Third Age Online: Stijn Bannier
In our first podcast of 2012 we’re joined by Stijn Bannier, who works on our ‘Third Age Online’ project. This international web-based project aims to build and grow a community among the over-50 age g...
1 Feb 20129min
New globalization institute in China: René Kemp
A new 'Center for the Study of Globalization' was inaugurated on 23 November at the International College of Renmin University in China, and René Kemp, representing UNU-MERIT, gave a lecture at the op...
15 Des 20115min
Wim Naudé: New professorial fellow at UNU-MERIT
Our latest guest is Wim Naudé, a South African economist who recently joined us as a professorial fellow. He gives us his views on the relationship between Africa and Europe, on the role of the media ...
7 Des 201117min
Strong Organizations in Weak States: Joe Abah
Joe Abah is a PhD fellow on our part-time doctoral programme, the GPAC², at our School of Governance. His research compares the performance of six major organisations in Nigeria, including the Nationa...
25 Nov 20119min
Population and growth in sub-Saharan Africa: Thomas Ziesemer
Dr Thomas Ziesemer explains details from his recent working paper on investment, growth and consumption in sub-Saharan Africa, touching in particular on issues of population sustainability. http://www...
23 Nov 20118min
Luc Soete: A Mercurial Man
Professor Luc Soete is Director of UNU-MERIT, Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, and in September 2012 will take on the role of Rector Magnificus at Maastricht University. In this b...
8 Nov 201115min
Interrupted innovation: PhD defence interview with Daniel Vertesy
Our new season of podcasts begins with Daniel Vertesy, who today successfully defended his PhD on the role of emerging economies in the aerospace industry. We asked him why Brazil has succeeded while ...
30 Sep 201114min
Prizing Open Education
Can OpenEd bring formal education up to speed with the flatter, online world of the 21st century? Can it guarantee a new wave of culture and class-neutral education? How far is it penetrating beyond t...
14 Jul 201112min
