http://unu-merit.podomatic.com Audio channel of United Nations University-MERIT and the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. A mix of interviews with researchers and fellows on the push and pull of international development: innovation through science and entrepreneurship, and regulation via policy analysis and good governance. 'UNU-Maastricht' is the informal name for our two institutes under the same roof. en-gb podOmatic RSS Generator Tue, 01 May 2012 14:55:34 GMT economics,governance,innovation,science,technology UN graduate school and top 5 global think tank focusing on the push and pull of international development: from innovation to governance. no no UNU-Maastricht Audio channel of United Nations University-MERIT and the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. A mix of interviews with researchers and fellows on the push and pull of international development: innovation through science and entrepreneurship, and regulation via policy analysis and good governance. 'UNU-Maastricht' is the informal name for our two institutes under the same roof. <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_6145120.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />The head of our migration group at the School of Governance recently returned from Afghanistan, where she's been overseeing a migration project with the Afghan Government and international organizations. Siegel speaks of the Afghan ministries she’s been working with, the questions asked in over 1000 households, and the preliminary findings from the project. The final results on migration patterns, including flows of people and money in and out of the country, are due in May 2012. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=733 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-10T08_55_01-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-10T08_55_01-07_00 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:35:19 GMT 2012-05-01 2012-04-10 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht afghan,afghanistan,iom,kabul,migrant,migration 392 no The head of our migration group at the School of Governance recently returned from Afghanistan, where she's been overseeing a migration project with the Afghan Government and international organizations. Siegel speaks of the Afghan ministries she’s been working with, the questions asked in over 1000 households, and the preliminary findings from the project. The final results on migration patterns, including flows of people and money in and out of the country, are due in May 2012. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=733 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_6118939.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />"By 2050 anywhere from 80 to even 100 percent of our electricity will be generated from renewable energy sources." That's the ambitious and controversial claim made in a recent German report co-authored by Dr. Thomas Ziesemer. We ask him to justify this figure and to give his recommendations for renewable energy production, storage, and how to balance supply and demand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=731 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-06T01_13_38-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-06T01_13_38-07_00 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:46:13 GMT 2012-05-01 2012-04-06 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht "united,electricity,energy,eu,europe,germany,nations",renewable,solar,storage,un,unu,unu-merit,wind 614 no "By 2050 anywhere from 80 to even 100 percent of our electricity will be generated from renewable energy sources." That's the ambitious and controversial claim made in a recent German report co-authored by Dr. Thomas Ziesemer. We ask him to justify this figure and to give his recommendations for renewable energy production, storage, and how to balance supply and demand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=731 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_6099673.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Professor Adam Szirmai runs our DEIP programme, short for 'Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies in Developing countries'. It is a course which began in 2004, and since then has trained about 800 senior and mid-level government officials in developing countries. Countries as far afield as India, Jordan, Argentina, Mauritius Nigeria, Uruguay and El Salvador, to name just a few. This edition was recorded on the island of Phuket on the southwest tip of Thailand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=724 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-23T03_08_30-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-23T03_08_30-07_00 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:39:48 GMT 2012-05-01 2012-03-23 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht countries,deip,developing,innovation,nations,science,technology,thailand,united,unu,unu-merit 708 no Professor Adam Szirmai runs our DEIP programme, short for 'Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies in Developing countries'. It is a course which began in 2004, and since then has trained about 800 senior and mid-level government officials in developing countries. Countries as far afield as India, Jordan, Argentina, Mauritius Nigeria, Uruguay and El Salvador, to name just a few. This edition was recorded on the island of Phuket on the southwest tip of Thailand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=724 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5971909.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />On 13 March Katie Kuschminder presented to the Dutch Government the first policy report for the IS Academy: Migration and Development Project. Her report looked into the temporary return of highly skilled migrants to Afghanistan and their role in training, employment and ‘capacity building’. In our latest podcast we ask her exactly what jobs they are doing, the conditions they are working under, and how they might improve education, employment, and the role of women in this fragile state. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=702 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-15T07_00_49-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-15T07_00_49-07_00 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:33:05 GMT 2012-05-01 2012-03-15 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht 896 no On 13 March Katie Kuschminder presented to the Dutch Government the first policy report for the IS Academy: Migration and Development Project. Her report looked into the temporary return of highly skilled migrants to Afghanistan and their role in training, employment and ‘capacity building’. In our latest podcast we ask her exactly what jobs they are doing, the conditions they are working under, and how they might improve education, employment, and the role of women in this fragile state. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=702 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5885076.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />A new working paper tracks the rise of financial transfers via mobile phone in Africa. Building on this, our latest podcast asks authors Melissa Siegel and Sonja Fransen to explain the trends and the potential for growth across the continent. We hear how new services are boosting economic development and keeping people connected, while increasing competition and cutting surcharges on bank transfers. We also look into the wider implications for migration patterns and investments in infrastructure. