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📢 Happening This Week! | Science Forum South Africa 2025

UniPID, together with members of the GLOBUS project, University of Namibia (UNAM), Stellenbosch University, The University of the Western Cape , will be present at the Science Forum South Africa 2025 happening this week.
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Read an inspiring blog “Empowering Schools for Climate Education: An Interview with Zubir Agani and Dr. Golaleh Makrooni.” It explores how educators can strengthen climate action by designing locally relevant curricula, integrating climate topics across different subjects,
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🚀 Registration is now open for UniPID course “Curriculum Development for Climate Change Education” is now open. This course empowers participants to understand and design effective educational responses to the climate crisis, with a strong focus on curriculum innovation and contextual adaptation
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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💻 As #DigitalTrade grows, technical standards are crucial—yet developing countries often experience a “standardization gap.”

In a 🆕 brief, Craig Atkinson & Dr. Hanane Becha explain why standards matter, share recommendations for policy-makers & more: bit.ly/3LYoPNw 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨 Opportunity Alert! 🌍✨
Are you a PhD student passionate about solving real global challenges through systems thinking? The @iiasa.ac.at (IIASA) is inviting applications for the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) 2026, taking place 1 June – 28 August 2026 in Austria.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Call for abstracts, Seed Panel

Innovating Methods to Find (G)local Solutions for Global Challenges

Conv. by Laura Camfield (@kings-sga.bsky.social) & @keetieroelen.bsky.social (@oucsgd.bsky.social)

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎉 You are all welcomed to the Opening Ceremony of the Finnish Southern Africa Cooperation Institute (FSAI)!

📅 24 Nov 2025 |🕑 14:00 – 17:00

📍 Juhlahuoneisto, Unioninkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki

🗣️The programme in Finnish with English interpretation provided.

Learn more about FSAI - fsai.fi/en/home/
FSAI
fsai.fi
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The blog from our 2025 Annual Seminar is now available.
Whether you attended the seminar or are passionate about advancing fairness and integrity in academic partnerships, this is a valuable read.

👉 Read the full blog here:
www.unipid.fi/news/equity-...
Equity in Co-Authorship Across Continents: Insights from the UniPID - INASP Annual Seminar — UniPID
UniPID hosted its Annual Seminar 2025 through a joint webinar with the International Network for Advancing Science and Policy (INASP), focusing on equitable practices in research co-authorship across ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

Reparations in the Twenty-First Century—Claims, Programmes, and Unsettled Futures

Conv. by Jean-Benoît Falisse (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) and @felixundstein.bsky.social (@aissr.bsky.social)

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
💻 Join us and LEAP-RE for a webinar on Data-Driven Approaches to Enhance Solar PV System Design, Performance & Efficiency!
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📢 Last chance to register!

The registration period for the UniPID MOOC “Essentials in Development Studies” closes tomorrow.
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🌍 Call for Papers & Participation | Development Days 2026

The Development Days 2026 conference, themed “Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, and Reawakening,” is now accepting abstracts and participation proposals.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🔔 Reminder: Registration Closes Soon!

Don’t miss a chance to join the UniPID MOOC “Essentials in Development Studies” (Autumn 2025)!
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🌍 Call for Course Proposals: UniPID Virtual Studies 2026–2027!

UniPID invites teachers from member universities to pool existing online courses (5 ECTS, in English) into our Virtual Studies Programme.

📅 Info session: 20 Nov, 15–16 EET
🔗 Apply by 12 Jan 2026: www.unipid.fi/news/submit-...
Submit your Course to the UniPID Virtual Studies Programme 2026-2027 — UniPID
UniPID invites teachers and lecturers responsible for existing courses at their home universities to contribute to and expand the themes and offerings of UniPID's Virtual Studies programme.
www.unipid.fi
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🎬 The recording of our joint webinar with @inasp.bsky.social, held on 6 November 2025 on “Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents” is now available. If you missed the live session, watch the recording here - youtu.be/_k6u2XofUvE
INASP & UniPID Joint Webinar: 'Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents'
YouTube video by UniPID Finland
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November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📖 Read our latest blog – “Strengthening AU–EU Research Cooperation in Brussels: UniPID Contributes to the High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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#HorizonEurope must remain focused on excellent research, including collaborative research. It should not be repurposed as a tool to deliver industrial or short-term political objectives.
👉 Read EUA’s full analysis of the Commission’s proposal https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4

#FP10 #EUCompetFund
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Although Europe’s competitiveness agenda has been formulated by institutions in Brussels, the challenge is shared by universities. Universities are ready to actively engage, because they also want a strong, independent and sustainable Europe.
📔 https://bit.ly/4o8vp29
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Canada tabled #Budget2025 & its Climate Competitiveness Strategy, giving mixed signals at a time when Canada needs certainty.

The government must recommit to phasing out fossil fuels subsidies & ensure investments align with economic climate goals.

Statement: www.iisd.org/articles/sta...
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

Digital Pathways to Social Protection: Access, Equity, and Accountability

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

Conv. by Katja Bender (@h-brs.bsky.social) & Markus Loewe (@idos-research.bsky.social)
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November 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Join UniPID and the Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR) for the panel discussion “Global Promises, Local Pressures: Education Leadership Amid Austerity” as part of the SDG4 Seminar 2025 - "Leadership in Education", organized by the @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🔔 Reminder: Last chance to register our Annual Seminar!

Today is the last day to register for our annual seminar co-organised with @inasp.bsky.social. The seminar focusses on “Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents.”
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our UniPID newsletter is out! 🍂

This autumn has been full of exciting opportunities to strengthen our activities and connect with many of you.

📰 Inside:
💫 Register for our annual webinar
💫 Upcoming events & study opportunities
💫 Funding & job calls

👉 Read more: mailchi.mp/8a90554aab47...
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🌍 Meet the speakers for the upcoming UniPID & @inasp.bsky.social joint webinar “Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents”
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happening now!

Our team is at the LEAP-RE Stakeholder Forum in Brussels as part of the Brussels Clustering Event, featuring sessions on Grid Modelling and the WEF Nexus.

Join the conversation online get insights on renewable energy research and innovation.

👉Join now - leap-re.app/event-578
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM