 Master class: Analysing citation networks as technological trajectories: New Horizons
Önder Nomaler, Eindhoven University of Technology
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17
time: 14:30 - 15:30
22 Life after trafficking: (re) integration processes of women that have been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Europe
Biljana Meshkovska, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
22 The Relevance of Institutions and People’s Preferences for Social Protection
Vincenzo Vinci, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
23 Inaugural Lecture: Understanding international (im)mobility in times of gated globalism: toward an institutional migration theory
Arjen Leerkes, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:30 - 17:30
28 4th SITE4Society event: Meet our entrepreneurs from far-away lands
category: workshop
venue: Maastricht School of Management, (Endepolsdomein 150, 6229 EP Maastricht)
time: 15:15 - 17:30
29 Alliance Design and Knowledge Transfer in Interfirm R&D Relationships: The Moderating Role of Partner-Specific Experience
Prof. John Hagedoorn,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00



05 A clarion call for humanitarian social protection: From humanitarian aid to sustainable assistance in the Kakuma refugee camp
Alex Hunns and Francesco Iacoella, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
05 The myth of gender neutral power: corruption and gender norms
Ortrun Merkle, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
06 The political economy of school test scores
Prof. Philip Verwimp, Université Libre de Bruxelles
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
13 Essays on Forced Migration and Labour Market Participation in Developing Countries
Katrin Marchand, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
13 The ERA of International R&D Investments. An analysis of the competition for knowledge-intensive foreign investment across cities, countries and continents
Dániel Vértesy, European Commission
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 'Marriage Migration and Integration Integration'
Dr. Evelyn Ersanilli , the University of Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/94699089758
time: 15:00 - 16:00



16 Post-procedural mobility among asylum residence permit holders cohort 1995-1999
Prof. Dr. Arjen Leerkes & Marloes de Hoon, UNU-MERIT & FASoS, Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17 5th SITE4Society event: Value4Waste
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 0.16-0.17
time: 13:30 - 17:00
24 Essays on Inequality and Polarization: Empirical Studies in Developing Asia
Arip Muttaqien, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 15:30
24 Conflicts in rights-based development
Dr. Gustavo Arosemena, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
30 How Board Networks Affect Firm Performance and Innovation Incentives in Transition Economies: The Case of Armenia
Tatevik Poghosyan, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:30
31 Environmental Factors Shape Risk Preferences
Ferdinand Vieider, Ghent University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



04-08 DEIP India 2019
Prof. Anthony Arundel, et al., UNU-MERIT, CDS
category: workshop
venue: Kerala, India
07 Maastricht University Star Lecture in Berlin: Leave no one behind – the future of social protection
Prof. Franziska Gassmann, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Steigenberger Hotel, Los-Angeles-Platz 1, 10789 Berlin, Germany
time: 19:30 - 22:30
07 The macroeconomic impact of weather and climate
Pierluigi Montalbano, Sapienza University of Rome
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Social capital and large-scale agricultural investments
Dr. Kacana Khadjavi, Kiel Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Master’s Fair
, UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University
category: Open day
venue: MECC, Forum 100, 6229 GV Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 19:00
20 Naturalization in Context: Migrant Life Course and Institutional Change
Prof. Dr. Maarten Vink, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
21 A research program on gender parity in science: Family size and the publication gender gap
Prof. dr. Jacques Mairesse , UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 NASPAA-Batten – Student Simulation Competition
category: Conference
time: 08:00 - 17:30



08 WikiGap Maastricht: From Exclusion to Inclusion
Andrée van Es, Jo Ritzen et al., representing CELL, UNU-MERIT et al.
category: workshop
time: 12:00 - 18:00
13 Innovation Strategies and their Implications for Technological Change and Market Outcomes: An Evolutionary Multi-Agent Based Modelling Approach
Salih Çevikarslan, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
14 Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Prof. Catia Batista,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Master's Open Day
category: Open day
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 12.00 - 16:00
20 The Syrian war and its impact on migration
Richard Sondeijker, Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security and Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
time: 13:00 - 14:00
20 Sustainability research exchange
René Kemp among others, UNU-MERIT, ICIS and GSBE
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Kapoenstraat 2
time: 15:00 - 17:00
21 Maastricht University Data Science Research Seminar
Dr. Lili Wang and Dr. Önder Nomaler, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room C0.553 at UNS40, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ET Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Essays on the Impacts of Climate-Smart Agricultural Innovations on Household Welfare
Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
27 Aggregate Fluctuations and Development: Essays on Macroeconomic Volatility and Economic Growth
Ibrahima Kaba, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
time: 12:00 - 13:30
27 Money to move: The effect on researchers of an international mobility grant
Dr. Fabiana Visentin, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
28 Assessing the impact of international mobility on the development of Chinese science
Dr ir Koen Jonkers,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00



03 What does migrant decision-making mean for policy?
Dr. Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Overseas Development Institute
category: Migration seminar
time: 13:00 - 14:00
04 Artificial Intelligence diffusion in the Labour Market, a machine learning approach
Dr. Thomas Roca,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
04 Firm Participation, Learning and Innovation in Heterogeneous Value Chains of IT-enabled Services: The case of South Africa
Charlotte Keijser, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
05 Presentation of the German translation of A Second Chance for Europe
Jo Ritzen, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
11 What is the US Comparative Advantage in Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Israeli Migration to the United States.
Prof. Annamaria Conti,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 MaasXEurope Convention (EN)
Panel debate with candidates for the European Parliament, DEMOS study association
category: External event
venue: Amrâth Grand Hotel de l'Empereur, Stationsstraat 2, Maastricht
time: 12:45 - 18:00
17 Measuring Migration Policy Selectivity and its Impact
Dr. Glenn Rayp, Ghent University and UNU-CRIS
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
17 Educational Pathways and Skills: Past, Present and Future
Alison Cathles, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
17 Skills and higher education for innovation: how to make it a reality?
Dr. Vincent-Lancrin stephan, OECD, Directorate for Education and Skills
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 1.23/1.24
time: 11:45 - 12:45
25 The Effects of Attending Kindergarten on Child Development in Rural India
Dr. Joshua Dean, Briq Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00



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
01 The Transformation of Huawei
Prof. Can Huang, Zhejiang University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
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
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: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
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
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
08-09 UNU-MERIT Workshop: Data Science and STI Indicators
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT, Room 1.23
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
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: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
13-15 'Reach & Turn' Science Reporting Workshop Bolivia
Various speakers, Bolivian Ministry of Education, UNESCO, UNIC, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: La Paz, Bolivia
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
21 The Constitutional Costs of the War on Drugs
Prof. Alejandro Madrazo Lajous, CIDE in Aguascalientes, Mexico
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 01:00
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



04 Trade in Intangibles and A Global Value Chain-based View of International Trade and Global Imbalance
Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Oxford University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 1.23/1.24
time: 16:00 - 17:00
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
venue: 1.23/1.24
time: 12:00 - 13:00
06 The Impact of Terminating Cash Support to Displaced Syrian Children in Jordan
Dr. Jacob de Hoop, UNICEF
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
13 Taste for science, academic boundary spanning and inventive performance of scientists and engineers in industry
Prof. Reinhilde Veugelers, KULeuven
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 1.23
time: 16:00 - 17:00
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: 16:00 - 17:30
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: 14:00 - 15:30
18 Symposium: Diamonds are a woman’s best friend -- Gender representation in public policy
Catie Lott, Petra Meier, Karen Celis, et al., UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
venue: Foyer, Eiffel Building, Petrus Regoutplein, Maastricht
time: 09:00 - 13:30
18 Global Education Governance
Louis Volante, Brock University
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16
time: 15:00 - 16:00
19 Public Procurement of Innovation: Evidence from a German Legislative Reform
Paul Hünermund, Maastricht University: School of Business and Economic
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17
time: 16:00 - 17:00
19 Social Media, Democracy, and Elections
Michael L. Best, Georgia Tech – Shenzhen
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 2.22
time: 14:00 - 15:00
19 The waves of change in English mathematics policy with Further Education
Diane Dalby, Centre for Research in Mathematics Education, University of Nottingham
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.16
time: 09:00 - 10:00
19 The volume and geography of global refugee migration
Dr. Sonja Fransen, University of Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00
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



05 Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Cross-border R&D Investments by Multinational Enterprises
Jinhyuck (Joseph) Park, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Room 1.169, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 13:45 - 15:15



