University of Warwick becomes United Nations University Hub
The University of Warwick has become a United Nations University (UNU) Hub in partnership with research institutions in Belgium and Ghana, connecting Warwick’s research, teaching and global partnerships with the United Nations’ work around the world. Warwick is the first university to have a formal partnership of this magnitude with the UNU.
As a UNU Hub, Warwick will join a network that supports policy research and solves global challenges. Each Hub is a collaboration between academic institutions and UNU institutes to bridge the gap between universities and the UN system.
Warwick’s Hub will be developed in partnership with two UNU institutes: UNU-CRIS, in Bruges, and UNU-INRA, in Accra. This dual partnership will broaden the Hub’s international reach and support collaboration across areas including global and regional governance, sustainable development, natural resources and policy and the announcement builds on Warwick’s growing engagement with UNU.
Professor Caroline Elliott, Director of UN University Hub at the University of Warwick, said: “Becoming a United Nations University Hub is an important moment for Warwick. It reflects our commitment to working across disciplines and borders to address complex global challenges, and to ensuring that university research has a clear route to policy, practice and impact. The University of Warwick is also excited to start work on Masters degrees in association with the United Nations University.”
Professor Philippe De Lombaerde, Director, UNU-CRIS, said: “This Hub is another key milestone in the long-standing collaboration between UNU-CRIS and Warwick, merging the research excellence of Warwick with the global reach, insight and voices of the UNU-CRIS network, and UNU more broadly. To address our collective problems, we need more exchange, more connection, and more proactivity, and this Hub will bring together bright minds from across the world, creating a space to develop new insights and comprehensive, realistic and actionable solutions."
The Hub will create new opportunities for Warwick researchers, students and partners to engage with the UNU network, develop international collaborations, and contribute evidence and expertise to debates that matter to governments, institutions and communities around the world.
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About University of Warwick
Founded in 1965, the University of Warwick is a world-leading institution known for its commitment to era-defining innovation across research and education. A connected ecosystem of staff, students and alumni, the University fosters transformative learning, interdisciplinary collaboration and bold industry partnerships across state-of-the-art facilities in the UK and global satellite hubs. Here, spirited thinkers push boundaries, experiment and challenge convention to create a better world.
About United Nations University
The United Nations University is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organisation within the UN system and based in Tokyo, Japan. Its network of specialised institutes works with partners around the world on research, training and policy engagement linked to global priorities.
About UN University Hubs
UNU Hubs are formal collaborations between academic institutions and one or more UNU institutes. They offer partner universities a platform for advancing policy-relevant solutions to global challenges and UN priorities through research, capacity-building and outreach. Hubs make the UN system more accessible to university researchers and students, connecting academic research with global decision-making and opening doors to career pathways in international development and policy.