Who We Are

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

Ms. Yamini Aiyar

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

Expert Digital Communications Officer

Arsh Ajmera

Arsh Ajmera is a Digital Communications Officer at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Berna Akcali Gur

Berna Akcali Gur is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS within the Digital Governance Cluster

Expert Doctoral Researcher

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.

Advisory Committee Member Chair of Advisory Committee

Prof. Joseph Alcamo

Joseph Alcamo is a Professor of Environmental System Science as well as Director of , at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Expert Emeritus Professor

Prof. Dr. Ludovico Alcorta

Ludovico Alcorta is Professorial Fellow on "Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development" at UNU MERIT, School of Business and Economics, University of Maastricht.

Expert PhD Fellow

Daniel Alejo

Daniel Alejo is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Head of the Resource Nexus Laboratory in Lusatia

Dr. Alexey Alekseenko

Alexey V. Alekseenko is the Head of Resource Nexus Laboratory in Lusatia at UNU-FLORES.

Expert Lead, Critical Minerals and Inclusive Energy Transition

Prof. Saleem Ali

Professor Saleem H. Ali is an environmental security scholar