UNU research provides guidance for navigating the changing geo-economic landscape while more effectively monitoring and evaluating economic progress and its social impacts. Our work in Africa, for example, is helping establish robust information systems to monitor and evaluate economic progress and its social impacts, thereby helping planners to transform skewed development into opportunities for sustainable livelihoods.
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Conference
ICEGOV 2025 – 18th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
ICEGOV 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, gathers global experts to shape digital governance through cooperation, innovation, and inclusion (4-7 Nov 2025).

Article
Trade Unions Must Fight AI Fire with AI Fire and Embrace Digital Tools
We need a proactive policy response to ensure that workers in automated workplaces retain their right to collective bargaining.
Seminar
Expertise at Work: New Technologies, New Skills, and Worker Impacts
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Anna Salomons, Professor at Utrecht University’s School of Economics and Professor of Labor Economics, Tilburg University.
Project
R&D Spillovers, Exports and Employment: The Role of Buyer- Supplier Relationships
Investigating the influence of buyer-supplier relationships on firm innovation, performance, and employment structure, using data from Turkish firms.