Who We Are

Staff Communications Strategist and Editor

Louisa Andrews

Louisa Andrews is the Communications Strategist and Editor for the UNU-FLORES Executive Office and the Outreach, Advocacy and Impact team.

Expert Consultant Researcher

Valérie is a consultant in the EMIC Division working on human mobility linked to climate change in Madagascar. She specializes in urban agriculture, land use planning and urban governance. She is particularly interested in land use change and how it relates to migration.

Expert Coordinator, UNU-CRIS Brussels Campus

Anthony Antoine

Anthony Antoine is Executive Director of the Brussels School of Governance (VUB) and is coordinator of the UNU-CRIS Campus in Brussels.

Expert Researcher

Cara Antonaccio

Cara Antonaccio is a researcher at the UNU Institute in Macau.

Staff Programme Assistant

Nanako Aoyama

Nanako Aoyama is a Programme Assistant for the Strategy and Management Office (SMO) at UNU-IAS.

Staff Research Assistant

Angela Korkor Apperkon

Angela Korkor Apperkon is a Research Associate at UNU-INRA.

Staff Programme Coordinator

Maiko Araki

Maiko Araki is a Programme Coordinator for the Postgraduate Degree and Training Programme.

Expert Researcher in Ethnobiology and molecular plant biology

Dr. Yani Aranguren Díaz

Dr. Yani Cristina Aranguren Díaz

Expert Senior Project Associate

Teresa Arce Mojica

Teresa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Administration and Systems from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and a dual Master’s in Science on Technology and Natural Resources Management in the Tropics & Subtropics from TH Cologne, Germany, and the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Advisory Committee Member External Member of the Advisory Committee, Professor and Chair of Inclusive AI Cultures, Utrecht University

Payal Arora

Payal Arora is a Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and Co-founder of FemLab. A digital anthropologist, she has two decades of experience working with low-income communities to inform inclusive designs and policies. Author of award-winning books like "The Next Billion Users," she is recognized by Forbes and has consulted for major organizations like Google, UNESCO, and Spotify.