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publicspaceforum
Nov 03, 2020

WUN research group to hold international symposium: 2020 A Year Without Public Space

A WUN Interdisciplinary Research Group is hosting an international symposium that reflects on the challenges and opportunities in thinking about what...
gaglaunch
Nov 02, 2020

Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals

We are delighted to invite you to the virtual launch of the Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group book, Africa and the Sustainable Deve...
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Sep 24, 2020

Restoring the invisible: new network to explore Indigenous epistemologies

The ways of thinking and knowing developed in Indigenous cultures have long been marginalised within the academy and in public life, including in app...
chenstory
Sep 24, 2020

Setting a new standard for COVID-19 testing

With a potentially large proportion of COVID-19 cases showing no symptoms but still infectious, sensitive and accurate methods of testing for the vir...
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Sep 23, 2020

International Development Program for Early Career Researchers

WUN, in collaboration with UNESCO and the UNSDSN, will hold a series of free virtual networking workshops for early career researchers under th...
healthycities
Sep 21, 2020

Healthy cities and community needs: reconfiguring public spaces in the age of pandemics

Some of the most striking spaces of the twentieth century were conceived with the modernist ambition to make urban living healthier. In the twenty-fi...
Maastricht University – Prof. dr. Martin Paul, President
Sep 20, 2020

WUN Profile: Martin Paul completes his term as chair

During his productive term as Chair of the Partnership Board, Martin Paul (President of Maastricht University) challenged WUN to think harder and...
makererelogolarge
Sep 20, 2020

WUN welcomes newest member Makerere University

We are delighted to announce that Makerere University has joined the Worldwide Universities Network.  WUN warmly welcomes Vice Chancellor Barnabas ...
reboot
Sep 14, 2020

Webinar on restarting research during the pandemic: summary of insights from across five continents

The third instalment of WUN’s webinar series sharing experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic focused on research: how universities are managing pr...