Upcoming Events

UNU-MERIT organises a range of activities designed to stimulate academic debate, disseminate research findings, and facilitate knowledge sharing among researchers and policymakers. Regular workshops and training courses are also held as part of the research and policy analysis programme. Regular events include:

• Short-term training programme on Policy Design and Evaluation (DEIP, DEPP, IATT or Tailored): Mindel van de Laar
• UNU-MERIT Seminar Series
  Coordinators: Sneha Marydas & Cecilia Seri
• Migration Seminar series
  Coordinator: Soha Youssef
• PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT PhD programme
  Contact: Julia Walczyk

April 2024
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 abstract
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 an MPP Student Ambassador, UNU-MERIT category: Open day time: 16:00 - 17:00 abstract
25	TBA Amma Panin, UCLouvain, Belgium category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
25	Policy Conference: What’s next for EU migration and development policy\? , International Press Centre, Residence Palace I Brussels category: External event abstract
May 2024
15	Equal Partnerships – African intermediary cities as actors in urban migration governance Dr. Janina Stürner-Siovitz , the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Nuremberg category: Migration seminar time: 15:00 - 16:00 abstract
16	TBA Fulvio Castellacci, University of Oslo. category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online time: 12.00 - 13:00 abstract
16	Unlocking the growth potential: regional economic corridors in South East Europe category: External event venue: Online, United Kingdom abstract
21	Essays on the Structure of Supply and Demand Oriol Gisbert Marti, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 10:00 - 11:30
21	Essays on Global Value Chains, Technology Diffusion and the Enviornment Michele Delera, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 16:00 - 17:30
23	TBA Sara Amoroso, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin (DIW Berlin)  category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online time: 12:00 - 13:00
June 2024
03-07	PhD Summer School on European Industrial, Innovation and Trade Policy in the Era of Strategic Autonomy category: External event venue: Luiss University, Rome, Italy abstract
06	TBA Cátia Batista, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal category: UNU-MERIT Seminar venue: Room 0.18, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht (UNU-MERIT) and Online time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
24	Diversity in Higher Education: Insights and Implications Ferdi Widiputera, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 10:00 - 11:30
25-26	MIGNEX conference: New knowledge on migration, development and policy category: Conference venue: University of Oxford abstract
26	Procedural legitimacy in the asylum process Mathilde Catharina (Martijn) Tubbergen, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 10:00 - 11:30
July 2024
08-12	Economic Fitness and Complexity Summer School category: Course venue: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht abstract