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WUN ECR Webinar – Job Applications, Interviews, and Transitioning into Your First Academic Job
10 June 2026
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researcher series. Who can join: All early career researchers from WUN , ARUA, and AUN members universities are welcome to attend. As
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WUN ECR Webinar – The Role and Responsibilities of a Principal Investigator
30 April 2026
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researcher series. Who can join: All early career researchers from WUN , ARUA, and AUN members universities are welcome to attend. As
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WUN ECR Webinar – Measuring and Evaluating Research Impact
13 April 2026
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researcher series. Who can join: All early career researchers from WUN , ARUA, and AUN members universities are welcome to attend. As
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Global Mental Health Webinar Series: Bridging Research, Innovation, and Equity
23 March 2026
MS Teams
You are invited to join the third in a series of webinars focused on mental health, led by a collaboration of WUN member university researchers. The webinar is titled, ‘Investing
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Call for Abstracts: Global Mental Health Symposium
23-24 June 2026
University of Cape Town
The Global Mental Health Symposium 2026, supported by WUN and led by WUN researchers and practitioners, will take place from 23–24 June 2026 at the University of Cape Town. This
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WUN AGM 2026: 20-22 May
20-22 May 2026
Bristol, UK
The WUN AGM 2026 website is now open. On the AGM website you can: Register for the conference. Book your accommodation at the official conference hotel. Consult the draft program.
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Global Mental Health Webinar Series: Bridging Research, Innovation, and Equity
10 December 2025
Zoom
You are invited to join the next webinar in a series focused on mental health, led by a collaboration of WUN member university researchers. The webinar is titled, ‘Exploring the
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International Workshop on Virtual Clinic Systems for Supporting Mental Health Service
9 to 11 December 2025
Hybrid
Register here for the upcoming International Workshop on Virtual Clinic Systems for Supporting Mental Health Service. Find the event’s program here. The International Workshop on Virtual Clinic Systems for Supporting
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WUN AGM 2026: 20-22 May
20-22 May
University of Bristol
AGM 2026, which will run from 20-22 May, is generously hosted by the University of Bristol. The WUN Annual General Meeting is the central event in the WUN calendar, drawing
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WUN ECR Webinar – Getting to grips with equitable and responsible research: An introduction to the Valuing Voices principles
4 February 2026
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researcher series. Who can join: All early career researchers from WUN , ARUA, and AUN members universities are welcome to attend. As
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Global Mental Health Webinar Series: Bridging Research, Innovation, and Equity
5 November 2025
Zoom
You are invited to join the first in a series of webinars focused on mental health, led by a collaboration of WUN member university researchers. The webinar is titled, ‘Supply-Demand Imbalance
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WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series 2025 – Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter?
4 December 2025
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series 2025 – Handling Rejection in Academia
11 November 2025
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series 2025 – Career Planning with Purpose
15 October 2025
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series 2025 – Get Seen: How to create a compelling LinkedIn profile and raise your visibility
11 September 2025
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series 2025 – What is your Research Vision?
9 July 2025
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series 2025 – Research Impact: Do we all mean the same thing?
10 June 2025
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinars in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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WUN ECR Webinar Series 2025
Multiple Dates
Zoom
Register for the upcoming webinars in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early career
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Robotics Doctoral Northern Hemisphere Summer School – York and Maastricht Partnership
18 - 22 August 2025
York, UK
The University of York and Maastricht University are partnering to host a northern hemisphere summer school at the University of York for robotics doctoral researchers. Led by experienced academics from
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Considering Patients and Healthcare End-Users in Responsible and Ethical AI in Healthcare
18 February 2025
Online
Hosted by the Faculty of ICT at Mahidol University, the webinar will explore the integration of responsible and ethical considerations for patients and healthcare users when implementing AI in healthcare
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International Conference on Mindfulness-Asia Pacific 2025
27 - 29 June 2025
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The International Conference on Mindfulness-Asia Pacific (ICM-AP) 2025, presented by the CUHK Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training in collaboration with the CUHK JC School of Public Health
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University Alliance Ruhr Postdocs Opportunity
16 February 2025
Ruhr, Germany
The University Alliance Ruhr is a higher education consortium, which consists of Ruhr University Bochum and its two neighbouring universities. This year’s Research Explorer Ruhr (RER) program is now open.
