GUNi Network

Higher education and research play a strategic role in the new knowledge society. GUNi promotes rigorous analysis and debate concerning the challenges for universities and research, in collaboration with UNESCO and the United Nations University and with institutions from around the world.

www.guninetwork.org

GUNi is a network which includes the UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education, higher education institutions, research centers and networks related to innovation and the social commitment of higher education. GUNi headquarters are located in Barcelona. GUNi has regional offices in Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab States, and Europe and North America (USA and Canada).

GUNi was created in 1999 by UNESCO, the United Nations University and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) within the framework of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. Since 2014, the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) hosts its secretariat.