Thank you for a fantastic 2025! ✨ A year of milestones, challenges & opportunities. We’re recharging our batteries to kick off 2026 🚀 Wishing you a warm holiday season ☃️ Let’s keep fostering universities’ global responsibility ahead. — UniPID Team ✨

As 2025 comes to an end, UniPID is also closing a chapter at the @helsinki.fi. After five years of generous hosting, we are moving on while our close collaboration continues. Maria Brockhaus reflects on UniPID’s 23-year journey and five proud years at UH. 👉 www.unipid.fi/news/a-farew...

You are invited to a lecture during the launch of Dr. Suraj Milind Yengde’s latest book, Caste: A Global Story - a powerful exploration of how the caste system continues to shape societies around the world today.

🍃 Nature has rights. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights made it clear in its historic #AdvisoryOpinion on the climate emergency. 👇 An analysis by attorney Luisa Gómez unpacks what this means for those working to protect ecosystems and advance #ClimateJustice. 🔗 READ HERE: bit.ly/RoNat25

Read our new blog post - “Faces Behind the Course: Meet Nari and Vera and Their Journey Linking Trademarks, Branding, and Sustainability.” Nari and Vera share their journeys that inspired creation of the course Brands, Trademark Law, and Sustainability-Lessons from/for the Global South.

🚀 Registration now open! 🌍 Registration is now open for the UniPID Virtual Studies course “Climate and Food Security in the Arctic with Global Consequences.” This course explores how climate change affects food systems in the Arctic and what it means for food security globally.

🚀 Registration now open! 🌍📚 📘 Registration is now open for the UniPID Virtual Studies course “Brands, Trademark Law & Sustainability – Lessons from/for the Global South.”

🌳 Event Announcement – Online Book Launch 📚 Join us for the virtual launch of Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestation, authored by Prof. Markus Kröger, and hosted by the EXALT Initiative and the TreesForDev Project .

👉 Join us for Scholars at Risk Finland Day 2025 on Dec 5 at the University of Tampere or online to discuss academic freedom and scholar protection. Speakers inc. Frank Geary, Kaarle Hämeri, Tuija Saresma. ✏️ Register by Dec 1, link in the comments

Would you like some practical direction for building equitable and impactful international research collaborations? Then find the Guide for Global Research Partnerships that highlights 6 core principles as the foundation of strong global partnerships.

📢 The recording and slides from the UniPID Virtual Studies Call for Pooling Courses 2026 info session are now available! 🎉 If you missed the session or would like to review the content as you prepare your course proposal, you can now access everything via the link below.

📢 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.

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,

🚀 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

💻 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

🚨 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.

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/...

🎉 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/

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-...

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/...

💻 Join us and LEAP-RE for a webinar on Data-Driven Approaches to Enhance Solar PV System Design, Performance & Efficiency!

📢 Last chance to register! The registration period for the UniPID MOOC “Essentials in Development Studies” closes tomorrow.

🌍 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.

🔔 Reminder: Registration Closes Soon! Don’t miss a chance to join the UniPID MOOC “Essentials in Development Studies” (Autumn 2025)!

🌍 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-...

🎬 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

📖 Read our latest blog – “Strengthening AU–EU Research Cooperation in Brussels: UniPID Contributes to the High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation.”

#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

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

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...

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) www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

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

🔔 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.”

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...

🌍 Meet the speakers for the upcoming UniPID & @inasp.bsky.social joint webinar “Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents”

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

🚨 Opportunity Alert! 🏛️ @bokuvienna.bsky.social Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics, is inviting applications for a Tenure-Track Position in Forest Economics.

🎓 Congratulations to our DocNet member, Emilio Del Pupo!🎉 We invite you to Emilio Del Pupo's public doctoral dissertation defence titled “Green Deals and Raw Deals: Power, Sustainability and Agriculture in EU-Mercosur Trade Negotiations”.

🌍 Don’t miss the opportunity to join our Annual Seminar! This year’s UniPID Annual Webinar is organised in collaboration with @inasp.bsky.social, will focus on “Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents.”

🤝Meet our partner for our annual seminar 2025, @inasp.bsky.social - a global development organisation working with partners across Africa, Latin America, & Asia to strengthen southern knowledge systems by equipping researchers, institutions, and educators to lead in research, policy, and impact.

🔔 Reminder: Registration Closing Soon! 🌍 Don’t miss the chance to join the "Climate Change and Trade in the Global South" course which explores how climate change affects global & regional trade policy in the Global South. 🕒Register by: 18 Oct 2025 👉 Register now: www.unipid.fi/virtual-stud...

🌍 Opportunity Alert! The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) is hiring a Technical Assistant in Education Policies (Global Education Partnerships) for the PEERS Project based at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria.

Join this webinar by Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö OAJ, Teachers Without Borders and Finn Church Aid on the Global Learning Crisis and its Solutions featuring Prof. Ritva Reinikka from @aalto.fi to celebrate World teachers’ Day.

🌍 Join a panel discussion - "What do we know about poverty and inequality for the next development agenda?" by the @unu-wider.bsky.social This high level discussion will explore the best way forward on global poverty & inequality and how they can be measured for the next development agenda.

Join us, CEA-FIRST and AfriFOODlinks, for a side Event at the AU–EU Senior Officials Meeting to explore how AU–EU cooperation can strengthen evidence-based policymaking. 📅 21 Oct 2025 🕒 9:00–17:00 CET 📍 Venue: University Foundation, Brussels 👉 Register here - elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

Join UniPID and @inasp.bsky.social in our annual seminar 2025 'Equitable Practices in Research Co-Authorship Across Continents'. 📅 Date: 6 Nov 2025 |🕒 Time: 14:30 – 16:00 EET 📍 Location: Online |📝 Registration Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 👉 Read more and register - bit.ly/4mJHKZ8

🔔 Reminder: Registration ongoing for our MOOC “Essentials in Development Studies”, developed in collaboration with @helsinki.fi and @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social 📅 Course dates: 25 August – 11 Dec 2025 📝 Registration ends: 20 Nov 2025 👉 Learn more and self-enroll: www.unipid.fi/virtual-stud...

Helsingin yliopiston matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta on Pohjoismaiden suurimpia tieteen ja teknologian keskittymiä. Siellä koulutetaan kovan tason ongelmanratkaisijoita. Mitä luonnontieteiden tutkimus tarjoaa yrityksille? #tekoäly #kvanttiteknologia www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...

📢 The #NorDev25, kicked off yesterday. If you’re at #NorDev25, join a panel discussion themed: Envisioning an equitable future for research across the North–South Divide convened by UniPID in collaboration with Southern Voice and @ids.ac.uk ⏰ 16:30–18:00 Hrs | 📍 Kornrommet, Vitenparken

📢 Abstract submission is now open for Wisdom Days Conference 2026 themed: Science for Sustainability Transformations. 🌍✨ ⏰ Call for papers deadline: 14 Nov 2025 | 📅Conference dates: 6–8 May 2026 | 📍 @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social 🔗 Read more and submit your abstract: www.jyu.fi/en/events/wi...