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Global Young Faculty-Industry-Symposium for Responsible AI
30 January 2025
Hybrid Event
The global young faculty-industry-symposium for responsible AI will be held at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) on Thursday, 30 January 2025. Young faculty members will present scientific findings and industry partners
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WUN Early Career Researchers Webinar
11 December 2024
Zoom
Register for the next webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, ‘Building Research Teams’. The session will look at skills for building research teams — from co-investigators, post-graduate assistants and
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Asia-Pacific Regional Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health in Nursing Practice
13 December 2024
Online
We are pleased to share the final regional Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in Nursing Practice taking place online on Friday, 13 December 2024, at 8AM (IST). Hosted
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Valuing Voices for Equitable and Responsible Research Workshop
3 - 4 December 2024
Online
How can we address issues of unhealthy hierarchies within research environments? Mahidol University is organising a workshop on equitable and responsible research practices in collaboration with the University of York.
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Africa & Eastern Europe Regional Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health in Nursing Practice
22 November 2024
Zoom
We are pleased to share the second upcoming regional Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in Nursing Practice taking place online on Friday, 22 November 2024, at 9AM (SAST).
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Regional Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in Nursing Practice
1 November 2024
Zoom
We are pleased to share the upcoming regional Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in Nursing Practice taking place online on Friday, November 1, 2024, at 3PM (EDT). Hosted
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WUN Early Career Researchers Webinar
23 October 2024
Zoom
Register for the next webinar in WUN's Early Career Researchers series, 'Leading your first international collaboration: Managing people and projects'.
Workshop on Ethical Assessment Framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manufacturing
13 November 2024
University of Auckland
Register to attend the Workshop on Ethical Assessment Framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manufacturing at the University of Auckland. We would like to invite you to attend the upcoming
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Inaugural Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in Nursing Practice
27 September 2024, 10AM (AEST)
Online via Zoom
Register here for the Inaugural Symposium on Upstream Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in Nursing Practice. Hosted by the School of Nursing & Midwifery and the School of Public Health of
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Book Launch: Climate Litigation and Vulnerabilities Global South Perspectives
3 October 2024, 3pm - 5pm (GMT)
Hybrid Event
Register here. This public manuscript launch is aimed at celebrating and drawing attention to new, innovative scholarship on climate litigation and vulnerabilities as part of the GNHRE Climate Litigation in
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Seminar on Global MedTech
17 July 2024
University of Leeds
Seminar on Global MedTech: Exploring how medical technologies can be developed to meet global needs in low-resource settings.
Upcoming WUN Webinar: Making Authentic Connections and Building Networks for Career Development.
5 June 2024
Online event via Zoom
Registration for the next WUN Webinar Series: Making authentic connections and building networks for career development now open.
Upcoming Workshop: Ethical Assessment Framework for AI in Manufacturing
Thursday, 13 June, 2024, 10:00-16:00 (BST).
The University of Sheffield
Registration now open for the international workshop: Ethical Assessment Framework for AI in Manufacturing
Upcoming WUN Webinar: Funding Fundamentals, An Introduction to Writing Research Proposals
29/30 April 2024 (depending on your location)
Online event via Zoom
Registration for the next webinar, Funding Fundamentals: An Introduction to Writing Research Proposals, open now.
Upcoming webinar: How can indigenous language revitalisation be decolonised?
Friday, 15 March 2024, 17:00-19:00 (ICT)
Online via Zoom
Register now for this upcoming webinar organised by the WUN Research Group Reducing Indigenous Inequalities.
Call for Papers: Gender, Climate Change, and Activism against Natural Resource Extraction in the Global South
Deadline for abstract submissions: 5 March 2024.
Call for Papers: Gender, Climate Change, and Activism against Natural Resource Extraction in the Global South We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue and
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WUN Symposium: New Research Directions in Global Mental Health
12 -13 June 2024
University of Leeds
Registration and call for abstracts is now open for the WUN Symposium: New Research Directions in Global Mental Health, to be held from 12-13 June 2024 at the University of Leeds.