05 British detention camps and the origins of distrust in Kenya
Gerda Asmus, Heidelberg University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
07 Silent Poverty (Stille Armoede)
Zina Nimeh and Mardoeka Christensen,
category: External event
venue: Room B 0.115, Bouillonstraat 3, Maastricht
time: 19:15 - 19:45
12 Revealing side effects of quota rules on group cooperation
Dr. Monika Leszczynska, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 / 0.17)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18-20 'Reach & Turn' Science Reporting Workshop
Diego Salama (UNU-MERIT), Dante Licona (IFRC), Daniela Hirchsfeld (SciDev) & Maria Eugenia Fazio (Quilmes University),
category: workshop
venue: Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española 520 Calle 25 de Mayo Montevideo, Uruguay
time: 09:00 - 17:00
18 EU-asylum policy: combining compassion with border control
Marijn Clevers, European Stability Initiative (ESI)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
19-20 The Future of Industrial Work: New pathways and policies of structural transformation?
category: workshop
venue: Vienna, Austria
19 Illicit behavior and state-building: The case of Colombia
Dr. Abbey Steele, University of Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 Female Genital Mutilation vs Labia Correction Surgery: where are the boundaries?
Ortrun Merkle, Tatenda Zinyemba, Lorenzo de Min (among others), UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Stayokay Maastricht Maasboulevard 101 6211 JW Maastricht
time: 08:30 - 17:30
25 The implications of health insurance for the labour market and patient satisfaction with medical care in Vietnam
Nga T.Q. Le, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
25 Act for Global Goals Conference
Shyama Ramani, Maria Tomai, Serdar Türkeli, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Maastricht City Hall
time: 09:00 - 17:00
26 Why don’t US citizens demand for redistribution? The role of equality, equity, efficiency.
Dr. Bruno Martorano, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00



02 Macro Economic Assessment of Clean Energy Policy Across Indian States: An Application of E3 Model
Professor Kakali Mukhopadhyay, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and McGill University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
03 Spatial re-localisation in global production networks: a path creation perspective of Solar Panel Industry in Malaysia
Dr. VGR Chandran Govindaraju, University of Malaya
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
03 Technology in the Asian Miracle and Debacle Debates: Applications of and Insights from the Field of Influence Approach to Input-Output Analysis
Norman Dytianquin, SBE
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30
08-10 11th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE)
category: Conference
venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
10 RECONSIDERING SMART SPECIALIZATION POLICY IN EU
Prof. Ron Boschma , Utrecht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Syrian Unaccompanied Minors Journeys to Germany and initial experiences upon arrival
Raphael Kamp,
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
17 Transitions towards a Circular Economy: A Cross-National Study of Urban Solid Waste Management
Shyama V. Ramani, Maria Tomai, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, Ghana
time: 08:30 - 17:30
17 Saving Africa’s Tropical Forests with LPG Stoves: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Tanzania
Dr. Yonas Alem, University of Gothenburg
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21-01 Designing & Implementing Social Protection Systems
category: Course
venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand
22 Webinar: Food security and nutrition-sensitive social protection
Prof. Franziska Gassmann et al., UNU-MERIT et al.
category: Training seminar
venue: Online -- click
time: 14:30 - 16:00
24 Regional Integration, value chains and SMEs
Dr. Marion Jansen, International Trade Centre
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
30 New mindsets to innovate activation
Mira Bierbaum, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:00 - 15:30



07 CANCELLED: Humanitarian Assistance and IDPs Experimental Evidence from a Voucher Program in the Congo
Dr. Maarten Voors, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 Recall length and measurement error in agricultural surveys
Philip Randolph Wollburg, World Bank Development Data Group
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 1.23/1.24
time: 15:00 - 16:00
18 The influence of within school and across schools’ collaborative practices on student learning and teaching outcomes in West Africa
Fernanda Assuncao Soares, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
18 Week of the International Student 2019: Open Stage for inspiring stories from back home
International students and PhD fellows, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Top of the Cube, UNU-MERIT
time: 11:00 - 12:00
19 Regional Innovation And Entrepreneurship Patents, Trade Marks, Entry And Entrants
Michal Kazimierzcak, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
19 Unfolding the innovation system: Economic Complexity for territorial development
Emanuele Pugliese,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 1.25
time: 11:00 - 12:00
19 A SITE4Society event on World Toilet Day: Quiz on Sanitation Systems
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: Room 0.16-0.17, United Nations University-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 18:00 - 19:30
19 Webinar: Understanding possibilities and limitations of data on intra-EU migration
Prof. Melissa Siegel and Dr. Katrin Marchand, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Online
time: 10:00 - 11:30
20 Neighborhood Matters: Crime, Collective Efficacy and Foreclosures in Miami
Shellie Solomon, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 16:00 - 17:30
21 Local labor market effects of FDI regulation in Indonesia
Professor Krisztina Kis-Katos, University of Göttingen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:30 - 13:30
21 Employment Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation in Germany: A Quantitative Analysis
Nicolas Echarti, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 10:00 - 11:30
26-28 MIGNEX: Second Consortium Meeting
Various speakers, MIGNEX partners
category: Conference
27 Rethinking economic growth and structural change: The role of boundaries and linkages between industries
Charlotte Guillard, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
27 Between waiting and homing: agency, enablers and barriers for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers' integration
Dr. Raffaella Greco Tonegutti, Belgian Development Agency (Enabel)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 13:00 - 14:00
27 Group decision experiments with civil servants in India and Pakistan
Dr. Laura Metzger, Center for International Development’s Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard Kennedy School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 15:00 - 16:00
28 Public Attitudes towards Technological Unemployment
Dr. Aina Gallego, Institut de Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
30 Master's Open Day
category: Open day
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 16:00



02 Competitive versus Destructive Envy: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment
Ben D'Exelle, University of East Anglia
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
03 Book Launch: Una segunda oportunidad para Europa, edited by Jo Ritzen
Jo Ritzen, Mr. Salvador Pérez-Moreno, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Malaga, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Maastricht University Campus Brussels | Avenue de Tervueren 153, 1150, Brussels
time: 16:00 - 18:00
05 Measuring the Private and Social Returns to R&D: Unintended Spillovers versus Technology Markets
Dr. Pere Arqué-Castellsy , University of Groningen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 How research trajectory choices affect funding success
Dr. Michele Pezzoni, University of Nice
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Corrupt or corrupted networks? An empirical enquiry
Davina Osei, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
16 Beyond Static Inequality: Public Policies and Economic Mobility in Thailand
Patima Chongcharoentanawat, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula 2, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 09:45 - 11:15
16 Livelihood Vulnerability to Shocks, Behaviour and Investment in Education: Essays in Behavioural Development Economics
Jemal Adem, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula II, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 14:45 - 16:15
19 Coping with societal challenges: Lessons for innovation policy governance
Prof. Jan Fagerberg, UNU-MERIT & TIK-UiO
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.16/0.17
time: 12:00 - 13:00



30 Meeting with Lilianne Ploumen, Member of Parliament
Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Parliament
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 13:00 - 14:00



06 UM Star Lecture 2020: Myths and misconceptions around migration
Prof. Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: UM Campus Brussels
time: 20:00 - 22:00
06 Humanitarian Assistance and IDPs. Experimental Evidence from a Voucher Program in the Congo
Dr. Maarten Voors, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 Citizenship in the migrant life course: 10 observations on immigrant naturalization
Prof. Dr. Maarten Vink, Maastricht University, FASoS
category: Migration seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT, room 0.18
time: 13:00 - 14:00
12 Climate Refugees: The Fabrication of a Migration Threat
Prof. Dr. Hein de Haas, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 19:00 - 20:30
13 Polycentric urban development and economic productivity in China: A multiscalar analysis
Dr. Mingshu Wang, University of Twente
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 Immigration Policies and Political Support. A Survey Experiment in Germany.
Stephan Simon, M.A., University of Bamberg, Germany (visiting researcher at FASoS and MACIMIDE)
category: Migration seminar
venue: 0.18
time: 13:00 - 14:00
20 Student Migrant, Refugee or Both? Exploring Refugee Agency and Mobility through Tertiary Education in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda
Ayla Bonfiglio, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
time: 12:00 - 13:30
20 Measure Twice, Cut Once. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Metrics
Prof. Erik Stam, Utrecht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18
time: 12:30 - 13:30



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
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
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: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18
time: 12:30 - 13:30
07 Master’s Open Day
category: Open day
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 16:00
11 CANCELLED: Gender Perspectives around Migration
Dr. Ortrun Merkle, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT Conference Room
time: 19:00 - 20:30
18 From Micro to Macro: Essays on Technological Change and Income Divergence
Mary Kaltenberg, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Virtual Defence
time: 14:00 - 15:30
31 CANCELLED -- Guest lecture: Introduction to EMRIC (Euregion Meuse-Rhine Incident control and Crisis management)
Kim Worseling, Policy Advisor at EMRIC,
category: public lecture
venue: Conference room 0.18
time: 14:00 - 16:00



07 ‘Reach & Turn’ Virtual Workshop, World Health Day
category: workshop
venue: Virtual workshop
time: 09:00 - 13:30
23 Joint EU Economic Policy Response to the Corona Crisis: Sustainabilty, Strengthening the Public Sector and Coordinated Taxation as Conditionalities
Jo Ritzen, Honorary Professor, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
24 Diaspora Mobilisation in a Conflict Setting: The Emergence and Trajectories of Syrian Diaspora Mobilisation in Germany
Nora Ragab, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Virtual defence
time: 10:00 - 11:30
30 The Impacts of New Digital Technologies on Gender Equality in Developing Countries
Alina Sorgner, UNIDO
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Virtual seminar
time: 14:00 - 15:00



