Who We Are

Staff Information and Networking Assistant

Carlos Alfonso Peláez

Biologist, ecologist, educator and communicator.

Staff Associate Programme Officer

Elina Penttinen

Elina Penttinen is an Associate Programme Officer at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Finance and Administration Assistant

Ashley Perez

Ms. Ashley Mavel Perez is a Finance and Administration Assistant at UNU-INWEH, supporting the institute’s financial operations and administrative functions.

Expert Research Assistant

Magdalena is working as a Research Assistant in the Climate Risk Analytics team. She supports different projects by providing desk research and report writing, as well as data collection and analysis, including the application of the Economics in Climate Adaptation (ECA) methodology. Further tasks comprise the organization and facilitation of workshops and events.

Expert Student Assistant

Jana Pfeiffer

Jana Marie Pfeiffer

Expert Director

Revati Phalkey

Dr. Revati Phalkey is the newly appointed Director of the United Nations University Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert Professor of Economics

Prof. Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli

Carlo Pietrobelli is a professor and policy advisor on innovation and industrial development and policy.

Staff Webmaster / ICT Focal Point

Herman Pijpers

Herman Pijpers joined Maastricht University in 2001 and prior to that, he worked as a webmaster at the European Journalism Centre in Maastricht.

Staff Policy Communications Associate

Tess Pilkington

Tess Pilkington is a Policy Communications Associate for UNU-CPR. In this role, she supports the Centre’s digital presence, event planning, and dissemination of research publications.

Expert Data Scientist

Christopher Pillay

Christopher Wayne Pillay is a Data Scientist at UNU-WIDER and is currently working on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme in Pretoria, South Africa.