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Advisory Committee Member External Member of the Advisory Committee, Professor and Chair of Inclusive AI Cultures, Utrecht University

Payal Arora

Payal Arora is a Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and Co-founder of FemLab. A digital anthropologist, she has two decades of experience working with low-income communities to inform inclusive designs and policies. Author of award-winning books like "The Next Billion Users," she is recognized by Forbes and has consulted for major organizations like Google, UNESCO, and Spotify.

Expert UNU Professorial Fellow

Anthony Arundel

Anthony Arundel is currently a Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT and previously a Professor of Innovation at the University of Tasmania. 

Expert Communications Assistant

Marjan Asadullah

Ms. Marjan Asadullah is a communications professional with expertise in journalism, multimedia storytelling, and strategic communications, with a focus on global affairs and public interest narratives. 

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Waseem Ashraf

Waseem Ashraf is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU Resource Nexus and TU Dresden. 

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Tamara Avellán

Tamara Avellán is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS within the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster

Staff Communications Officer

Vanessa Awanyo

Vanessa Awanyo is a Communications officer at UNU-INRA.

Expert Research Fellow, Environmental Governance and Justice

Dr. Raphael Ayambire

Dr. Raphael Ayambire is an environmental planner and researcher whose work examines how governance systems produce – or fail to produce – just and effective outcomes for biodiversity and the communities that depend on it. 

Expert Disaster Risk Modelling & Capacity Building Expert

Muhammad Azmat

Muhammad Azmat

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Keita Azuma

Keita Azuma has been an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS since July 2025

Expert Research Intern

Jamiu Badmus

Jamiu Badmus is a research intern at UNU-CRIS