UNU Experts

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Expert Head Capacity Development Office

Dr. Mindel van de Laar

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 Postdoc Researcher

Dr. Jeremias Lachman

Jeremias Lachman is a Postdoctoral Researcher at UNU-MERIT focusing on innovation in Agriculture

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 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.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Arjen Leerkes

Prof. Dr. Arjen Leerkes is Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Associate Professor

Dr. Rasmus Lema

Rasmus Lema is Associate Professor with dual affiliations at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. He also holds an affiliation as Visiting Professor (Global Excellence and Stature) at the University of Johannesburg.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Dries Lesage

Dries Lesage is a Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS​​​​​​​.

Expert Professor of Practice in Human and Environmental Security

Prof. Gary Lewis

Professor Gary Lewis' work focuses on environmental security, the complex interlinkages between climate change, nature loss and human security with a focus on the role of ecological diplomacy in fostering sustainable peace.  

Expert Professorial Fellow

Ine Lietaert

Ine Lietaert is a Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS since November 2018.

Expert Project Assistant

Connor Lindenberg

Connor is working as a Project Assistant on the Climate Analytics team for the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), hosted by UNU-EHS, contributing to the application of the Economics in Climate Adaptation (ECA) methodology in project countries with comprehensive literature research, data collection and climate risk analysis. His responsibilities include supporting the Analytics team with report preparation, policy review and workshop coordination.

Expert Research Manager

Ann-Christine Link

Ann-Christine Link is part of the EMIC team, and has a research focus on climate-related human (im)mobility and how it can be most effectively integrated into climate policies such as NAPs (National Adaptation Plans) and NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions).

Expert Research Assistant

Jia An LIU

Jia’an Liu is a computer scientist and research assistant at the United Nations University Institute in Macau focusing on the intersection of AI and Sustainable Development Goals.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Taha Loghmani

As a Doctoral Researcher, Taha Loghmani’s research focuses on the governance of sustainability transitions of agri-food systems, while maintaining system resilience in the face of unforeseen events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.