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=694 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-02T03_36_14-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-02T03_36_14-08_00 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:15:04 GMT 2012-05-01 2012-03-02 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht africa,cell,economics,education,finance,governance,mobile,phone,technology 870 no A new working paper tracks the rise of financial transfers via mobile phone in Africa. Building on this, our latest podcast asks authors Melissa Siegel and Sonja Fransen to explain the trends and the potential for growth across the continent. We hear how new services are boosting economic development and keeping people connected, while increasing competition and cutting surcharges on bank transfers. We also look into the wider implications for migration patterns and investments in infrastructure. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=694 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5718986.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 group to improve their social integration. We hear from Stijn about the tens of thousands of elderly people now shaping the project: how it connects and trains them to create their own wikis on issues like health and social welfare. Click below for more details. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=683 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-01T03_37_18-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-01T03_37_18-08_00 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:23:20 GMT 2012-05-01 2012-02-01 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht age,education,elderly,innovation,online,science,technology,third 568 no 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 group to improve their social integration. We hear from Stijn about the tens of thousands of elderly people now shaping the project: how it connects and trains them to create their own wikis on issues like health and social welfare. Click below for more details. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=683 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5488004.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 opening ceremony. The institute uses a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach to conduct in-depth research and analysis on global dynamic processes including low-carbon economy, human development, and poverty eradication. The Government of Suzhou is a co-founder, UNU-MERIT is one of the partners and Luc Soete is co-director of the institute. We spoke to Professor Kemp about his role at the launch event and his views on the future of eco-innovation in China. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=663 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-15T03_37_08-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-15T03_37_08-08_00 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:32:20 GMT 2012-05-01 2011-12-15 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht china,eco-innovation,education,environment,globalization,innovation 300 no 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 opening ceremony. The institute uses a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach to conduct in-depth research and analysis on global dynamic processes including low-carbon economy, human development, and poverty eradication. The Government of Suzhou is a co-founder, UNU-MERIT is one of the partners and Luc Soete is co-director of the institute. We spoke to Professor Kemp about his role at the launch event and his views on the future of eco-innovation in China. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=663 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5380109.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. This includes life and death research, learning how the country reduced the numbers of counterfeit medical drugs on the market, as well as investigating leadership, meritocracy and recruitment quotas in both public and private companies. Image courtesy of the Gates Foundation. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=662 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-25T01_42_54-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-25T01_42_54-08_00 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:43:57 GMT 2012-05-01 2011-11-24 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht counterfeit,education,fake,governance,maastricht,nigeria,pharmaceuticals,regulation 554 no 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 National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. This includes life and death research, learning how the country reduced the numbers of counterfeit medical drugs on the market, as well as investigating leadership, meritocracy and recruitment quotas in both public and private companies. Image courtesy of the Gates Foundation. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=662 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5380092.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=661 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-23T01_19_36-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-23T01_19_36-08_00 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:36:23 GMT 2012-05-01 2011-11-18 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht africa,population,sustainability,unfpa 495 no 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.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=661 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5369723.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 brief portrait we find out more about the man behind the titles, including some of his life philosophies and why he became an economist in the first place. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=658 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-08T00_57_27-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-08T00_57_27-08_00 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:38:12 GMT 2012-05-01 2011-11-07 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht 912 no 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 brief portrait we find out more about the man behind the titles, including some of his life philosophies and why he became an economist in the first place. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=658 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5446906.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 in economics and academia, and the need to find a balance between cooperation and competition – especially for entrepreneurs in developing countries. Wim is ranked among the top economists in Europe and joins us from UNU-WIDER in Finland. Click play for more details > http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-07T06_24_53-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-07T06_24_53-08_00 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:49:05 GMT 2011-12-07 2011-09-30 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht academia,africa,competition,cooperation,economics,finland,media,naude,s.africa,un,unu,unu-wider,wim 1031 no 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 in economics and academia, and the need to find a balance between cooperation and competition – especially for entrepreneurs in developing countries. Wim is ranked among the top economists in Europe and joins us from UNU-WIDER in Finland. Click play for more details > <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5380123.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 others have failed. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=637 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-30T03_11_04-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-30T03_11_04-07_00 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:05:53 GMT 2012-05-01 2011-09-30 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht airbus,aviation,boeing,brazil,china,economics,embraer,innovation 874 no 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 others have failed. