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WELCOME to the audio channel of United Nations University-MERIT and its School of Governance. We feature interviews on the push and pull of international development through innovation and good governance.

  1. 11/11/2013

    Migration and Development: Melissa Siegel

    Dr. Melissa Siegel, the Head of our Migration and Development Research Theme, talks about our priorities, partners and impacts: http://www.merit.unu.edu/research/rt6.php

    Migration and Development: Melissa Siegel

  2. 02/13/2013

    Taking Communities of Learning to a Higher Level: Martin Rehm

    PhD fellow Martin Rehm joins us ahead of his PhD defence on 1 March 2013. The full title of his thesis is: "Unified yet separated: Empirical study on the impact of hierarchical positions within communities of learning". http://www.merit.unu.edu/about/profil...

    Taking Communities of Learning to a Higher Level: Martin Rehm

  3. 12/26/2012

    Report: Cutting Poverty and Boosting Social Protection in Cambodia

    Over the last 20 years Cambodia has cut poverty rates by a third on the back of rapid economic development; yet most of its people are still vulnerable to malnutrition, natural disasters and precarious employment. So in 2011 the Cambodian Government launched a ‘National Social Protection Strategy for the Poor and Vulnerable’ (NSPS). Our study feeds into this by probing rates of return to investments in social protection, as part of a novel approach based on a dynamic microsimulation. In partnership with UNICEF, we call for a range of instruments including cash transfers for children, social pensions, and public works programmes. Today we're joined by the co-author of the report, Dr. Franziska Gassmann.

    Report: Cutting Poverty and Boosting Social Protection in Cambodia

  4. 12/20/2012

    Innovation in the Wine Industry in Chile and Argentina: Fulvia Farinelli

    We're joined for a pre-defence interview with PhD fellow Fulvia Farinelli, whose thesis investigates 'Natural Resources, Innovation and Export Growth: the Wine Industry in Chile and Argentina'. http://youtu.be/qhD6dEkuvBs

    Innovation in the Wine Industry in Chile and Argentina: Fulvia Farinelli

  5. 12/14/2012

    Energy Poverty and Rural Energy Markets in Pakistan: Bilal Mirza

    This time we're joined for a pre-defence interview with PhD fellow Bilal Mirza, whose thesis looks at improving access to energy for poor people living in the countryside of Pakistan. We also hear how his research can be used in other developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.merit.unu.edu/about/profile.php?id=690

    Energy Poverty and Rural Energy Markets in Pakistan: Bilal Mirza

  6. 12/04/2012

    Manufacturing and Innovation in Chile: Rodolfo Lauterbach

    We're joined for a pre-defence interview with PhD fellow Rodolfo Lauterbach, whose thesis title is 'Innovation in manufacturing from product variety and labor productivity growth to economic development in Chile'. http://www.merit.unu.edu/about/profile.php?id=1061

    Manufacturing and Innovation in Chile: Rodolfo Lauterbach

  7. 11/30/2012

    'A Very Short Introduction to Governance' -- New Professor Mark Bevir

    Mark Bevir is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkely; and from 2013 will become an Affiliated Professor at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. We have a brief chat about his new book: 'A Very Short Introduction to Governance'; we ask him to explain what exactly is governance, how it's changed over the last two decades, and what we should expect from this field in the coming years

    'A Very Short Introduction to Governance' -- New Professor Mark Bevir

  8. 11/30/2012

    PhD Fellow Wins prestigious South American Award

    Omar Rodriguez Torres has won the Jorge Bernal award, granting 8,000 euros to support his research into the impact of entrepreneurship policies on the poor. Jorge Bernal, 1952-2010, was a Colombian activist and scholar whose life and work were dedicated to the defence of democracy and social justice. The award was established to support young researchers whose work focuses on social exclusion, poverty, inequality or inequity between the various social strata of the Colombian population. We ask Omar what the award means to him and to his work.

    PhD Fellow Wins prestigious South American Award
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