Who We Are

Expert UNU Professorial Fellow

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.

Staff Project Assistant

Karolina Polanski

Karolina Polanski is a Project Assistant for the Postgraduate Degree and Training Programme.

Expert E-Learning Assistant

Mutiara Sintesana Prasetyo

Staff Programme Asssociate

Agung Prasetyo

Agung Prasetyo is a Programme Associate for the Biodiversity and Society Programme.

Advisory Board Member UNU-IAS Board Member; Founder and Secretary of Sampark India; Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Management

Smita Premchander is a development practitioner and consultant of international repute. She has done extensive work on poverty reduction, gender equality and women’s empowerment, microfinance, informal and migrant labour, elimination of child labour and bonded labour, crafts development, social inclusion and sustainable development.

Staff Intern

Caslynn Priscyllia

Caslynn Priscyllia is a Communications Intern at the UNU-IIGH.

Expert Researcher

Dr. Emanuele Pugliese

Emmanuele Pugliese is Researcher at UNU-MERIT.