Events

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "Rethinking Trade".

Join United Nations Academic Impact for the upcoming online dialogues within the framework of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "Rethinking Disarmament".

Confira os detalhes do próximo seminário on-line da série "75 para ONU75: 75 minutos de conversação", organizado pelo impacto acadêmico das Nações Unidas sobre o tema "Tecnologia e ensino superior: pesquisa e educação virtual no novo normal"

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "Confronting COVID-19 Through Innovation and Research: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic",

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "Gender Equality and Higher Education: Ensuring Access and Creating Change"

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "The Role of Higher Education in Combating Poverty and Ensuring Social Justice"

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "The Role of Universities in Combating Climate Change"

The next webinar in the "75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation" series organized by United Nations Academic Impact will be on the topic of "The Role of Higher Education in Combating Radicalization and Violent Extremism Online"

Join United Nations Academic Impact for an online webinar on peacekeeping, with Ms. Susana Malcorra, Dean of the IE School of Global and Public Affairs.

Register to attend the first-ever United Nations Career Workshop organized by UN Careers with other UN agencies at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday, 5 December 2019.

On 18-19 November, 2019, United Nations Academic Impact member Chandigarh University (India) will be hosting the International Conference on the 10th Year of United Nations Academic Impact: Opportunities and Strategies for Collaborative Higher Education Impact in Emerging Economies. Faculty, students, and research scholars of both UNAI member and non-member institutions are invited to attend.

The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) are hosting the United Nations Open Science Conference, entitled "Towards Global Open Science: Core Enabler of the UN 2030 Agenda" on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is pleased to announce the Sixth Annual J. Michael Adams Lecture and Conversation, to be held on Wednesday, 20 November 2019 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

To raise awareness and highlight the need to address creeping annexation in the occupied Palestinian territory including in and around East Jerusalem, its impact on the viability of the two-State solution and on the prospects to find a peaceful resolution to the Question of Palestine, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) will convene the United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine “The threat of de facto annexation – What next for Palestine?” on 4 April 2019 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is pleased to invite you to the panel discussion entitled The United Nations at 75: South-South Cooperation and the UN Development System, to take place on 25 April 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at United Nations Headquarters.

The Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations and the World Jewish Congress invite you to The Genocide Convention at 70: From Definition to Implementation with Raphael Lemkin Award for exemplary work in the fight against genocide recepient: Father Patrick Desboi. 

The event will held on March 26, 2019 at 10:00 AM in the ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters. 

To RSVP click here. 

Join United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and the Hasso Plattner Institute for a discussion on the immense opportunities and challenges presented by our increasingly data-driven society, the value that can be gained from data that is well-prepared and the dangers of data when misapplied. We have access to, and use, more data than ever, but what are the opportunities and challenges presented by such a data-driven society?

Prof. Felix Naumann, chair for information systems at the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam in Germany, will deliver a talk on these issues followed by Q&A with the audience on Monday, 25 March in the ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

On 7 March at UNHQ, on the margins of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will host a side event featuring the screening of a documentary film titled “Naila and the Uprising” on the role of Palestinian women during the first intifada, followed by a discussion with some of the protagonists and other panelists. The film will be screened in the Conference Room 2, March 7 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EST.

Have you ever run a project as part of your Model United Nations (MUN) conference, or taken part in a campaign to raise awareness or solve a problem in your community? Sign up today to share your experience at the inaugural United Nations Model UN Youth Summit, which will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 12 April 2019 in New York.