07 How important is GVC Participation to Export Upgrading?
Gideon Ndubuisi, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 11:00 - 12:00
08 Virtual townhall for admitted MPP applicants with the Programme Director
Dr Julieta Marotta, UNU-MERIT
category: Course
venue: Zoom
time: 11:00 - 12:00
14 The Evolution of Labor Productivity in Chile’s exporting sector: a Micro-level Perspective
Juan Carlos Castillo, Bocconi University Milan
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 14:00 - 15:00
20 Labour Market effects of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: An Informality lens from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal
Racky Balde, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 14:00 - 15:00
28 Human right indicators: promises, problems and paradoxes
Bart Kleine Deters, UNU-MERIT and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 14:00 - 15:00



04 Social Mobility and Economic Development
Dr. Guido Neidhöfer, ZEW Mannheim
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 16:00 - 17:00
11 Economic Adversity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Personality
Professor Salvatore di Falco, University of Geneva
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 Master's Programme Closing Ceremony
Various speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Virtual
time: 14:00 - 15:30
12 Virtual townhall with the MPP Programme Director for prospective students
Dr Julieta Marotta, UNU-MERIT
category: Course
venue: Zoom
time: 14:00 - 15:00
16 International Patent Protection and Trade: Transaction-Level Evidence
Dr. Daniele Moschella , Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 15:00 - 16:00
16 Measuring Technological Novelty with Patent-based Indicators
Dennis Verhoeven, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), KU Leuven?
category: PhD seminar
venue: Online
time: 11:00 - 12:00
25 Essays on Rural Household Decision-Making under Climate Risk
Kaleab Kebede Haile, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online
time: 12:00 - 13:30
29-30 4th UNU-MERIT Internal Conference
Various speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
venue: Online
time: 09:00 - 17:00



22 How has COVID-19 changed the work settings for our alumni?
Various speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Virtual
time: 14:00 - 15:00



10 Online UM Alumni Week 2020: Meet MPP alumnus Rodolpho Zannin Feijó, Head of International Affairs in Curitiba, Brazil
Rodolpho Zannin Feijó, MPP alumnus, cohort 2015-2016, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 16:00 - 17:00
25 UN75 Dialogue
Various Speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Zoom
time: 15:00 - 17:00
29 Online session: Partnerships for the Goals
Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, PhD Fellow Maria Tomai, and others, UNU-MERIT, SITE4Society, Act for Global Goals, MUNDO, Mondiaal Maastricht
category: public lecture
venue: Online
time: 19:30 - 21:00
30 Playing the 'Game' of Transparency and Accountability in Kyrgyzstan's Natural Resource Governance
Janyl Moldalieva, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 11:30
30 Migration in Libya: From transit route to containment
Dr Katie Kuschminder, UNU-MERIT
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom
time: 19:00 - 20:30



01 Impacts from automation diffuse locally - a novel approach to estimate jobs risk in US cities
Dr. Teresa Farinha, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
05 International Organizations and Global Migration Governance
Elaine Lebon-McGregor, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 13:00 - 14:30
07 The Impact of Crime on Firm Entry
Dr. Ugo Rizzo , University of Ferrara
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12.00 - 13.00
15 Essays on Entrepreneurship in Colombia
Omar Rodriguez, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
15 UM Data Science Research Seminar
Fabiana Visentin, Mario Gonzalez Sauri, A joint seminar of Institute of Data Science (UM) and UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
15 Visualizing spatial data with R
Dr. Martijn Tennekes, Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)
category: METECH Seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/92481589299
time: 16:00 - 17:30
21 Online intercultural training session by the Maastricht Young Academy
Nava Hinrichs-Pasutto, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Online
time: 09:00 - 12:00
22 Do Innovative Firms Pay Higher Wages? Micro-Level Evidence from Brazil
Antonio Soares Martins, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 Impacts from automation diffuse locally - a novel approach to estimate jobs risk in US cities
Teresa Farinha, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 15:00 - 16:00
24 A UN75 Dialogue in the Great Hall of Justice: The Future We Want, The UN We Need
Various Speakers, Dutch Foreign Ministry, International Court of Justice, Leiden University, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: YouTube
time: 17:30 - 19:30
28 Maastricht Migration Lecture Series: Does Citizenship Matter?
Prof. dr. Maarten Vink, Maastricht University
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT YouTube
time: 19:00 - 20:30



05 WASH and Waste in West Africa
Charlie Uldahl Christensen, Walking for Water
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 Introduction to Special Issue: Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Reintegration
Dr. Katie Kuschminder and Dr. Ine Lietaert, UNU-MERIT and UNU-CRIS
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT YouTube
time: 16:00 - 17:30
12 Evolutionary and interacting spheres that condition the technological capabilities accumulation in Latin America
Dr. Gabriela Dutrenit, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 15:00 - 16:00
13 Ethics Workshop: Applying for ethical approval at the Ethical Review Committee Inner City faculties (ERCIC).
Dr. Sonja Fransen, ERCIC Secretary,
category: workshop
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/95332279991?pwd=ckEwMjB2SzRLcnZpTXZ4SUFzeXNodz09
time: 10:00 - 11:30
16 Doing Policy in Further Education: An exploration of the enactment of the GCSE Resit Policy in Further Education Colleges in England
Gillian Mcfarland, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
17 Governance of International Adaptation Finance for Local Climate Change Adaptation: An Analysis of Adaptation Fund Projects
Ornasaran Manuamorn, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 11:30
19 Sanitation: Isn’t it time to break down the silo?
Shyama Ramani et al., UNU-MERIT et al.
category: workshop
venue: Zoom
time: 13:30
19 Making the world open defecation free: Possibility or dream?
Shyama Ramani et al., UNU-MERIT et al.
category: workshop
venue: Zoom
time: 10:30
19 Journal of Population Economics Webinar: Kuznets Prize 2021 & Presentation of the newly published Issue 1, 2021
Various, UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/94454512722?pwd=cGc4YUVmakc3M2hiNWZra1dVRXRYUT09
time: 14:00 - 17:00
19 Inequality, Redistribution and Conflict
Patricia Justino, UNU-WIDER
category: PhD seminar
venue: Online
time: 14:00 - 15:00
19 Patent Toxicity
Prof. Elisa Giuliani , University of Pisa
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 Master's Open Day
MPP faculty and admissions staff, students, study association DEMOS, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 9.30 - 16.00
23 Structural change in developing countries: Patterns, causes, and consequences
Emmanuel Mensah, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl/online-phd-defense-dhr-emmanueal-b-mensah-november-23-1600u
time: 16:00 - 17:30
24 Online intercultural training session by the Maastricht Young Academy
Nava Hinrichs-Pasutto, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Online
time: 09:00 - 12:00
25 Cross-nationally comparative research on racial and ethnic skill disparities: questions, findings, and pitfalls
Prof. dr. Mark Levels, Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: YouTube
time: 19:00 - 20:30
25 Trafficking in Persons in South Sudan: Prevalence, Challenges and Responses.
Loksan Harley ,
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/93304345792
time: 15:00 - 16:00
26 First Health and Migration Collaborative Community Symposium
Various speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
26 Tackling climate risks in urban regions: relevance, approaches and solutions
Dr. Shen Xiaomeng (with Dominic Sett), UNU-EHS
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00



01 Intercultural Training
Nava Hinrichs-Pasutto, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
time: 09:30 - 12:30
03 Unexpected colonial returns - Mass migration and the persistence of inequality over multiple generations
Professor Anne Gielen, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
09 Challenges of policy reality when conducting rigorous impact evaluation
Dr. Nastassia Leszczynska and Dr. Tatiana Goetghebuer, ADE -- Analysis for Economic Decisions
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 11:00 - 12:00
10 Corporate financing needs: illiquidity, financial distress and firm productivity after COVID-19
Dr. Erik Canton, European Commission
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Marriage Migration and Integration 
Dr. Evelyn Ersanilli , the University of Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/94699089758
time: 15:00 - 16:00
17 Essays in Public Economics: Multi-Layer Tax Structure and Implications
Rose Camille Vincent, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 14:00 - 15:30
17 Innovative Capabilities, Innovation Performance and Institutional Context: Do strong intellectual property rights lead multinational firms to patent more?
Dr. Randolph Bruno, University College London
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18 Regional Integration and Migration Governance in the Global South: Book Launch Webinar
Ilse Ruyssen, Melissa Siegel, Richa Shivakoti and Maud Martens, UNU-CRIS / UNU-MERIT / Ryerson University / IES – VUB
category: Migration seminar
time: 14:00 - 15:30