Virtual Seminar on Research Supervision and Mentorship Practices Supporting Doctoral Researchers
Tuesday, 23 January, 10:00 -12:00 CET
Online event
We are excited to announce a virtual seminar on “Research supervision and mentorship practices supporting doctoral researchers” The seminar is organised by WUN partners Maastricht University, The University of Auckland, University
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Net Zero and Sustainable Cities – Session 3
Friday 2 February 2024
Hybrid Workshop
Location: Onsite at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), Thailand, and Online via Zoom. Next Session: Session 3: February 2, 2024. Time: 17:00 – 19:00 hrs (GMT+7). Register
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Net Zero and Sustainable Cities – Session 2
Tuesday 30 January 2024
Hybrid Workshop
Location: Onsite at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), Thailand, and Online via Zoom. Next Session: Session 2: On January 30, 2024. Time: 17:00 – 18:30 hrs (GMT+7).
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Net Zero and Sustainable Cities – Session 1
Monday 29 January
Hybrid Workshop
Location: Onsite at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), Thailand, and Online via Zoom. Next Session: Session 1: January 29, 2024. Time: 17:00 – 19:00 hrs (GMT+7). Register
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Investigating Global Warming and Urbanisation Impacts on Megacity Environments: Observations and Multi-Scale Modelling
Friday 1 December
Hybrid Event
This WUN supported workshop explores the dynamics and manifestation of extreme weather, particularly heat waves, by using multi-scale modelling for extreme event studies. The project findings can help administer a systematic method for climate risk assessment in developing megacities.
Pathways to Progress: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia
Tuesday 28 November
Hybrid event
Pathways to Progress, Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia: international research collaboration, practical solutions to the community, and university social responsibility.
Net Zero and Sustainable Cities
16-17 November 2023
Virtual Event
Towards Net Zero and Sustainable Cities with Resource Optimisation, Circular Economy, and Research Network

We are excited to announce two virtual seminars on "Towards Net Zero and Sustainable Cities with Resource Optimisation, Circular Economy and Research Network (NZS CITIES)".

The seminars are organised by WUN partners Mahidol University, University of Alberta, University of Auckland, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University College Dublin, Maastricht University, Makerere University, The University of Sheffield, and University of York as part of their WUN supported project of the same name.
WUN Annual General Meeting 2023
22-24 May 2023
Monterrey, Mexico
AGM Website and Registration Now Open
Promoting Resilience and Mental Health of Students Through an Equity Lens
19 November 2022
Hybrid Event
This education seminar aims to engage different stakeholders via sharing of research and experience on the various approaches for resilience building and mental health promotions in school settings and in the wider community.
Worldwide Universities Network Symposium: Health and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescents: An International Perspective
10 November 2022
Virtual Event
Free symposium (join via Zoom) from the WUN research consortium "Health & Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young People across the Socioeconomic Ladder: A Cross-Country Comparative Study"
WUN workshop: Creating and curating practical knowledge with traditional health practitioners & Indigenous knowledge holders
21 October 2022
Virtual Event
Free workshop organised by The African Child and Youth Migration Network.
WUN side event at COP27 Climate Change Conference
6 – 18 November 2022
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
WUN COP27 side event: “Universities as key solutions providers: Leveraging our local and global networks for innovation”
Conference “Shaping the future agenda of SDGs in Asia: The Innovative & Transformative Approach”
15 November 2022
NCKU in Tainan City or online
The National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) invites you to participate in a conference that focuses on three main areas of SDGs in Asia>>
WUN Workshop on Design & Development of appropriate MedTech products in West and East Africa
29 September 2022
Virtual Event
Join us for a 1-day workshop on medical technology in Africa, hosted by the University of Ghana.
Framing Women’s Health through a Decolonial, Intersectional lens: Reflections from research on gendered and sexual violence
27 September 2022
Virtual Event
Join the Intersections of Gender and Women and Children’s Health Research Institute for a look at decolonial & intersectional research design. This online event will take place on 27 September, 9 AM MDT (UTC-06).
WUN Virtual Summer School 2023
9-20 January 2023
Virtual Event
An online (Southern Hemisphere) Summer School organised and designed by the University of York. Theme: "The World’s Biggest Problems and How to Influence the Solutions".
