Who We Are

Expert Research Associate

Ananya Ramesh

Ananya is an Urban Planner and Architect by training, working on topics at the intersection of climate change and urban development. Her current project explores the potential of digitalization for participatory climate action in cities of the Global South.

Expert Student Assistant

Rica Mae Ramirez

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Andrea Ramírez

Andrea is a Senior Researcher at the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security. She holds a PhD in Sustainability and has over ten years of experience as an architect-urbanist.

Expert Research Associate

Alejandra Ramos Gálvez

Alejandra is a researcher on urban transformations. She has background in architecture, urban planning and natural resource management.

Expert PhD Fellow

Padmi Ranasinghe

Padmi Ranasinghe is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Rajeev Ranjan

Rajeev Ranjan is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Adjunct Professor

Prof. Harsha Ratnaweera

Harsha Ratnaweera has over 35 years of experience in the water sector, holding leadership roles in prominent international organizations as IWA and EWA.

Expert Research Fellow

Pia Rattenhuber

Pia Rattenhuber is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. She has previously worked for OECD (Department of Labour and Social Affairs), the German Ministry of Economics and the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Glenn Rayp

Glenn Rayp is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Project Assistant

Miriam Recchi