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Jan 20, 2020

WUN Summer School

UPDATE: The WUN Summer School, originally scheduled for July 2020, has been postponed to 2021 due to covid-19 developments.  The information and app...
Dec 20, 2019

Infections and allergies: a cross-generational riddle

In 2015 a WUN-funded research collaboration among the Universities of Bergen, Cape Town, and Southampton set out to understand whether parasite expos...
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Dec 20, 2019

WUN Research Development Fund 2019 Results

WUN is pleased to announce the results of the 2019 round of the Research Development Fund (RDF) applications.  These awards, which facilitate collab...
Dec 13, 2019

Inclusive research supporting women’s integration

Public debates about marriage migration are vulnerable to a series of misconceptions, often conflating migration with trafficking and undermining the...
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Dec 13, 2019

Action research for a cleaner future

Not just talking, but doing: with funding from the WUN Research Development Fund, academics from four WUN universities got together with experts and ...
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Nov 29, 2019

WUN funding helps lay foundation for international cooperation on digital health

New technologies are capturing different information about health and treatments, opening up new pathways for more efficient and effective care. With...
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Sep 26, 2019

CROP-FS tackles gritty issues of global food security

The WUN-sponsored project Crop-FS (Climate-resilient open partnership for food security) is a consortium of 24 highly reputed international resear...
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Sep 26, 2019

Smart research, smart policy, smart care

By 2050, the world’s population of people over the age of 60 will double, which has significant implications for sustainable development. The World...
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Sep 26, 2019

WUN’s legume research – a lynchpin to global food security

WUN’s Legume Network is building a global reputation for research excellence – paving the way for pulses to be embraced as crucial allies in th...