Who We Are

Expert Research Fellow

Rodrigo Oliveira

Rodrigo is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, and his research interests are Development Economics, Economics of Education, and Labor Economics.

Expert Senior Researcher: Water, Climate and Gender

Prof. Grace Oluwasanya is a Water Scientist with extensive training (Bachelor’s to Doctoral) in Water Resources Management across developing and western nations with diverse opportunities to explore varied aspects from water science (Hydrology) to resource management including the associated socio-economic themes, with over 20 years’ experience in the areas of water systems risks analysis, water safety planning, water quality and public health protection and water security issues.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Jan Orbie

Jan Orbie is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS. He is involved in the GREMLIN project on Global and Regional Multistakeholder Institutions, with specific attention for the involvement of civil society organisations in EU trade policies. .

Expert PhD Fellow

Dan Orendain

Dan Orendain begins his four-year PhD training with Ghent University (FPPW) and UNU-CRIS with a FWO fundamental research fellowship.

Expert Policy Research Fellow

Kingsley Stephen Orievulu

Kingsley Orievulu is a social scientist who works on the social and ethical dimensions of climate and health; climate vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation plans; and climate and health policy.

Expert Research Intern

Sabit Orynbassar

Sabit Orynbassar is a research intern at UNU-CRIS, contributing to the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster under the supervision of Nidhi Nagabhatla along with Vijay Kumar Chattu

Expert PhD Fellow

Iana Ovsiannikova

Iana Ovsiannikova is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Government Fellow

Aizel Padilla

As of July 2026, Aizel is a Government Fellow at the UNU-EGOV.

Expert Associate Project Manager

Mariam Parekhelashvili

Mariam is an Associate Project Manager within MCII's Climate Risk Finance Solutions team, where she contributes to ongoing work to address climate change, adaptation and vulnerability by promoting index-based insurance as a climate change adaptation instrument in African, Asian, Pacific and Caribbean developing countries.

Expert Academic Programme Officer

Dr. Jonghwi Park

Jonghwi Park is an Academic Programme Officer and the Head of Innovation and Education at UNU-IAS.