13 Objective and subjective relative deprivation among Congolese refugees and Rwandan locals: The compensating effect of financial contributions
Dr. Özge Bilgili, Utrecht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/96093921502
time: 15:00 - 16:00
21 Economy wide, dynamic and agent based models: Their empirical credibility and usefulness, and why they should be preferred to macro models - Experience from the Swedish model
Prof. Gunnar Eliasson, Professor em of Industrial Economics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28 Journal of Population Economics webinar on gender & COVID-19
Various speakers , UNU-MERIT & GLO
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Zoom: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/98086715796/
time: 16:00 - 18:00
28 Innovation, Employment and Inequality
Dr. Tommaso Ciarli, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



02 Social Transformations and Labour Market Entry: An Investigation into University Systems in Emerging Economies
Giulia Rossello, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
04 The real effects of financial markets on scientific disclosure: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Dr. Markus Simeth, Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 The AI trilemma: Saving the planet without ruining our jobs
Dr. Ekkehard Ernst, International Labour Organization
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
17 Barriers to humanitarian migration, victimisation and integration outcomes: Evidence from Germany
Teresa Freitas-Monteiro & Lars Ludolph, London School of Economics and Political Science & Institute for Employment Research
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/93713215743
time: 15:00 - 16:00
18 Impacts of a Cash Plus model on adolescents’ safe transitions to adulthood
Dr. Jennifer Waidler , UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
24 Asylum Seekers’ and Refugees’ Health and Well-Being during the Pandemic in Ireland: The Role of Integration and Ethnic Equality Mainstreaming
Cordula Bieri , School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/91066107857
time: 15:00 - 16:00
24 Maastricht Migration Lecture Series: Race and Migration in the United States and Europe
Dr Ali Chaudhary, Rutgers University & International Migration Institute, Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom (Click 'More Information' below for the direct link)
time: 19:00 - 20:30
25 Labour-saving technologies and occupational exposure
Dr. Maria Enrica Virgillito , Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition
, UNU-MERIT, American University in Cairo & NASPAA
category: External event
venue: Zoom
time: 15:00 - 20:00



06 Master's Open Day
MPP faculty and admissions staff, students, study association DEMOS, UNU-MERIT,
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 09:30 - 16:00
08 Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Digitalisation for SDG 5.2 (End Violence): Exploring Implications, Opportunities and Threats
Various Speakers,
category: SITE4Society event
venue: Online
time: 15:00 - 16:30
10 The immigrant-native wage gap: is there a gap and is it "fair"?
Dr. Eva Van Belle,
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97540739347
time: 15:00 - 16:00
18 The AI Economist: Improving Equality and Productivity with AI-Driven Tax Policies
Dr. Stephan Zheng, Salesforce Research
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 16:30 - 17:30
22 Water Source Security: Is Desal the way to go?
Shyama Ramani et al., UNU-MERIT et al.
category: SITE4Society event
venue: Zoom
time: 09:30 - 15:00
22 Foreign Policy and Development - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenter: Dr. Pui-hang Wong, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 12:00 - 12:45
22 Governance of Innovation - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenter: Dr. Fabiana Visentin, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 11:00 - 11:45
24 Populations at Risk: Implications of COVID-19 for Hunger, Migration and Displacement
Katrina Frappier & Selma El Khawad, WFP & IOM
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom (Click 'More Information' below for the direct link)
time: 19:00 - 20:30
24 Risk and Vulnerability - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenter: Prof. Eleonora Nillesen, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 11:00 - 11:45
24 Social Entrepreneurship and Public Policy - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenter: Dr. Serdar Türkeli, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 12:00 - 12:45
25 In and out of lockdown: Propagation of supply and demand shocks in a dynamic input-output model
Dr. François Lafond, University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 Regional Integration & Multi-level Governance - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenters: Dr. Michal Natorski and Dr. Tatiana Skripka, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 13:00 - 13:45
30 Migration Studies - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenter: Prof. Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 11:00 - 11:45
30 Social Protection Policy - MPP specialisation webinar
Presenter: Prof. Franziska Gassmann, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 14:00 - 14:45



01 Chris Freeman Centenary Lecture Series
Multiple speakers, numerous institutes
category: External event
venue: Zoom
07 The emergence of local responses to emigration: a case study in Romania
Dr. Magdalena Ulceluse, University of Groningen
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/96664922872
time: 15:00 - 16:00
15 The Power to Protect: Household Bargaining and Female Condom Use
Prof. Wendy Janssens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 CANCELLED Gender Perspectives around Migration
Dr Ortrun Merkle, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
time: 19:00 - 20:30
22 Prejudice and the Spiralling of the Securitization of Migration
Prof. Dr. Valeria Bello,
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97677224807
time: 15:00 - 16:00
22 A typology of circular start-ups: An Analysis of 128 circular business models
Mr. Marvin Henry, Utrecht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 Public Sector Innovation Portfolios: Exploring and understanding your own
Mrs. Angela Hanson, OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
29 Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism: Immigration Bureaucrats and Policymaking in Postwar Canada.
Dr. Jennifer Elrick, McGill University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/92042700179
time: 15:00 - 16:00
29 The Entrepreneurial Economy as a Complex Evolving System
Prof dr Erik Stam, Utrecht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



04 Learning, Capabilities and Governance in Global Value Chains
Caio Torres Mazzi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
06 Social protection in the context of forced displacement: how can programming better promote young people’s resilience in general and during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Dr. Nicola Jones, Overseas Development Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
08 Walking 4 SDGs: Let's celebrate our arrival at Instituto Terra together!
UNU-MERIT staff and students, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Online
time: 16.00 - 17.00
18 Philosophies of Migration Governance in a Globalizing World
Antoine Pécoud , University of Sorbonne Paris Nord
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/95588059483
time: 15:30 - 16:30
18 Virtual visit to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Presenters: WIPO and UNU-MERIT representatives,
category: Open day
venue: Online via zoom: https://maastrichtuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25dagNgvEP0JpVs
time: 15:30 - 17:00
20 Social protection response to Covid-19 and beyond: emerging evidence and learning for future crises
Dr. Francesca Bastagli, Overseas Development Institute
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 Endogeneity bias and other problems in the estimation of production functions
Dr. Jesus Felipe, Asian Development Bank
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 11:00 - 12:00
26 COVID Countering the Virus: Discrimination and protestation in multicultural Europe
Dr Özge Bilgili, European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://zoom.us/j/96974326650?pwd=eEF2SldNV2JqYkVLRWYxMm9JclE0Zz09
time: 19:00 - 20:30
27 The Great Recession: Sector, Efficiency, Technological innovation, Capital deepening, and Labour mobility
Prof. Romain Houssa, University of Namur
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Journal of Population Economics webinar: Highlighting contributions from issue 34(3)
Authors of Journal of Population Economics articles ,
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Zoom: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97676750817
time: 16:00 - 18:00



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
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
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
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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



31 Transition towards a renewable European electricity system
Iulia Falcan, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30



01 GPAC² Webinar
Mindel van de Laar, Cristina Mancigotti, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
venue: Zoom
time: 14:00
02 The Effect of Financial Retirement Incentives Originating from the Social Security System on the Retirement Behavior of Older Belgian Workers
Anne-Lore Fraikin, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
14 Markets and Human Behavior: Evidence from Artefactual Field Experiments
Halefom Yigzaw Nigus, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 13:00 - 14:30
24 Act for Global Goals Festival: Inspiration session: Climate Circles
Moderator: Dr. Serdar Türkeli, various speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 12.00 - 13.30
24 [POSTPONED] Inspiration session (in Dutch): Leven met de Maas (participatory lab)
Sprekers: Anouk Viegen, Nina Rijsterborgh, Weike Medendorp, Gerard IJff,
category: External event
venue: Op locatie bij UNU-MERIT en online
time: 10:00 - 11:30



12 Powering Structural Transformation and Economic Development in Africa: The Role of Services, Manufacturing and Global Value Chains
Solomon Owusu, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl/phd-defence-solomon-owusu-tuesday-12th-october-2021-1000-cet
time: 10:00 - 11:30
12 Essays on International Trade: The Roles of Institutions and Imported Intermediate Inputs
Gideon Onyewuchi Ndubuisi, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl/phd-defence-gideon-onyewuchi-ndubuisi-tuesday-12th-october-2021-1300-cet
time: 13:00 - 14:30
13 EU Enlargement and (Temporary) Migration: Effects on Labour Market Outcomes in Germany
Luisa Hammer , Freie Universität
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/98590748857
time: 15:00 - 16:00
14 Absorptive capacities and external openness in underdeveloped Innovation Systems
Dr. Pablo Galaso and Dr. Carlos Bianchi, Universidad de la República de Uruguay
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18 A Multidimensional Perspective on Education in Developing Countries
Michelle S. M. Momo,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 and online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl/phd-defence-michelle-sm-momo-monday-18th-october-2021-1600-cet
time: 16:00 - 17:30
21 UM Data Science Research Seminar
Teresa Farinha and Stephan Dietrich, IDS and UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Controlling irregular migration: can a market for Temporary Foreign Work Permits help?
Prof. Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/92864629449
time: 15:00 - 16:00
28 Understanding Accelerated Decarbonization
Prof. Dr. Brendan Barrett, UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Osaka University,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



