Who We Are

Staff Information and Networking Assistant

Carlos Alfonso Peláez

Biologist, ecologist, educator and communicator.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Alina Penkala

Alina Penkala is Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Staff Partnerships and Programme Officer

Elina Penttinen

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

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 PhD Fellow

Eric Piaget

Eric Piaget is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

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.