Who We Are

Expert Principal Research Specialist

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen has been with the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2016.

Expert Lead, Hydroclimatic Diagnostics

Prof. Simon Michael Papalexiou

Professor Simon Michael Papalexiou’s research is at the forefront of hydroclimatic variability and extremes, bridging advanced space–time stochastic modeling, downscaling, and climate change diagnostics.

Expert Visiting Research Fellow

Justine Miller

Justine Miller is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS and Ghent University. She is working towards understanding the concept of the "Spaghetti bowl" of regional integration under the supervision of Samuel Standaert.

Expert Visiting Fellow

Penelope Milsom

Penelope is a Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Expert JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Gio Lugo Miole

Giselle Miole is a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow jointly affiliated with UNU-IAS and the University of Tokyo.

Expert Policy Research Associate

Sapna Mishra

Sapna Mishra is a Policy Research Associate at UNU Global Health.

Staff Programme Assistant

Aya Mizuno

Aya Mizuno is a Programme Assistant for the Governance for Sustainable Development Programme.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Ally Mkumbukiy

Ally Mkumbukiy is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint PhD. Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU Resource Nexus.

Expert Research Assistant

Susan Mlenga

Expert Emeritus Professor

Prof. Dr. Pierre Mohnen

Pierre Mohnen is a Professor at UNU-MERIT, Emeritus Professor at Maastricht University, Associated Fellow at CIRANO, Senior Research Associate at the Technology and Management Centre for Development at Oxford University, and Associated Research Professor at ETH Zürich.