03 Annual Public Policy In-house Conference
category: Conference
time: 14:00 - 16:00
08 The negotiations of Zambia's welfare regime: the transformative potential of social cash transfers
Maria Klara Kuss, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 13:00 - 14:30
11 The firm-level innovation – productivity – exporting nexus: Disentangling the nature, direction and timing of the links
Ema Talam,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
15 STEM Programs Preferences and Gender Differences: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Colombia
Luz Karime Abadía, Javeriana University
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.18 & Zoom
time: 11:30 - 12:30
16 Towards e-compliance: Exploring the role of compliance and e-governance initiatives in the case of Bhutan
Atsuko Okuda, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
17 Immigration and Welfare State Development in the Long Run
Dr. Alexandre Afonso, Leiden University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/95584850721
time: 15:00 - 16:00
17 Climate Governance in Metropolitan Medellín
Carlos Cadena-Gaitan,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.18 & Zoom
time: 13:30 - 14:30
17 Online tutoring to Vulnerable Children
Gloria Bernal,
category: PhD seminar
venue: Room 0.17 and Zoom
time: 10:00 - 11:00
18 Public Sector Innovation in the United Arab Emirates - How innovation occurs and what outcomes it delivers
Rafael Lemaitre, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht & Online
time: 12:00 - 13:30
19 Chris Freeman Centenary Lecture Series
category: public lecture
venue: Zoom
20 Master's Open Day
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 09:30 - 16:00
24 Moving stories: Refugees and vulnerable migrants in Central Africa
Dr. Catherina Wilson, Leiden University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/95725492240
time: 15:00 - 16:00
25 Regional E-waste Monitor on the Commonwealth and Independent States + Georgia, 2021
Giulia Iattoni,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
29-01 12th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE)
category: Conference
venue: Online



01 Better Data, Better Decisions? Will improved data sharing lead to improved decision-making in humanitarian response?
category: External event
venue: MS Teams (see Registration link above)
time: 15:30 - 17:00
02 New Longitudinal Evidence on Domestic Violence in Brazil: the PCSVDF-Mulher Project and its Potential for Interdisciplinary Research
Jose Raimundo Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Ceará
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 11:30 - 12:30
06 Effects of HIV on Children and Youth's Educational Attainment
Tatenda Zinyemba, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
07 Immigrant Welfare Dynamics in the Netherlands
Yip Ching Yu, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
08 Migration, Culture, and Identity: The Case of Egypt
Dr. Ayman Zohry,
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/95874742407
time: 15:00 - 16:00
15 The net fiscal position of migrants in Europe: a decomposition analysis
Giacomo Boffi, Leiden University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/96076241008
time: 15:00 - 16:00
16 Fundamental Economic Structure and Structural Change in Regional Economies: Concept and Applications
Sudhir Thakur, California State University Sacramento
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00



13 Anti-corruption and gender: the role of women’s political participation
Ortrun Merkle et al., UNU-MERIT et al.
category: External event
venue: Zoom (Click 'More information' for the registration link)
time: 14:00 - 15:15
21 Research, visibility, impact: Stepping stones to policymakers
Keith Burnet, UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
venue: Zoom (Click on 'More information' below for the link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
26 Reducing Mistreatment of Migrant Domestic Workers
Dr. Toman Barsbai, University of Bristol
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/94900769014
time: 15:00 - 16:00



08 Launch of the UNU Climate Resilience Initiative
Multiple speakers, UNU-MERIT, UNU-EHS & UNU-CRIS
category: External event
time: 13:00 - 13:45
09 Why don’t residence by investment programmes work?
Madeleine Sumption, University of Oxford
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/98509162741
time: 15:30 - 16:30
11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Do Periods Matter?
Multiple Speakers,
category: SITE4Society event
time: 13:30 - 15:30
18 The importance of academic freedom in times of disinformation
Multiple Speakers, UNU-MERIT & UNESCO
category: Conference
time: 20:00 - 21:00
24 Job displacement and routine-intensive occupations: evidence from a developing country
Antonio Soares Martins Neto, UNU - Merit
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28-01 STRINGS Project Workshop
category: External event



03 International student mobility and academic performance: Does timing matter?
Cintia Granja, UNU MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Migration governance in action - a consultant's stories from the field
Loksan Harley, Homelands Advisory
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97541905417
time: 15:30 - 16:30
23 Governance of Remittances and Migration
Martina Abisso, Leiden University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/99972532586
time: 15:30 - 16:30
24 The nano-economics of increasing returns: the rise of services and residual college inequality
Guido Pialli, University of Turin & Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12: - 13:
31 Foreign Aid and Structural Change
Calumn Hamilton, University of Groningen
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00



06 Shadowboxing: ‘minority policy’ and marginalization of race in the Dutch metropole
Alison L.  Fischer, Leiden University
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97642422039
time: 15:30 - 16:30
06 Generation and Impact of Novelty in Physics
Professor Jacques Mairesse, Polytechnique Paris
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18 UNU MERIT; or via Zoom (please contact us at jointseminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
07 Social and private outcomes of green innovation incentives in European advancing economies
Professor Nebojsa Stojcic, University of Dubrovnik
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Research independence: Drivers and impact on PhD students’ careers
Michele Pezzoni, Université Côte d’Azur
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:00 - 13:00
21 A complexity approach to understanding structural change of regional economies
Dr. Shade Shutters, School of Complex Adaptive Systems Arizona State University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 Mapping Complex Technologies via Science-Technology Linkages; The Case of Neuroscience
Dr. Daniel Hain, Aalborg University Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18 UNU MERIT; or via Zoom (please contact us at jointseminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
28 Essays on Technical Change and Efficiency in a Transition Economy: The Case of Viet Nam
Pham Quang Ngoc, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 11:30
28 Mobile internet, skills and structural transformation in Rwanda
Professor Marco Grazzi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Economic Policy,
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link)
time: 12:00 - 13:00



13 May Event Series: Policy Action Lab
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere
time: 09:00 - 16:00
16-17 May Event Series: Research Seminars
Reinhilde Veugelers and Stefan Dercon, KU Leuven and University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere and online
time: 09:00 - 12:30
16 May Event Series: Launch of the UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Latin America
Various speakers, UNU-MERIT, UNESCO et al
category: misc
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere and online
time: 15:00 - 16:30
17 May Event Series: Introduction of UNU-MERIT’s Capacity Office Development
category: misc
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere and online
time: 13:30 - 14:45
17 May Event Series: PhD Event
category: misc
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere and online
time: 15:00 - 17:00
18 May Event Series: Policy Research Panel
category: Policy seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere and online
time: 13:30 - 14:30
18 May Event Series: MPP Reunion
category: misc
venue: UNU-MERIT | Belvedere and Online
time: 15:00 - 17:00
18 Extractive Industries and Structural Transformation
Beatriz Calzada Olvera, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30
19 Beyond the Right to Work: Labour Market Engagement of Protracted Refugees through a Social Exclusion Lens
Tamara A. Kool, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30
19 UM Data Science Research Seminar
Fabiana Visentin and Bart Verspagen, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 UNU-MERIT: 15 year celebration
Multiple Speakers,
category: Symposium
venue: Sint Janskerk (Vrijthof 24, Maastricht)
time: 16:00 - 18:00



01 EPRM Webinar
EPRM programme staff, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
01 The politics of social transfers in Africa: from adoption to implementation
Prof. Samuel Hickey, University of Manchester
category: Academic research seminar
time: 13:30 - 14:30
09 The Changing Role of Communication Technology in Reproductive Health: Essays from Sub-Saharan Africa
Francesco Iacoella, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
13 Essays on Human and Social Capital Formation
Hiwot Mesfin, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 11:30
20 Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Environmental Outcomes Impact, drivers and incentives
Victor Osei Kwadwo, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30
21 Middle-income traps, value chains, productive and technological policies in Latin America
Dr Luis Bértola, University of the Republic-Uruguay
category: PhD seminar
venue: Online. Click More information for the zoom link
time: 14:30 - 15:30
24 Limiting Media Freedom in Democratic States
Erich de la Fuente, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30



01 Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM): Information Webinar
Dr Mindel van de Laar & Cristina Mancigotti, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97074115845
07-08 Flood Knowledge Summit 2022 – From Risks to Resilience
Various Speakers, UNU-MERIT; UNU-EHS & UNU-CRIS
category: workshop
venue: Belvedere
time: 09:00 - 17:00
07 Climate Action and the SDGs — Closing Gaps and Strengthening Synergies
Various Speakers, UNU-MERIT; UNU-IAS; UNU-EHS; UN DESA
category: External event
time: 13:30 - 15:00



