Who We Are

Expert Visiting Scientist

Amit Kumar

Expert Visiting Research Assistant

Joel Kuria

Joel Mburu Kuria is a visiting research assistant at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

UNU Council Member UNU Council Member; Executive Director, The African Population and Health Research Center

Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

Prof. Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi is the Executive Director at the African Population and Health Research Center.

Expert Head Capacity Development Office

Dr. Mindel van de Laar is director of the capacity development office at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. She manages the offering of executive certificate programmes and tailor made projects that aim to train working professionals in the field of public policy and development.

Expert Adjunct Research Fellow

Dr. Inéz Labucay

Inéz Labucay is an Adjunct Research Fellow at UNU-FLORES. Her work focuses on socio-technical transitions and innovativeness especially of mature sectors which she analyses using mixed-method approaches. Further research interests include the resilience-circularity interface, standards, and Education for Sustainable Development in the context of the Resource Nexus.

Expert Secretary to the Board of Examiners

Lena Ladniak

Secretary to the Board of Examiners

Expert Doctoral Student Fellow, Urban Environmental Justice

Marianne Lahaie Luna

Marianne Lahaie Luna is a public health researcher focused on the complex relationship between precarious housing and food behaviors, particularly for Latinx immigrants in Toronto.

Expert Research Associate

Rahul Lahoti

Rahul Lahoti is a development economist with research interests at the cross section of gender, poverty measurement, inequality, social stratification and labor markets.

Expert Policy Research Associate

Fui Ching Lam

Fui Ching Lam is a Policy Research Associate – Digital Health Security and Governance at the United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert Senior Research Analyst

Mariana Lameiras

Mariana Lameiras is a Senior Research Analyst at the United Nations University since 2023.