UNU Experts

Expert Interim Director

Prof. Dr. Clemens Kool

Clemens Kool is the Interim Director of UNU-MERIT.

Expert Professor

Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser

Dr Khalid Koser is Executive Director of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.

Expert Research Associate

Sayako Koyama

Sayako Koyama is a Research Associate at UNU-IAS.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Berthy Kpiebaya

Berthy Kpiebaya is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Senior Lecturer

Dr. Lutz Krebs

Lutz F. Krebs is a senior lecturer and political scientist with a focus on international relations and conflict research.

Expert Deputy Head of Risk and Adaptation Department, Head of MCII Division

Soenke Kreft

Soenke Kreft leads the work of Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) which is hosted at United Nations University – Institute for Environmental and Human Security (UNU-EHS).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Prashant Kumar

Prashant Kumar is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint Junior Researcher Programme of Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert Visiting Scientist

Amit Kumar

Expert Visiting Research Assistant

Joel Kuria

Joel Mburu Kuria is a visiting research assistant at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Head Capacity Development Office

Dr. Mindel van de Laar is director of the capacity development office at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. She manages the offering of executive certificate programmes and tailor made projects that aim to train working professionals in the field of public policy and development.

Expert Secretary to the Board of Examiners

Lena Ladniak

Secretary to the Board of Examiners

Expert Doctoral Student Fellow, Urban Environmental Justice

Marianne Lahaie Luna

Marianne Lahaie Luna is a public health researcher focused on the complex relationship between precarious housing and food behaviors, particularly for Latinx immigrants in Toronto.

Expert Research Associate

Rahul Lahoti

Rahul Lahoti is a development economist with research interests at the cross section of gender, poverty measurement, inequality, social stratification and labor markets.

Expert Policy Research Associate

Fui Ching Lam

Fui Ching Lam is a Policy Research Associate – Digital Health Security and Governance at the United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert Senior Research Analyst

Mariana Lameiras

Mariana Lameiras is a Senior Research Analyst at the United Nations University since 2023.

Expert Senior Associate Expert

Beatriz Lanza

Beatriz Barreto Brasileiro Lanza is a consultant on Digital Government at IDB and Senior Associate Expert at UNU-EGOV.

Expert Research Associate

Jesse Lastunen

Jesse Lastunen is a research associate at UNU-WIDER, where his work focuses on tax-benefit microsimulation models.

Expert Academic Programme Director - MPP / Researcher

Dr. Elaine Lebon-McGregor

Elaine Lebon-McGregor is the Academic Programme Director of the MSc Public Policy and Human Development (MPP) and a researcher at UNU-MERIT, United Nations University and Maastricht University.

Expert Research Fellow, Environmental Remote Sensing and Spatial Hydrology

Dr. Ju Hyoung Lee

Dr. Ju Hyoung Lee specializes in ecohydrology and remote sensing.

Expert ICTD Fellow

JeongHyun Lee

Dr JeongHyun Lee is a Young ICTD Fellow at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.