09 Lifelong Development Day: Why Should the Private Sector Care about Poverty & Inequality?
Prof Franziska Gassmann, Dr Zina Nimeh, Dr Mindel van de Laar & Cristina Mancigotti., UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Tapijnkazerne 11 6211 ME, Maastricht
time: 13:30 - 16:30
13 Migration Seminar Chloe Sydney - The displacement continuum: the relationship between internal displacement and cross-border movement
Chloe Sydney, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom
time: 15:30 - 16:30
16 Coffee Chat with PhD Alumnus Aziz Atamanov
Aziz Atamanov, The World Bank
category: Alumni/Career
venue: Online: Join Zoom Meeting: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/7702068186 Meeting ID: 770 206 8186
time: 14:00 - 15:00
20 The Economic Outcomes of Financial Innovation and Digital Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Godsway Korku Tetteh, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 11:30
20 “Comprehensive Innovation for Sustainable Development”, a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Prof Dr Bartel Van de Walle.
Prof Dr Van de Walle, Director of UNU-MERIT & Prof Dr Sawako Shirahase, UNU Senior Vice-Rector, UNU
category: External event
time: 11:00
28 LED there be light. The evolution in LED technology and dynamics of entry into the LED lighting market
Emanuela Sirtori, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
29-30 5th UNU-MERIT Internal Conference
Multiple speakers, UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT
time: 09:00 - 18:00



14 Regional patterns of innovation clustering and economic performance
George Theodore Christopoulos, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 11:30
20 Launch of STRINGS Report
category: External event
time: 15:00 - 16:30
21 Coffee Chat with Tatevik Poghosyan
Tatevik Poghosyan, Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada
category: Alumni/Career
venue: Join Zoom Meeting https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/7702068186 Meeting ID: 770 206 8186
time: 14:00 - 15:00
25 Essays on Technology and Society: The Impacts of Algorithms and Online Media on Labour Market Outcomes and Political Dynamics
Lorena Giuberti Coutinho, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
25 UNU-MERIT launches new partnership with NACETEM.
category: public lecture
time: 10:30 - 12:00
26 Migration Seminar: Does credibility beat anxiety? The mediating impact in migration information campaigns: Evidence from a field experiment
Dr. Sandra Morgenstern, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research
category: Migration seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:00 - 16:00



07 Firm Innovation Strategies in Alternative Energy Systems: Exploring the Dynamics of Firm Innovation Strategies Over the Technology Life Cycle
Radhika Bhuyan , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30
07 Technical change, competitiveness, and employment. A sustainable perspective
Francesca Rubiconto , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
08 Launch of Research Network on Ukrainian Migration
Various Speakers, UNU-MERIT ; Migration Policy Centre, EUI ; University of Warsaw
category: Academic research seminar
time: 11:30 - 12:00
08 Launch of the "Global Solidarity Funding For Social Protection" Report
Various Speakers, UNU-MERIT; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; International Labour Organisation; The World Bank
category: Academic research seminar
time: 14:00 - 15:30
10 Call Me, Maybe? Technology and Teacher Support in Niger
Prof. Dr. Jenny Aker, Tufts University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
12 SOLD-OUT- Master's Open Day
category: Open day
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 16:00
16 Migration Seminar: Welcoming spaces in peripherised regions: Shrinkage + demographic changes = better futures?
Prof. Dr. Maggi Leung, University of Amsterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom
time: 15:00 - 16:00
18 How to shape your career in Public Affairs?
Gareth Lonie,
category: Alumni/Career
time: 14:00 - 15:00
18 Webinar on safe sanitation - Celebrating UN World Toilet Day 2022
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
time: 12:30 - 14:30
24 Strategic Mechanisms for stimulating academia-industry collaboration in developing countries
Silas Uwabasigaye Nsanzumuhire, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
24 From Open Warfare to Strawman’s Anonymity: Motives and Strategies Behind Patent Opposition at EPO
Prof. Dr. Rudi Bekkers, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
25 Orange the world: workshop on violence against women
category: Academic research seminar
30 EPRM Webinar
category: Academic research seminar
time: 11:30 - 12:00
30 Migration Seminar: Politicization of migration and its impacts on European integration
Dr. Sevgi Temizisler, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom
time: 15:00 - 16:00



02 GLO Global Conference online research paper session: Trust & Inequality
Jo Ritzen, Bruno Martorano, Yannick Markof, Zina Nimeh, & Lonneke Nillesen, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Zoom: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/93601564032
time: 10:00 - 12:00
06 STI Policy, development strategy and social inclusion
Gabriela Dutrénit, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco
category: Academic research seminar
time: 15:00
06 Threats and opportunities in the digital era: The firm-level effects of automation on employment, wages and export performance
Tania Treibich, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:30 - 13:30
09 Coffee Chat with Shrddha Rajesh
Shrddha Rajesh, J-Pal
category: Alumni/Career
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 13:00 - 14:00
13 1+1 = 3? Emerging Findings from a Systematic Review of the Economic Multipliers of Cash Transfers
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Online
time: 16:00
14 Migration Seminar "Daring to aspire: Violence, life aspirations and displacement trajectories in civil war contexts"
Dr. Lea Müller-Funk, Department of Migration and Globalisation at Danube University Krems
category: Migration seminar
venue: Online (Zoom): https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/86879554903?pwd=djNSRGx2VEx1ajZBeS96c29UbzhUUT09
time: 14:00 - 15:00
14 Guest lecture on Algorithmic Fairness
Juba Ziani, Georgia Institute of Technology
category: Course
time: 15:00
19 Essays on Technological Change and Income Distribution
Guido Pialli, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 10:00 - 12:30



16 Teacher professional development interventions to promote data use in education
Muhammad Fauzan Ansyari, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
19 Religiosity and Educational Attainment Among the Roma: Shedding an Oppositional Identity?
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
23 Decision-making of irregularised migrants throughout the migration trajectory
Talitha Dubow, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
25 Migration Seminar: The Russian Narration of the Deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944
Dr. Olena Snigyr, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI)
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom: https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/85201046710?pwd=ZHMwcEFWM0NsaFBuUXNlL1JSM2pxQT09
time: 14:00 - 15:00
26 Launch event for the book 'Norms, Gender and Corruption - Understanding the Nexus'
Ortrun Merkle and Ina Kubbe (the editors of the book), UNU-MERIT and Tel Aviv University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:00 - 16:30
30 Strategy Implementation and Decision Making in the Broader MNC Network
Sophie Gysan, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30



06-10 PhD Research Week (internal event for UNU-MERIT staff)
Various, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD seminar
15 Migration Seminar: Protecting vulnerable refugees through complementary pathways - the Humanitarian Corridors experience
Emanuel Garavello , Independent Migration Specialist
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom
time: 16:00 - 17:00
16 Robot adoption and innovation activities
Simone Vannuccini, GREDEG, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 NASPAA Student Simulation Competition
category: External event
time: 08:00 - 16:00
27 Inventing modern invention: the professionalization of technological progress in the US (UNU-MERIT Seminar Series)
Frank Neffke, Group Leader Science of Cities at Complexity Science Hub Vienna
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00



02 ICT Capabilities, Innovation and Economic Performance in Africa
Chuks Otioma, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 13:00 - 14:30
07 How can we assess the economic value-added and novelty of the literature based on the 1998 CDM framework in the last twenty years?
Prof. Dr. Jacques Mairesse, Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room 0.18
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Webinar: Origins and implications of the current wave of automation technologies
category: Academic research seminar
time: 16:00
16 Intergenerational Returns to Migration: Evidence from Italian Migrants Worldwide
Guido Neidhöfer, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 What you should know about migration! (UM Star Lectures 2023)
Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Paris (Atelier Néerlandais, 3éme étage, 121 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris)
time: 19:30 - 22:30
18 Master's Open Day - Learn more about our MSc in Public Policy & Human Development!
category: Open day
venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (and online)
time: 13:00 - 16:00
20 Water for Climate Mental Health Resilience - Integrating inclusive water strategies in climate services
Sanae Okamoto (UNU-MERIT) ; Nidhi Nagabhatla (UNU-CRIS); Robert Oaks & Kariuki Weru (UNU-EHS), UNU-MERIT ; UNU-CRIS ; UNU-EHS & WHO
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 15:00 - 16:30
21 Accelerating Circular Economy Based Solutions to Support SDG 6 Implementation in the LAC Region
Nidhi Nagabhatla (UNU-CRIS); Sanae Okamoto(UNU-MERIT); Marcin Jarzebski (UNU-IAS), UNU-MERIT ; UNU-CRIS ; UNU-IAS & UNIDO
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 15:30 - 17:00
22 World Water Day - Urban Sustainability: How can cities tackle floods?
Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen (UNU-MERIT), Patrick van der Broeck (Waterschap Limburg), Muhammad Taher (Research and Evaluation Specialist) and others,
category: SITE4Society event
venue: Hybrid
time: 12:30 - 14:30
23 #IamLGBT: Social Networks and Coming Out
Jan Gromadzki, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Institute for Structural Research
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Resilience-building in the EU's eastern neighbourhood before and after the Russian war against Ukraine
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online
time: 11:15 - 16:30
30 UNU-MERIT Seminar Series 2022-2023
Catherine Guirkinger, Center for Research in Economic Development (CRED) at the University of Namur (Belgium)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00



