A guest post by Sterre Naaktgeboren, alumna of last year’s 2021-22 MPP cohort Curious to learn more about the “wicked problem” of migration, I chose the Migration Studies Specialization of UNU-MERIT’s Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development programme, where I decided to focus on the interconnections between migration and health. Since April 2023, I have been working as a PhD candidate and project management assistant at Radboud University in Nijmegen. During t...
A guest post by Julia van Koeveringe, alumna of last year’s 2021-22 MPP cohort After completing a Master’s in Global Health, I enrolled in the Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development programme at UNU-MERIT to learn more about policy making and development. I am now working as a researcher for IKNL, an organisation concerned with cancer data, research and policy. Specifically, I’m working on a project that focuses on palliative care and the informal side ...
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are among the world’s most neglected groups and issues related to their health care are barely addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the recent International Conference on Population Development under the theme ‘ICPD beyond 2014’ declared an urgent need to protect the rights of IDPs....
Clinical trials are an essential part of developing new drugs — but how can we limit or prevent ethical violations? How can we ensure effective governance, checks and balances, amid a proliferation of stakeholders? Part-time PhD fellow Farida Lada gives the background on her research and journey ahead of her defence on 22 June 2016. She explains why she chose the topic and why she felt she needed a PhD to advance her career. ••• You are about to defend your thesis ‘On guarding the welfare ...