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Akino Memorial Research

The UNU Akino Memorial Research Fellowship is awarded for studies in the fields of human security and sustainable development in Central Asia and neighboring regions.

Chuño

The word comes from Quechua ch'uñu, meaning frozen potato (wrinkled in the dialects of the Junín Region).

Deepak Nayyar

He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the World Institute for Development Economics Research, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, from 2001 to 2008 and Vice President of the International Association of Universities, Paris, from 2004 to 2008.

Dines Bjørner

Inter alia, he was responsible for establishing the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST), Macau, in 1992 and was its first director.

Eedris Abdulkareem

The album's title track addressed Obasanjo's criticisms of "Jaga Jaga"; the album also featured "Flash Up Unu Lighter", a tribute to Obasanjo's wife, Stella, who died while undergoing surgery in Spain, and the victims of the Bellview Airlines crash of October 2005.

Hypersonic Flight Experiment

Aerodynamic characterization of technology demonstration vehicle was completed at NAL, VSSC and IIST.

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Over 85,000 aspirants applied for these seats in ISAT 2012 making IIST one of the most selective institutes in India.

Joseph Maina Mungai

Mungai was one of 24 selectees for appointment as council-members on the University Council of the United Nations University (UNU) in 1974,.

Jyoti Kirit Parikh

She was a visiting professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) of UNU, Tokyo (1995–96).

Lacandon people

The people use a specific type of snail species (Pachychilus spp.) known locally as t’unu as a type of protein supplement to their diet.

Remi Chandran

Remi Chandran is an environmental policy researcher who developed the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) initiative while working with the United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo in 2005.

Swasti Mitter

She has held posts as Professor of Gender and Technology at the University of Brighton, and as a Deputy Director of the UNU Institute of New Technologies at the University of Maastricht (Now UNU-MERIT).

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

In response to the DESD, the United Nations University (UNU) called for the development of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) networks for the promotion of ESD, as well as being expertise centres for the research development of ESD.

Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives

Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (ZERI) was established by Gunter Pauli in 1994 at the United Nations University (UNU) with the support of the Japanese Government.


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