One of the special features of UNU-IAS postgraduate degrees is the opportunity for students to actively engage in the institute’s policy-oriented research projects and activities, including field research.

Students have previously worked on a number of UNU-IAS research projects, which are listed below. New students will also have opportunities to work on these projects, and others:

• Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction
• International Satoyama Initiative
• IPBES Assessments and Capacity Building
• Predicting and Assessing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services in Japan (PANCES)