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=637 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098860.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />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 the English speaking world? http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-14T01_37_04-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-14T01_37_04-07_00 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:45:05 GMT 2011-09-30 2011-07-14 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht copyright,education,germany,holland,nations,open,opened,portugal,source,united,unu 720 no 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 the English speaking world? <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098867.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />In today's globalized economy, firms depend on external partners to manage uncertainty. After an exhaustive global survey, Tina Saebi explains why firms need to carefully customize their approach in line with their partner portfolios. http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-07T02_11_15-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-07T02_11_15-07_00 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:54:58 GMT 2011-09-30 2011-07-07 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht alliance,business,markets,partnership,portfolio,unu 396 no In today's globalized economy, firms depend on external partners to manage uncertainty. After an exhaustive global survey, Tina Saebi explains why firms need to carefully customize their approach in line with their partner portfolios. <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098868.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Subsidies and commodity speculation: how do they affect food security around the world? What is the role of the World Food Programme? We talk with Tareq Abuelhaj, who works in Iraq for WFP, about his doctoral research at MGSoG. http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-06-09T06_40_23-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-06-09T06_40_23-07_00 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:34:55 GMT 2011-09-30 2011-06-09 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht east,food,governance,gpac,iraq,israel,maastricht,middle,security,usa,wfp,world 325 no Subsidies and commodity speculation: how do they affect food security around the world? What is the role of the World Food Programme? We talk with Tareq Abuelhaj, who works in Iraq for WFP, about his doctoral research at MGSoG. <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098870.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />UNU formally accredited our MPP programme in May 2011. Education director Lutz Krebs spells out what this means for our students, and reveals plans for more partnerships linked to specializations, capstone and internship programmes. http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-31T04_55_50-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-31T04_55_50-07_00 Tue, 31 May 2011 11:53:20 GMT 2011-09-30 2011-05-31 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht development,human,internship,maastricht,master,msc,policy,public,un,unu 496 no UNU formally accredited our MPP programme in May 2011. Education director Lutz Krebs spells out what this means for our students, and reveals plans for more partnerships linked to specializations, capstone and internship programmes. <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098872.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />How can the European Union realize the full benefits of immigration? Should integration policy focus not only on the number of immigrants but also on their employability? Is the EU’s blue card policy too restrictive? To find out more click on play or read our working paper on 'Immigration and growth in an ageing economy'. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=596 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-31T03_21_20-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-31T03_21_20-07_00 Tue, 31 May 2011 10:17:03 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-05-31 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht ageing,burden,economics,economy,employment,europe,germany,growth,holland,immigration,maastricht,migration,netherlands,productivity,switzerland,un,unu,welfare 575 no How can the European Union realize the full benefits of immigration? Should integration policy focus not only on the number of immigrants but also on their employability? Is the EU’s blue card policy too restrictive? To find out more click on play or read our working paper on 'Immigration and growth in an ageing economy'. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=596 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098873.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />How far do risk pricing, state guarantees and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) affect financial stability? Did PPPs contribute to the near bankruptcy of Greece? When should governments intervene in these key partnerships? Click play to hear the answers to these questions and more from Manos Sfakianakis, a PhD fellow at the School of Governance who defends his thesis on 25 May. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=591 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-24T00_51_35-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-24T00_51_35-07_00 Tue, 24 May 2011 07:45:21 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-05-24 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht default,economics,financial,greece,infrastructure,ppp,public,services,stability 491 no How far do risk pricing, state guarantees and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) affect financial stability? Did PPPs contribute to the near bankruptcy of Greece? When should governments intervene in these key partnerships? Click play to hear the answers to these questions and more from Manos Sfakianakis, a PhD fellow at the School of Governance who defends his thesis on 25 May. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=591 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098877.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Indicators are a kind of technology, a product, which governs behaviour and develops in response to user needs. But what are the real-world social impacts of their development? Could innovation indicators be used to help poorer countries catch up? And is the EU on the right track in terms of monitoring and encouraging innovation? Click play for the answers to these questions and more. This podcast is based on the UNU working paper attached below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=584 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-13T02_42_02-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-13T02_42_02-07_00 Fri, 13 May 2011 09:39:29 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-05-13 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht impacts,indicators,innovation,nations,science,social,technology,un,united,university,unu 683 no Indicators are a kind of technology, a product, which governs behaviour and develops in response to user needs. But what are the real-world social impacts of their development? Could innovation indicators be used to help poorer countries catch up? And is the EU on the right track in terms of monitoring and encouraging innovation? Click play for the answers to these questions and more. This podcast is based on the UNU working paper attached below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=584 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098881.