Who We Are

Expert Student Affairs Officer

Ingrid Scheffers

Ingrid Scheffers, a Dutch national, joined UNU-MERIT in June 2016.

UNU Council Member Vice-Chair of UNU Council; Advisor in Higher Education and Youth in International Contexts

Dr. Vanessa Scherrer

Dr. Vanessa Scherrer joined the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris in February 2024, where she served as Chief Executive Officer of the National Foundation until March 2025.

Expert Digital Learning Environment Assistant

Yannick Schillinger

Yannick Schillinger is an eLearning Programme Associate at UNU-EHS.

Advisory Committee Member International Advisory Committee Member

Dr Lisa Schipper

Dr Lisa Schipper is an Environmental Social Science Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.

Expert Student Assistant

Maike Anna Clara Schlebusch

Expert Academic Affiliate

Christoph Schmitt

Christoph Schmitt, Academic Affiliate at UNU-FLORES.

Expert Head of GLOMOS Division

Dr. Stefan Schneiderbauer

Dr Stefan Schneiderbauer is Co-Head of Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Programme, a joint endeavor of UNU-EHS and Eurac Research in South Tyrol.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Simon Schunz

Dr Simon Schunz is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS since 2018.

Staff Head of Executive Office

Philippa Schwarzbach-Dobson

Expert Deputy Director of UNU-EHS

As of 1 January 2021, Prof. Dr. Zita Sebesvari assumed the role of Deputy Director of UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). She heads the institute’s Risk and Adaptation department and serves as the scientific lead of EHS’s flagship report Interconnected Disaster Risks.