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Expert Doctoral Researcher

Vaibhav Aggarwal

Vaibhav is a sustainability practitioner, driven by research, innovation and problem solving approaches. He is an IIT Roorkee alumnus and has more than a decade of corporate experience in Strategy and Policy. 

Expert Lead, Water, Climate and Infrastructure Risk

Prof. Amir AghaKouchak

Professor Amir AghaKouchak serves as the Water, Climate and Infrastructure Risk Lead at UNU-INWEH

Expert Adjunct Professor, Disaster and Emergency Management

Prof. Nirupama Agrawal

Nirupama Agrawal is a Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management (DEM) at York University, Canada, with over 30 years of professional experience.

Expert Research Fellow, Water and agricultural economics in arid and semi-arid regions

Dr. Ifedotun Victor Aina

Dr. Ifedotun Aina is a policy researcher and economist with an active research portfolio at the intersection of water and environmental economics, agricultural economics, and behavioural economics.

UNU Council Member UNU Council Member; Public Policy Scholar; and former President of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India

Yamini Aiyar

Ms Yamini Aiyar is a Public Policy Scholar and former President of the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, India.

Expert Communications Officer

Arsh Ajmera

Arsh Ajmera works as a Communications Officer at United Nations University MERIT. 

Expert JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Mark McCarthy Akrofi

Mark Akrofi is a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow with dual affiliations at UNU-IAS and Kyoto University.

Staff Operations and Programme Assistant

Nuriyah Akung

Nuriyah works as an Operations and Programme Assistant at UNU-IIGH.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Abdulhakeem Al-Qubati

Abdulhakeem Amer Abdulhafed Al-Qubati is a Doctoral Researcher in the project “Resource Nexus Issues Revealed by COVID-19 for Professional Communities in the Agri-Food Supply Chain” at UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden since November 2021.

Expert Senior Fellow

Eduardo Albrecht

Dr Albrecht is a political anthropologist with a history of work across government, non-profit, academic and multilateral organizations.