WUN member side event at the UN Ocean Conference 2022
27 June 2022, 4 pm GMT
Side event room 2, Altice Arena, Lisbon
The University of Bergen invites you to their official side event on building partnerships for SDG14 at the UN Ocean Conference 2022: Scaling up action and building effective partnerships for SDG14:the essential roles of higher education and business.
Join us for a workshop on climate change: Reaching blue skies for a sustainable future
29-30 June 2022
Hybrid: University of Leeds & virtual
A hybrid workshop that addresses different topics concerning climate change, with a focus on the challenges to water supply and drastic changes in temperature and the effect on agriculture (crop plants).
WUN Consortium Round Table at WHEC 2022: “Coping with Catastrophe through Collaboration”
18 May 2022
Fira room 4, WHEC 2022, Barcelona, Spain
WHEC Round Table session "Coping with Catastrophe through Collaboration": Reflections from WUN Consortium ‘Education in a Warming World'
WUN Summer School 2022
8 - 18 August 2022
Virtual Event
The next WUN Summer School "Act for Sustainability" will be organised and hosted by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Registration is open until 1 June 2022.
WUN Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022
22-24 May 2022
Lausanne, Switzerland
The WUN Annual General Meeting will bring together WUN governance groups for a 3-day meeting event in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Workshop on Practice of Smart Cities and Implications for Urban Planning and Design
11 April 2022
Virtual Event
Online workshop hosted by Prof. Sylvia He (CUHK), lead of WUN research consortium Low-Carbon Transport, Individual Wellbeing & Planetary Health in the Era of Smart Cities & New Mobilities
WUN Research Group on Asia SDGs presents: Translating collaborative research into sustainable development impact
10 December 2021
Virtual Event
The WUN Global Research Group 'Asia SDGs' will hold a webinar “Translating collaborative research into sustainable development impact” and invites members at WUN institutions to join this free event.
WUN OpenEd: Live Workshop on integrating inclusive design methods into practice-based PHD research and the Smartlab PHD model
13 December 2021
Virtual Event
The final webinar in this series is a live workshop to Introduce Inclusive Design methods and the mission of the SMARTlab model, addressing the need for technology innovation supporting real social change, at scale.
WUN OpenEd webinar: Open, inclusive education and social justice: The role of open textbooks
24 November 2021
Virtual Event
The ninth webinar in this series focuses on discussion of the nexus between open, inclusive education, social justice, and open textbooks.
WUN OpenEd webinar: The meaning of Mobile Learning in a mobile/immobile world
17 November 2021
Virtual Event
The eighth webinar in this series explores the nature of mobile learning, both in the sense of learning which is appropriate for an ever more mobile and super diverse world, and learning which exploits multiple levels of mobility, including the mobility of devices, the mobility of learners, and the mobility of learning experiences.
WUN OpenEd webinar: Growing OER student networks
10 November 2021
Virtual Event
The seventh webinar in this series provides an example of how an OER network among higher education faculty and undergraduate students has developed in the province of Alberta, Canada. It shows how physically distributed OER advocates with different perspectives have come together to build a stronger student support network and the uptake of OER.
WUN OpenEd webinar: Design methods and the mission of the SMARTlab model
3 November 2021
Virtual Event
The sixth webinar in this series will introduce the SMARTlab practice-based PhD and feature some of the work of the 60 successful graduates of the programme over the past 29 years.
WUN OpenEd webinar: Strategies for localizing open educational resources
27 October 2021
Virtual Event
The fifth webinar in this series aims to unpack the affordances of localization of OER towards situating learning resources for specific students as well as provide practical guidelines on how to localize OER.
WUN OpenEd webinar: The use of Open Educational Access publishing platforms to create e-books for the deaf and hard of hearing
20 October 2021
Virtual Event
The fourth webinar in this series will review research-based design principles pertaining to ebooks for deaf children, considerations for further development, and a planning pathway for ebook creation using available OER platforms.
WUN OpenEd webinar on E-Book Creation for students who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH)
13 October 2021
Virtual Event
The third webinar in a series of 10 will explore the current environment that provides guidance to scholars, teachers, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions in the provision of open access resources.
