UNU-MERIT is a joint research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University (UM), based in southeast Netherlands.

It is the home of two partner institutes:

i) MERIT: the Maastricht Economic and social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, which investigates the social, political and economic factors that drive technological innovation, with a particular focus on creation, diffusion and access to knowledge.

ii) MGSoG: the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, which covers all aspects of governance in domestic and global organizations, from risk assessment to policy analysis, design and evaluation.

In its enlarged form UNU-MERIT functions as a research centre and graduate school for over 80 PhD fellows and 100 Master’s students, and as a UN think tank addressing a broad range of policy questions on science, innovation and governance. The centre's director is Professor Dr. Luc Soete.

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