UNU-MERIT: Fifteen Years of Partnerships This is the story of UNU-MERIT, our purpose, how we work – and the people who made us  Enter keywords...

A colleague, friend and trusted advisor to many of us across the institute, Prof. Gabriela Dutrénit has worked with UNU-MERIT for decades, as a lecturer on our DEIP innovation workshops, and as a member of our International Advisory Board. In this brief portrait, Howard Hudson interviews Prof. Dutrénit to find out more about the woman behind the titles. … Born in 1957 in Uruguay, Gabriela has been an activist, community coordinator and human rights defender for almost half a century. A leader of...

  “Seventy-six years ago, the United Nations was created as a vehicle of hope for a world emerging from the shadow of catastrophic conflict. Today, the women and men of the UN carry this hope forward around the globe. COVID-19, conflicts, hunger, poverty and the climate emergency remind us that our world is far from perfect. But they also make clear that solidarity is the only way forward. “We need to come together to tackle great challenges and advance the Sustainable Developme...

Lynn Mytelka, who passed away on 17 February 2021 at the age of 78 following a chronic illness, was director of UNU-INTECH – today UNU-MERIT – from 2000 to 2004. Lynn had the difficult task of following in the footsteps of Charles Cooper, the founding director, but nonetheless brought to the institute great practical development expertise and much closer relations with other UN networks in the fields of trade, industrialisation and technology transfer. Doing so she laid the foundations of a Unit...

UNU-MERIT is closely monitoring the situation with regard to the COVID-19 outbreak, and will re-evaluate its policy on a daily basis. Directives and recommendations from central and local authorities in the Netherlands, as well as from the UN(U) will be followed immediately. Currently, this means that we have implemented the following measures. First, all teaching at Master’s and PhD level will be conducted online instead of in-class. This will involve some disruption of normal teaching sc...

The UN’s research and training institute in the Netherlands, UNU-MERIT, has introduced a carbon ‘tax’ on air travel for its more than 100 staff and researchers. As of 1 January 2019, all business travel by plane will incur an additional premium, which will be used to offset carbon emissions. Part of a broader programme encompassing the use of solar panels, factory water to heat and cool offices, and vegan lunch options, the new tax will make the institute more sustainable in its operations as we...

“An outstanding contribution to society – world leading,” is one verdict by an independent review committee on the work carried out by the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and the International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development (ICIS) at Maastricht University, for the period 2010-2015. Drawing on a mix of data, interviews and narrative accounts, the committee of four Dutch and German ...

How international is Maastricht? According to the City Council of Maastricht, there were 16,933 non-Dutch residents registered in the city, as of 31 December 2015 — making up 13.8% of the population. Non-Dutch citizens living in Maastricht come from a diverse range of countries. In fact, 153 nationalities knit together the fabric of Maastricht today. A diversity of languages are also spoken in Maastricht – at least 63. Excluding non-Dutch citizens originating from a country where Dutch is ...

This virtual campus tour is part of Maastricht University’s interactive map of UM faculties and departments. See where students are taught, study and relax and get a taste of the city of Maastricht. ...

Please note that on Tuesday 1 September 2015, UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance will officially move to a new address in Maastricht: UNU-MERIT Boschstraat 24 6211 AX Maastricht...