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•Head of Comms & Partnerships @unumerit.bsky.social 🇺🇳 •🎓 PhD @unileiden.bsky.social 🇳🇱 •MBA (c) @ox.ac.uk SBS 🇬🇧 •Managing Editor Global Governance Journal📚 •Hecho en 🇧🇴
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#VACANCY: Operations and Finance Assistant (GS-5) We seek a detail-oriented Operations & Finance Assistant to support compliance, finance, and operations, ensuring efficiency and adherence to UNU policies in an international academic setting. 📅 Apply by: 23 March 2025 ➡️ go.unu.edu/X1gLq #UNJobs🇺🇳

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Dr Ortrun Merkle, whose research focuses on the nexus of #corruption and #gender, discusses her academic journey as a #WomenInScience and the role of women in the scientific world. #UNUat50

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🗳️Can refugee policy unite rather than divide? New survey findings show common ground in Germany. On #HumanFraternityDay, UNU-MERIT’s Tobias Hillenbrand & Melissa Siegel ask if "regularising" refugee protection—expanding legal pathways while limiting irregular routes—fosters unity. 💡 bit.ly/3CCNrab

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APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON: @unumerit.bsky.social PhD Programme in Innovation, Economics, Governance & Development 📚 Two tracks are available: Dual Career (flexible format) and Full-time (four years). Apply by 15 February for the September 2025 intake: buff.ly/3Cznng8 #StudyAtUNU #PhD

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CLOSING SOON: UNU-MERIT Director #Vacancy 💼 @unumerit.bsky.social is looking for its next Director to lead and manage the institute and its strategic collaboration with @maastrichtu.bsky.social. Learn more and apply by 31 January 2025: careers.unu.edu/o/director-u...

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⏳ Deadline Approaching! Apply for UNU-MERIT’s PhD Programme in Innovation, Economics, Governance & Sustainable Development. ✅ Full-time & dual career tracks 📅 Starts: September 2025 ⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2025 Join a dynamic research community shaping policy impact. 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/4fROa5t

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Do AI tools promise a new era of scientific breakthroughs—or risk deepening divides? In this @uk.theconversation.com article, UNU-MERIT’s Emanuele Pugliese discusses how AI is reshaping research, the risks of private control over these tools, & why equitable access matters. 💡https://bit.ly/40s7EbY

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What does China’s export ban on gallium and germanium mean for industries like technology, defense, and renewable energy? In this @uk.theconversation.comarticle, UNU-MERIT’s Jorge Valverde-Carbonell examines its global implications and options for the US. 💡 theconversation.com/china-has-ba...

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We are looking for our next Director! Come join our international community of scholars and lead one of @ununiversity.bsky.social’s Institutes working on innovation, public policy & development! #UNJobs

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🔗 Partnerships are the backbone of impactful research. @unumerit.bsky.social & @idos-research.bsky.social are joining forces to tackle global challenges—climate, migration, and development. Evidence-based insights strengthen multilateralism and drive sustainable solutions. 💡 More: bit.ly/4fm5RJB

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On International Migrants Day, we reflect on migration as a global challenge and opportunity. Three UNU-MERIT researchers share insights on labour shortages, humanitarian migration & inclusive policies. 💡 Learn more: bit.ly/3OYQ4px

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What kinds of topics do students learn about during our MSc in Public Policy & Human Development? UNU-MERIT's Talitha Dubow shares key points from her recent MPP lecture and explains how the programme supports our students: bit.ly/41uLTcq Applications are open now! 💫

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#InvestInHumanity 305 million people need aid, yet less than one-third of 2025’s needs are met. UNU-MERIT’s Alexander Hunns reflects on the Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 & the challenges facing the humanitarian system, drawing on his experiences in Rwanda, Colombia, and Kenya. 💡 bit.ly/4f57Txu

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The world is on fire. This is how we put it out. In our flagship annual overview, we make the case for US$47 billion to support 190 million people who need urgent humanitarian aid and safety. #InvestInHumanity shorturl.at/VnZV6

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🚨New Research Alert! How does understanding inequality shape preferences for redistribution? Can showing that inequality is avoidable boost support for equity? In their latest JEBO paper, Isabel Günther and our researcher Bruno Martorano explore these timely questions. 💡 Read here: bit.ly/49tmpOz

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First day on #Bluesky, first post. 📯 We are looking for 600 scientists in various disciplines to join our team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission! Deadline for application 10 December. Come and join us. 👇 europa.eu/!Gcjwkp #science #science4policy #career #EUJobs

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El Diario La Estrella 🇵🇦 me entrevistó para charlar sobre la #comunicación de la #ciencia y su importancia para el desarrollo sostenible; este fue el eje cardinal de las lecciones impartidas y aprendidas taller Reach & Turn que lideré con @dantelicona.com representado a @unumerit.bsky.social 🇺🇳

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New WFP 2025 Global Outlook Report outlines plans to assist the world’s most food-insecure people, including pushing for climate resilience plans to protect food supplies and livelihoods from the effects of the #ClimateCrisis: www.wfp.org/publications...

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The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is such welcome news. We hope that this puts an end to the violence, suffering & destruction both countries have been experiencing. The UN is offering to support implementation. news.un.org/en/story/202...

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" #COP29 has delivered a hard-fought deal," said @ingerandersen.bsky.social, but "ambition and promises are only as good as the action and delivery that backs them up." Next: all eyes on the upcoming round of climate pledges: unep.org/news-and-stori…

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Expanding ‘the Blue’ on Bluesky! United Nations agencies, programs and colleagues are joining the platform in growing numbers - so we created this starter pack to help us all connect: go.bsky.app/7payMrA

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres told leaders at the COP29 Climate Summit they must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, & “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the 2024 “masterclass in climate destruction”. news.un.org/en/story/202...

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#AdaptivePeacebuilding is an approach where peacebuilders, together with the people affected by conflict, actively engage in a structured process to sustain peace by engaging in inductive, iterative & adaptive Doing Whilst Learning 👉🏼 academic.oup.com/ia/article/9...

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