05 Migration Seminar: Happiness in the daily socio-cultural integration process of immigrants
Dr. Martijn Hendriks , Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom: https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/85299155773?pwd=NGdnVEdXZXFuU0pCREhaam1NOHRWdz09
time: 16:00 - 17:00
05 UNU-MERIT at 'Foreign Affairs' Graduate School Admissions Fair
Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 17:00 - 20:00
12 Online Q&A session about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development
Dr. Julieta Marotta, Academic Programme Director MPP, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Online
time: 16:00 - 17:00
14 Identity check: Looking at Switzerland in the European and global contexts
Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn, Ambassador of Switzerland in the Netherlands
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53, 6211 LM Maastricht
time: 14:15 - 16:00
17 UM Sustainability Week 2023: Sustainable Business Models Panel
Serdar Turkeli (Assistant Professor, UNU-MERIT), Maximilian Bruder (PhD Fellow, UNU-MERIT), Deanna Han (Circular X, UM), Abel Diaz Gonzalez,
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53 6211 LM Maastricht
time: 18:30 - 20:00
18 The direction of technical change in AI and the trajectory effects of government funding
Prof. Andrea Mina , Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19 UM Sustainability Week 2023: Growing Green Careers Panel
Noa van Mulken (MPP alumna), Fons Janssen, Thijs Geradts, Reinout Wissenburg,
category: Alumni/Career
venue: Statenzaal, Faculty of Law, Bouillonstraat 1-3 , 6211 LH Maastricht
time: 18:00 - 20:00
21 Nexus'23: Career Fair for Impact
Multiple Speakers, CINOP, Digital Power, Aflatoun International, ECPDM, Amnesty International,
category: Alumni/Career
venue: UNU-MERIT (Boschstraat 24, Maastricht)
time: 10:00 - 16:30
22 Learn more about our Master's programme at the UM Sustainability Festival
Irem Apaydin (Education and Research Officer), UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Tapijn area, 6211 ME Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 18:00
25 UNESCO Chair webinar: The Macroeconomics of the Green Transition in Emerging Nations
Andrés Velasco, School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn channels
time: 15:00 - 16:00
26 MSc Open Lecture series: Crisis Experimental Designs (Risk & Vulnerability specialisation)
category: public lecture
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 08:30
27 Let’s Talk Data | Collecting COVID-19 vaccination data through household surveys
Yannick Markhof (PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT), Philip Wollburg (Economist at World Bank’s Development Data Group),
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online
time: 16:00 - 17:00



02 Understanding green regional path development: a systematic study of the Nordic regions
Dr. Daniel S. Hain , Aalborg University Business School
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
02 MSc Open Lecture series: Experiences of Irregularity in Destination Countries (Migration Studies specialisation)
category: public lecture
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 08:30
03 MSc Open Lecture series: COVID-19 Crisis Communication (Risk & Vulnerability specialisation)
category: public lecture
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 11:00
08 Understanding heterogeneity among small-scale producers to inform development interventions: evidence from small-scale aquaculture in Bangladesh
Dr. Alexandros Gasparatos, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) University of Tokyo, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
10 Challenges and Opportunities for Extending Social Security Coverage to Informal Workers
category: public lecture
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 11:00
16 Essays on Development Economics: Climate Change, Education and Development
Musa Hasen Ahmed, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl
time: 16:00 - 17:30
16 Reorganization of International Production, GVC Resilience and Prospects for North American Integration
Prof. Gary Gereffi, Duke University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn channels
time: 15:00 - 16:00
17 Online Q&A session about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development
Dr. Julieta Marotta, Academic Programme Director MPP, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:30 - 17:00
23 Monitoring Global Poverty: Measurement Challenges & Developments (internal event for UM students and staff)
Dr. Dean Jolliffe, Lead Economist, The World Bank
category: public lecture
venue: Aula, School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53, 6211 LM Maastricht
time: 15:30 - 17:00
23 Masterclass / presentation opportunity (for UM PhD and Masters students)
Dr. Dean Jolliffe, Lead Economist, The World Bank
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room H0.06, School of Business and Economics, Tongersestraat 53, 6211 LM Maastricht
time: 13:30 - 15:00
24 Migration Seminar: Frontiers in climate change and migration research
Dr. Ricardo Safra de Campos, University of Exeter
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom: https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/87841532817?pwd=S2JMTEFINVcra0tTVnpLcm1pOUYrUT09
time: 16:00 - 17:00
25 Memory, Trauma and Economic Behavior Among Refugees: Experimental Evidence from Teaching “Positive Imagery” in Ethiopia
Dr. Christian Meyer, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: 0.18, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
30 Occupational aspirations and investments in education: Experimental evidence from Cambodia
Dr. Esther Gehrke, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.16/0.17, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht
time: 12:00 - 13:00
31 (Migration Seminar) Citizen X: A transatlantic ethnography of undocumented activism
Dr. Thomas Swerts, Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom: https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/89622112631?pwd=cnJHVlF4R0JHYXBUOVowbEhISkVndz09
time: 16:00 - 17:00



03 Critical Policy Conference
Various speakers,
category: Conference
venue: The Masters Wyck, Hoogbrugstraat 42, 6221 CS Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 17:30
05-09 Economic Fitness & Complexity Spring School 2023
category: Training seminar
venue: Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Rome
06 Q&A webinar about our Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM) certificate programme
Mindel van de Laar (EPRM programme director) and Cristina Mancigotti (programme coordinator), UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 13:30
07 Non-State Actors & Local Authorities in the Global Compact for Migration
Dr. Raphaela Schweiger, Yale & Robert Bosch Stiftung
category: Migration seminar
venue: Zoom: https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/82765152322?pwd=b0RUcEdZZWpMZVFPYk8wOEc3Vm9XUT09
time: 16:00 - 17:00
07 Sextortion & Basic Public Services: Preventing Corruption
category: External event
venue: Online
time: 14:00 - 15:30
09 2023 Spring School on Economic Fitness and Complexity: Online sessions
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online
time: 14:30 - 16:30
12 An analysis of Success and Failure in the Immigrant Investor Programmes of the United States and the United Kingdom
Madeleine Clare Sumption, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 and online
time: 16:00 - 17:30
13-14 Virtual Conference (at UNU-MERIT): Third Young Scholars Conference on Structural Change and Industrial Policy In Africa
Multiple presenters at the University of Johannesburg,
category: Conference
venue: 0.16; 0.17; 0.18
time: 10:00 - 15:30
15 Diaspora Return Visits for Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Development: A Case Study of IOM’s Connecting Diaspora for Development Project in Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Somaliland
Charlotte Mueller, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdw4g-13Po4
time: 13:00 - 14:30
21 The direction of innovation: Insights from the World IP Report 2022
Dr. Intan Hamdan-Livramento, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Hybrid: Belvedere (UNU-MERIT building) and online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
27 Online Q&A session about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 15:30 - 17:00
29 Global Value Chains, Latecomer Development and the Green Transformation
category: Conference
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Room 0.18
time: 08:45 - 18:00



13 Q&A webinar about our Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM) certificate programme
Mindel van de Laar (EPRM programme director) and Cristina Mancigotti (programme coordinator), UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online
time: 14:00 - 14:30
20-22 Mini-Conference: Rethinking Science in Latin America at the End of Times: Policies, Controversies, and Futures
category: Conference
venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



06-08 Industrial Policy for the Green Hydrogen Economy Workshop
, Worldwide Universities Network
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT
11 Exploring Unintended Responses to Social Cash Transfers through Intra-Household Decision-Making Dynamics and Women’s Empowerment in Africa
Rumbidzai Ndoro, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 and online
time: 16:00 - 17:30
21 Mobile Internet Adoption and Inclusive Structural Change: Evidence from Nigerian Non-Farming Enterprises
Bernardo Caldarola, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
22 Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Annual Work Conference
Various, Maastricht University and UNU-MERIT
category: Conference
venue: Belvédère, Fenikshof 1, 6211AX Maastricht
time: 08:30 - 19:00
25 Land Reforms: The Impact of Land Registration on Agricultural Productivity in Kenya
Casty Njoroge , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 14:30
25 Agricultural policies and agricultural performance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Carmine Paolo de Salvo, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
25-29 PhD Symposium
Higher Years Dual Career Fellows, UNU MERIT
category: Conference
venue: Belvedere
time: 09:00 - 17:00
25-06 First year PhD research weeks (25 September - 6 October)
category: workshop
venue: UNU MERIT
time: 09:00 - 17:00
27 A career in a multilateral development bank: How to begin
Ilsa Meidina, Laisa Daza Obando, Ari Perdana, UNU-MERIT dual career fellows working at the World Bank and Asian Development Bank
category: Symposium
venue: Belvedere, UNU-MERIT (Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht)
time: 14:00 - 15:30
28 International Student Mobility and Attitudes Towards Inequality
Cintia Denise Granja , UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://www.youtube.com/@UMphddefense
time: 16:00 - 17:30
28-29 UNU MERIT Internal Conference 2023
PhD Fellows, Senior Researchers & Keynote speakers, UNU MERIT
category: Conference
venue: Belvedere
time: 09:00 - 17:00



