CUHK Develops First Local Platform for Urban Big Data Integration & Analysis
The Institute of Future Cities at CUHK has developed the first platform in Hong Kong for integrating and analysing urban big data in an effort to help Hong Kong to become a smart city in the areas of personalized health monitoring, urban planning, air quality, and social care.
2016 Research Development Fund
WUN announces the results of the 2016 Research Development Fund round.
WUN welcomes new member the University of Nairobi
WUN is delighted to announce that the University of Nairobi (UoN) has joined the Worldwide Universities Network. We welcome Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Mbithi and his colleagues to the WUN Board, research teams and programs. The Worldwide Universities Network looks forward to a valuable and productive partnership.
COP22 WUN panel explains tie between climate resiliency and natural disasters
“Loss and damage in the Paris Agreement context is about much more than just environmental damage. It is a matter of losing a community’s dignity for many”, said Prof Petra Tschakert during a COP22 side event hosted by the Worldwide University Network.
Hidden Migration Symposium in Bristol, 9-10 March 2017
International symposium involving MDGT group to be held in Bristol in March 2017.
A science of loss
Opinion & comment The following article, relevant to policy in climate change, was written by WUN researchers Jon Barnett and Petra Tschakert and two others, and appeared in Nature Climate Change VOL 6, November 2016. A science of loss Avoiding losses from climate change requires socially engaged research that explains what people value highly, how climate […]
WUN welcomes new member National Cheng Kung University
We are delighted to announce that National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has joined the Worldwide Universities Network.
New study on asthma provides strong argument for focusing on the environment of young men
“It has been very difficult to get these [results] published, because the concept of adolescent boys, having impact on their offspring born years later is new and editors could not believe our findings. I think that the WUN can inspire further research to support our findings and convey the new concepts to public health policy makers…”
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WUN project adresses migrants’ lack of labour and social rights
Migration governance continues to fail in several key areas such as labour rights, employment opportunities and social protection.
