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...
Last week NASA tested its latest spacecraft, the Orion, at a cost of US$370m. The perfect test flight brought the USA one step closer to a manned mission to Mars, now scheduled for 2030. Conquering this new ‘frontier’ says a lot about a country, yet this and other kinds of innovation are no longer the preserve of superpowers, says PhD fellow Francesca Guadagno. In September the first Indian satellite entered Mars’ orbit, costing the Indian government 4.5bn rupees (US$74m), less than ...
December 2014 marked the official start of renovations of the former Sphinx HQ in Maastricht. This will become the new home of UNU-MERIT from autumn 2015. At a landmark event, Director Bart Verspagen and City Councillor Gerdo van Grootheest symbolically demolished a wall to initiate the works. Vacant for over a decade, the former Sphinx headquarters on Boschstraat 24 will soon become UNU-MERIT’s new base of operations. The renovation is due to be finished in summer 2015, allowing staff and stude...
Dear reader, We’re delighted to present the new website of UNU-MERIT. With this we aim to boost our visibility in a dynamic and integrated way. Dynamic, by using numerous sliders and 3D tag clouds refreshed with every new post. Integrated, by embedding all possible media, from lecture slides to video interviews. The goal is to be a one-stop shop for all our visitors. From the outset we wanted a look and feel similar to the UNU hubsite: a simple but elegant frame that puts the content first, whet...