Global Urban Lectures
The Global Urban Lectures were launched in April 2014 as part of UNI’s mission to support the exchange of ideas between urban professionals, academics and experts worldwide.
The series is comprised of lecture packages including a 15 min video, synopsis of the topic, biography of the speaker and links to in depth study.
The lecturers are associated with UN-Habitat, universities, think-tanks, governments, NGOs, and private sector institutions. The series aims to demonstrate a sound evidence-based analysis of a given problem and issues at stake, identify propositions to address them and provide examples that demonstrate how such propositions actually work, are being tested or have been implemented.
All lecture packages are available online, free of charge: Global Urban Lectures
To follow the series and get updates on new releases, do either of the following:
Habitat UNI is UN-Habitat’s partnership with universities worldwide.
UNI (previously HPUI – Habitat Partner University Initiative) was introduced as a means of promoting cooperation between UN-Habitat and institutions of higher education, as well as facilitating exchange and cooperation among universities globally. UNI promotes universities becoming closer partners of cities, actively engaged in problem solving, thus closing the gap between academia and practice and encouraging collaborative learning. UNI promotes and facilitates the dissemination of educational and research products of its members and involve scholars, researchers and students in a number of activities.
The partnership is open, and invites all levels of academia to engage.
The collaborations aspire to create the next generation of urban leaders, managers, researchers and practitioners. UN-Habitat acts as a catalyst, facilitating partnerships between universities and other agenda partners.
To the right you will find more information on how to become a member, as well as information on current activities and collaborations of UNI.