Who We Are

Staff Senior Legal Officer

Francesco Foghetti

Francesco Foghetti is the UNU Legal Affairs Officer and Associate Secretary of the UNU Council.

Expert PhD Fellow

Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca is a PhD fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Paola Fontanella Pisa

Paola Fontanella Pisa is Associate Academic Officer in the Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Division, a joint endeavour of UNU-EHS and Eurac Research in South Tyrol.

Expert Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vítor Fonte is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV). He is also a full-time Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, and a senior researcher at INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software Laboratory (INESC TEC/HASLab).

Expert Visiting Associate Expert

Catarina Fontes

As of March 2026, Catarina Fontes is a Visiting Associate Expert at the UNU-EGOV.

Staff I.T Associate

Jonathan Nana Kwesi Freiku

Jonathan Freiku is an IT associate at UNU-INRA.

Expert Research Associate

Nico Fricke

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Karina García

Karina is a junior academic from Panama focused on climate resilience and sustainability.

Expert Professor

Prof. Dr. Franziska Gassmann

Franziska Gassmann is Professor of Social Protection and Development at Maastricht University.

Expert Head of Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme

Erica Gaston

Dr. Erica Gaston is the Senior Policy Advisor and Head of the Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.