Who We Are

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.

Expert E-Learning Assistant

Mutiara Sintesana Prasetyo

Staff Programme Associate

Agung Prasetyo

Agung Prasetyo is a Programme Associate for the Biodiversity and Society Programme.

Advisory Board Member UNU-IAS Board Member; Founder and Secretary of Sampark India; Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Management

Dr. Smita Premchander

Smita Premchander is a development practitioner and consultant of international repute. She has done extensive work on poverty reduction, gender equality and women’s empowerment, microfinance, informal and migrant labour, elimination of child labour and bonded labour, crafts development, social inclusion and sustainable development.