WUN OpenEd webinar on libraries’ role in promoting open and inclusive education: access to information
6 OCTOBER 2021
Virtual Event
The second webinar in a series of 10 will explore the role of libraries in promoting open and inclusive education.
Open and inclusive education: WUN and UNESCO Training & research networks
29 September 2021
Virtual Event
The first webinar in a series of 10 explores UNESCO's new recommendations for open education from a perspective of capacity building, diversity, inclusion, policy, networks, and sustainability.
Podcast launch: Coping with Catastrophe
22 September 2021
Virtual Event
The WUN Education in a Warming World network is producing a podcast featuring discussions with researchers, educators, and activists working on the climate and ecological crises and how it impacts them.
WUN Summer School
13 JULY 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT
WUN Summer School 2021 "The World’s Biggest Problems and How to Influence the Solutions", hosted by the University of York.
ECR Networking Workshop on SDG 15: Life on Land
22 June 2021
Virtual Event
The 6th in a series of 17 virtual networking workshops for Early Career Researchers, developed by WUN to support researchers and research collaborations in times of a pandemic.
ECR Networking Workshop on SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
15 June 2021
Virtual Event
The 5th in a series of 17 virtual networking workshops for Early Career Researchers, developed by WUN to support researchers and research collaborations in times of a pandemic.
ECR Networking Workshop on SDG 5: Gender Equality
8 June 2021
Virtual Event
The 4th in a series of 17 virtual networking workshops for Early Career Researchers, developed by WUN to support researchers and research collaborations in times of a pandemic.
Early Career Researcher Networking Workshop on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
24 March 2021
Virtual Event
The 3rd in a series of 17 virtual networking workshops for Early Career Researchers, developed by WUN to support researchers and research collaborations in times of a pandemic.
Women’s Mobility: Negotiating Work & Family Spheres in Asia
11-12 March 2021
Virtual Event
WUN research group organises International Conference on Gender and (Im)mobility in Uncertain Times.
Early Career Researcher Networking Workshop on SDG 4: Quality Education
2 February 2021
Virtual Event
The 2nd in a series of 17 virtual networking workshops for Early Career Researchers, developed by WUN to support researchers and research collaborations in times of a pandemic.
Early Career Researcher Networking Workshop on SDG 13: Climate Action
27 January 2021
Virtual Event
The 1st in a series of 17 virtual networking workshops for Early Career Researchers, developed by WUN to support researchers and research collaborations in times of a pandemic.
Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals
16 November 2020
Virtual Event
Virtual launch of the WUN Global Africa Group book "Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals".
Webinar on restarting research during the pandemic: summary of insights from across five continents
14 SEPTEMBER 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT
The third instalment of WUN’s webinar series sharing experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic focused on research: how universities are managing priorities during campus closures and conditions on returning to work. Click through for a summary and recording of the event.
WUN international symposium: 2020 A Year Without Public Space
6-7 November 2020
Virtual Event
How to make public spaces work best for local communities in sustainable and healthy cities in times of a pandemic?
WUN Webinar on Restarting Research During the Pandemic
10 September 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT
WUN is hosting a series of webinars to help member universities benefit from each other’s experience in addressing some of the unprecedented pandemic-related challenges now facing them. This webinar focuses on restarting research during the pandemic.
Maintaining Student Engagement and Attention During Remote Course Delivery
23 JULY 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT
WUN is hosting a series of webinars to help member universities benefit from each other’s experience in addressing some of the unprecedented pandemic-related challenges now facing them. This webinar focuses on maintaining student engagement and attention during remote course delivery.
Student Mental Health During the Pandemic
5 MAY 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT
WUN is hosting a series of webinars to help member universities benefit from each other’s experience in addressing some of the unprecedented pandemic-related challenges now facing them. This webinar focuses on student mental health.
WUN brings together 24 leading comprehensive research universities in a collaborative partnership to advance research and education on major global challenges. Capitalizing on the geographical and cultural diversity of members across six continents, WUN enriches their shared experience, and brings together distinctive constellations of talent to address problems of real significance.
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