UNU-MERIT

The new building at Boschstraat. In the foreground the statue of Petrus Regout [nl], the 19th-century founder of the Maastricht potteries

The United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) is a joint research and training institute of the United Nations University and Maastricht University, with both parent institutions supplying staff. UNU-MERIT is based in Maastricht, in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.

The institute explores the social, political and economic factors that drive technological innovation, with a particular focus on creation, diffusion and access to knowledge.

In August 2022, UNU-MERIT scored third in the RePEc list of world top academic institutions in the field of economic innovation publications.[1]

  1. ^ 'Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Innovation, as of August 2022', on ideas.repec.org, consulted 18 September 2022.