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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.

Expert Researcher

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

Muhammad Azmat