Who We Are

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.

Expert Data Scientist

Christopher Pillay

Christopher Wayne Pillay is a Data Scientist at UNU-WIDER and is currently working on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme in Pretoria, South Africa.

Staff Project Assistant

Karolina Polanski

Karolina Polanski is a Project Assistant for the Postgraduate Degree and Training Programme.

Expert Research Assistant

Vincenzo Polizzi

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Luca Polizzi

Luca Polizzi is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS, working on science diplomacy with Luk Van Langenhove with a focus on EU Science Diplomacy within UNTRAD and the Re-LAB Cluster.

Expert Visiting Scientist

Sylvain works part-time as a Visiting Scientist within the Climate Analytics team, under the supervision of Maxime Souvignet and Robert Oakes. Together, they developed a consortium focused on displacement risk modeling and continuously explore ways to improve the model, including integrating new hazards and refining vulnerability assessments linked to human mobility, and impacts.

Expert Visiting Research Fellow

Antonio Postigo

Antonio Postigo is a virtual visiting research fellow at UNU-CRIS.