Who We Are

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Anthony Arundel

Anthony Arundel is a Professor of Innovation at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia and concurrently a Professorial Fellow at UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Waseem Ashraf

Waseem Ashraf is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Staff Communications Officer

Vanessa Awanyo

Vanessa Awanyo is a Communications officer at UNU-INRA.

Expert Diaster Risk Modelling & Capacity Building Expert

Muhammad Azmat

Expert Adjunct Professor

Mukand Babel

Mukand Babel is adjunct professor at UNU-FLORES and a full professor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, and the Director of the Centre for Water and Climate Adaptation at AIT.

Advisory Committee Member International Advisory Committee Member

Prof. Akissa Bahri

Dr Akissa Bahri is currently a Professor at the National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia (INAT).

Expert Research Assistant

Uzabi Baidar

Uzabi is a researcher specializing in Environment Management and Integrated Water Resources Management. She is working as a researcher with the Climate Risk Analytics team of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). She specializes in water resources management, climate adaptations, disaster risk financing and nature-based solutions.

Staff Chief of Staff