Who We Are

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.

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.