Who We Are

Expert Adjunct Professor

Prof. Harsha Ratnaweera

Harsha Ratnaweera has over 35 years of experience in the water sector, holding leadership roles in prominent international organizations as IWA and EWA.

Expert Research Fellow

Pia Rattenhuber is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. She has previously worked for OECD (Department of Labour and Social Affairs), the German Ministry of Economics and the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

Expert Professorial Fellow

Glenn Rayp

Glenn Rayp is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Project Assistant

Miriam Recchi

Staff Programme Assistant

Matthew James Reitzle

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Alavy Kifait Reza

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

Staff Finance Associate

Teresa Ribeiro

Teresa Caldas Ribeiro holds the role of Finance Associate at UNU-EGOV since November 2022.

Expert Policy Research Lead

Johanna Riha

Dr Johanna Riha is the Policy Research Lead for the Gender Equality and Intersectionality work package at the United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Advisory Committee Member International Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Claudia Ringler

Claudia Ringler is Deputy Division Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Expert Emeritus Professor

Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen

Jo Ritzen is professorial fellow of International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.