Who We Are

Expert Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vítor Fonte

Vítor Fonte is 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.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Gaspare Genna

Gaspare M. Genna is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Isabella Georgiou

Isabella Georgiou is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint PhD Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU Resource Nexus.

Expert Research Intern

Giuseppe Germinario

Giuseppe Davide Germinario is a Research Intern at UNU-CRIS