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />What are the trade-offs between innovation and standardization of TB care in India? Do local experts 'speak the same language' as central decision-makers? Are we on track to meet Millennium Development Goal 6C, to halt and reverse major diseases like TB, by 2015? Check the podcast below for more on this urgent question of global health. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=575 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-20T06_00_48-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-20T06_00_48-07_00 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:59:09 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-04-20 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht 738 no What are the trade-offs between innovation and standardization of TB care in India? Do local experts 'speak the same language' as central decision-makers? Are we on track to meet Millennium Development Goal 6C, to halt and reverse major diseases like TB, by 2015? Check the podcast below for more on this urgent question of global health. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=575 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098882.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Are the high costs of phone, web and media services holding back growth and development in Africa? Should telecoms firms give spare bandwidth to support health and education projects? To hear more check the podcast below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=566 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-10T12_11_06-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-10T12_11_06-07_00 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:07:35 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-04-10 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht 549 no Are the high costs of phone, web and media services holding back growth and development in Africa? Should telecoms firms give spare bandwidth to support health and education projects? To hear more check the podcast below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=566 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098892.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />After an earthquake and tsunami crippled the light water reactor at Fukushima on 11 March, analysts have scrutinized design choices and risk management in the nuclear industry. Last month UNU-MERIT’s Professor Robin Cowan was cited in the Boston Globe and Atlantic magazine for his paper on ‘Technological Lock-in’, exploring how US technology -- dating back to the 1940s -- came to dominate the nuclear market thanks to a blend of economic and political expediency and regulatory barriers. To find out more check the podcast below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=557 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-01T07_06_34-07_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-01T07_06_34-07_00 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:04:07 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-04-01 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht fukushima,japan,light,nuclear,reactor,water 784 no After an earthquake and tsunami crippled the light water reactor at Fukushima on 11 March, analysts have scrutinized design choices and risk management in the nuclear industry. Last month UNU-MERIT’s Professor Robin Cowan was cited in the Boston Globe and Atlantic magazine for his paper on ‘Technological Lock-in’, exploring how US technology -- dating back to the 1940s -- came to dominate the nuclear market thanks to a blend of economic and political expediency and regulatory barriers. To find out more check the podcast below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=557 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098895.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />As regimes crumbled across North Africa and the Middle East, researchers from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance came together to share their news and views on the Arab revolutions. This interview with Zina Nimeh complements a feature article, to be released shortly on the UNU web magazine. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=551 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-03-04T07_52_44-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-03-04T07_52_44-08_00 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:49:47 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-03-04 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht egypt,islam,jasmine,jordan,libya,middleeast,muslim,northafrica,revolution,tunisia 634 no As regimes crumbled across North Africa and the Middle East, researchers from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance came together to share their news and views on the Arab revolutions. This interview with Zina Nimeh complements a feature article, to be released shortly on the UNU web magazine. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=551 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098897.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />This podcast explores the subtle consequences of cross-cultural life, from reciprocation to unification to variation, based on the experiences of individuals at five Dutch firms in Thailand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=547 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-02-17T03_47_14-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-02-17T03_47_14-08_00 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:46:15 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-02-17 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht cultural,eq,intelligence,iq,netherlands,thailand,xcq 418 clean This podcast explores the subtle consequences of cross-cultural life, from reciprocation to unification to variation, based on the experiences of individuals at five Dutch firms in Thailand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=547 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098901.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Pro-poor innovation with a focus on entrepreneurs and alternative finance is the subject of this brief interview, which also explores the bad press surrounding micro-credit in India. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=546 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-02-14T08_18_30-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-02-14T08_18_30-08_00 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:17:22 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-02-14 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht finance,india,innovation,microcredit,microfinance,un,unu 569 clean Pro-poor innovation with a focus on entrepreneurs and alternative finance is the subject of this brief interview, which also explores the bad press surrounding micro-credit in India. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=546 <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1432885/600x600_5098924.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />China's phenomenal rise in R&D, including in the field of nanotechnology, and Western 'quality' research vs. China's 'quantity' advantage, are among the subjects touched on in this radio clip. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=544 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-02-09T01_53_06-08_00 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com/entry/2011-02-09T01_53_06-08_00 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:47:13 GMT 2011-09-29 2011-02-09 http://unu-merit.podomatic.com UNU-Maastricht china,innovation,nanotechnology,r&d,radio,research,technology 141 no China's phenomenal rise in R&D, including in the field of nanotechnology, and Western 'quality' research vs. China's 'quantity' advantage, are among the subjects touched on in this radio clip. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=544