Who We Are

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Fredrik Söderbaum

Fredrik Söderbaum is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Emeritus Professor

Until September 2016 Luc Soete (15 September 1950, Brussels) was Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University. Before that he was Director of the United Nations University research and training institute: UNU-MERIT located in Maastricht, The Netherlands and Professor of International Economic Relations and Director-Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy (AWT) and the Royal Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW).

Expert PhD Fellow

Rashid Sohail Khan

Rashid Sohail Khan is a PhD Fellow at Ghent University and at UNU-CRIS within the Migration and Social Policy Cluster

Expert Visiting Scientist

Dr. Anoosh Soltani

Anoosh Soltani

Expert Student Assistant

Katyayini Sood

Katyayini is a young climate enthusiast willing to contribute in the fields of climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Expert Research Intern

Ebenezer Sosu

Ebenezer Sosu is currently a Research Intern at UNU-CRIS

Expert Senior Research Associate

Edward Sparkes

Edward’s multi-disciplinary research expertise covers complex risk analysis, pathways approaches for risk management and adaptation, and monitoring, evaluation and learning. He is passionate about bottom-up and transboundary knowledge co-creation to tackle complex global challenges linked to the climate crisis.

Expert Senior Lecturer

Renée Speijcken

Renée currently works as a researcher and project manager in the area of governance and accountability at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance of Maastricht University.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Ueli Staeger

Ueli Staeger is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS within the Regions and Cities Governance Lab Cluster (Re-LAB)

Expert Research Associate

Anna Stamatogiannakis

Anna is a Research Associate with the EVES Division, where she supports the WetlandHealth4UNGoals project. With her background in environmental science and GIS, she is particularly interested in using spatial data to analyse climate change impacts and support the development of adaptation strategies.