05 Essays on Attracting and Retaining Highly Educated Migrants
Julia Reinold, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
05 Recruiting and Incentivizing Service Providers: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone
Dr. Maarten Voors, Wageningen University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Zoom
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 UM Connect Day 2023
Mindel van de Laar, Katrin Marchand, Michal Natorski and Lutz Krebs, UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University
category: Alumni/Career
venue: Tapijnkazerne 11, 6211 ME Maastricht
time: 14:00 - 22:00
19 Building Networks with CINPE-UNA, Costa Rica: Experiences from the CatChain project
Dr. Fernando Saénz Segura and Suyen Alonso Ubieta, National University of Costa Rica
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and online (Zoom)
time: 12:00 - 13:00
20 Qualitative research fieldwork: challenges and techniques
Mohammad Khalaf, Maastricht University
category: Training seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 13:30 - 15:00
23 Webinar discussion: Afghan migration since the Taliban takeover
Nasrat Sayed, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 14:00 - 16:00
26 Decoding Success: Leveraging Crowdfunding Data to Predict Venture Outcomes and Assess Creative Complexity
Jermain Kaminski, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and online (Zoom)
time: 11:00 - 12:00
26 Charles Cooper Memorial Lecture: Governing artificial intelligence for a better society
Tshilidzi Marwala, United Nations University
category: public lecture
venue: Belvedere, UNU-MERIT (Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht) and online
time: 17:00 - 18:30
27 The impact of telepresence technologies on the place attachment of Syrian refugees in the Netherlands
Mohammad Khalaf, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 14:00 - 15:00
30 Q&A webinar about our EPRM programme
Mindel van de Laar; Cristina Mancigotti,
category: Open day
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 14:00 - 14:45
30 Presenting the 'Handbook on the effective development and implementation of R&I policies and strategies'
category: External event
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:00 - 17:00



07 Good practices in mentoring foreign students
Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel, Professor of Migration Studies, UNU-MERIT
category: Training seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:00
08 Afghan diaspora remittances: A lifeline for families
Nasrat Sayed, Maastricht University
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:00 - 16:00
08 Public Policy MPP Conference 2023 - Gender and Public Policy: Navigating the Equality Dilemma
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and online (Zoom)
time: 14:00 - 16:00
09 Bureaucratic Frictions and Innovation Procurement
Emilio Raiteri , Eindhoven University of Technology
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
11 Master's Open Day - Learn more about our MSc in Public Policy & Human Development (MPP)!
category: Open day
venue: Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 16:00
15 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ambassadors’ Panel Discussion: “The Future of Southeast Asia as an Epicentre of Growth”
category: public lecture
venue: Belvédère, Fenikshof 1, 6211 AX Maastricht and online
time: 14:30 - 16:30
16 Gender Norms and the Motherhood Penalty: Experimental Evidence from India
Arjun Bedi, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) , Erasmus University Rotterdam
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
16 Leaving No One Behind: Urban Poverty Traps in Sub-Saharan Africa
Teresa Janz, PhD Fellow, UNU-MERIT
category: Academic research seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:30 - 17:00
17 Online Q&A session about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development
Dr. Julieta Marotta (acting Academic Programme Director MPP) and Carmen Duran (MPP Student Ambassador), UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 16:30 - 17:30
22 Do All Women Shy Away from Competition? Competitive Preferences Among Different Ethnic Groups in the Netherlands
Özge Gökdemir and Devrim Dumludag , Istanbul University, Marmara University & Maastricht University
category: Migration seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 15:00 - 16:00
23 An Empirical Analysis of Patent Office Delays and Market Entry Timing
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
24 Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM) Programme - Webinar
Mindel van de Laar; Cristina Mancigotti,
category: Course
time: 12:00
29 Validation workshop: The impact of digital technology in early learning in Asia and the Pacific
Dr. Fauzan Ansyari, Praachi Kumar and Dr. Tatenda Zinyemba and advisors Prof. Dr. Wim Groot, Dr. Mindel van de Laar and Dr. Lili Wang, UNU-MERIT
category: Policy seminar
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 09:00 - 11:00
30 "Stories Without Borders": A Migrant Storytelling Workshop
Guest speakers: Martina Lucic and Joy Ehikioya; moderator: Giulia Mori, UNU-MERIT
category: misc
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 14:00 - 15:00



04 Economic Fitness and Complexity, technological capabilities and green opportunities
Angelica Sbardella , Enrico Fermi Research Center
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
06 Democratic Decline and Return Migration: What Motivates Highly-Skilled Return to Autocratising Countries?
Gülay Türkmen, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/89895257486
time: 15:00 - 16:00
06 Book Launch: Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, 2nd edition
, Various
category: public lecture
venue: Online: https://unu-merit-eu.zoom.us/j/5475937108?omn=85243023160
time: 15:00 - 16:30
11 Workshop on Intercultural Communication
Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel, Professor of Migration Studies, UNU-MERIT
category: workshop
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 14:30 - 16:30
14 Candlelight concert for Human Rights 75: Triana y Luca
category: External event
venue: Sint Janskerk, Vrijthof 24, Maastricht
time: 19:30 - 21:30



01 Advances in Latin American Structuralism and center-periphery models
Gabriel Porcile, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
19-20 Catching up and global value chains in times of transformation - Final CatChain Symposium
category: Symposium
venue: UNU-MERIT (Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht)
21 Categorical Astigmatism in the Study of Migrants in Europe
Gülay Türkmen , Independent Researcher
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/87315078683
time: 16:00 - 17:00
22 Knowledge-based Development in the context of World Disorder
Bengt Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
22-23 The practices of governing protracted crises: actors, networks, and institutions
Michal Natorski and Benedetta Voltolini, Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT and King's College London
category: workshop
venue: UNU-MERIT Belvédère, Fenikshof 1, Maastricht
28 MPP Open Lecture: How to measure innovation using different indicators and inform policy
Hugo Hollanders, senior researcher, UNU-MERIT
category: public lecture
venue: Belvédère (Fenikshof 1, Maastricht), Room 3 and online
time: 11:00 - 13:00
29 Moving up? The effect of economic mobility on giving behavior
Leticia Micheli, Leiden University
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00



06 The Global Links between Integration Policies and Outcomes: A roadmap for integration policies around the world
Thomas Huddleston, Academic Collaborator, University of Liege.
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/85072639896
time: 16:00 - 17:00
07 Maastricht University School of Business & Economics online info session about our MPP and other Master's programmes
category: Open day
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 16:00 - 17:00
07 Foreign Aid and its Unintended Consequences
Dirk-Jan Koch, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
14 Directionality in Economic Fitness and Complexity: Applications for Industrial and Innovation Policy
Emanuele Pugliese, UNU-MERIT
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
18-22 PhD Research Week
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: UNU-MERIT
18 Essays on Technology Adoption and the Labour Market
Antonio Soares Martins Neto, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Online: https://www.youtube.com/@UMphddefense
time: 13:00 - 14:30
20 Making trade work for gender equality: Essays on the trade and gender nexus in developing countries
Jacqueline Salguero Huaman,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
23 Master's Open Day - Learn more about our MSc in Public Policy & Human Development (MPP)!
category: Open day
venue: Boschstraat 24, Maastricht
time: 13:00 - 16:00
25 MPP Open Lecture: Balancing free trade with societal values
Denise Prévost, Associate Professor of international economic law, Maastricht University
category: public lecture
venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht and online
time: 13:30 - 15:30
28 Online Q&A session about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development
Dr. Julieta Marotta (acting Academic Programme Director MPP), Danny Beckers (Admissions Officer), and MPP Student Ambassador Kendra Larach, UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 16:00 - 17:00



02 Beyond money metrics: Essays on Multidimensional Poverty
Ricardo Morel Berendson, UNU-MERIT
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 10:00 - 11:30
11 Scientific Novelty, Complexity and Uncertainty: What makes Science Risky?
Nicola Melluso, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
12 Student Career Fair (Hybrid event)
Josh Tendai (Alumni Relations Officer), UNU-MERIT
category: Alumni/Career
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 10:00 - 16:00
17 Migration Seminar Series: Maximizing the development impact of labor migration
Helen Dempster, Center for Global Development
category: Migration seminar
venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/84381503177
time: 16:00 - 17:00
25 Online Q&A session about our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development
Dr. Julieta Marotta (acting Academic Programme Director MPP), Danny Beckers (Admissions Officer), and Lucas Boh (MPP Student Ambassador), UNU-MERIT
category: Open day
venue: Online (Zoom)
time: 16:00 - 17:00
25 The cognitive consequences of exclusionary national policies
Amma Panin, UCLouvain, Belgium
category: UNU-MERIT Seminar
venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online
time: 12:00 - 13:00
25 Policy Conference: What’s next for EU migration and development policy?
Professor Melissa Siegel, UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: International Press Centre, Residence Palace I Brussels
time: 09:30 - 17:00





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