UNU Experts

A network of researchers throughout the Global South and North

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Expert Senior Research Assistant

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.

Expert Adjunct Professor, Health Risk and Equity

Prof. Carmen Logie

Dr Carmen Logie is the Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations and Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.

Expert Research Lead

Claudia Abreu Lopes

Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes is a Research Lead at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert PhD Fellow

Maria Lorenzo

Maria Pilar Lorenzo is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS and at Ghent University’s Centre for Higher Education Governance.

Expert Lead, Systems Analysis and Hydro-Economic Modeling

Prof. Jay R. Lund

Professor Jay Lund enjoys teaching, researching, and engaging in many aspects of theory and practice for water management and policy, usually trying to integrate economics and operations research with traditional engineering.

Expert Lead, Forest and Fire Ecology

Prof. James Lutz

Professor James (Jim) Lutz studies the global applicability of healthy forests to ecosystem and societal well-being.

Expert Lead, Water, Energy, Food and Environment (WEFE) Nexus

Prof. Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

Prof. Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi is a globally recognised researcher, boundary spanner, and science advocate, working on complex water, energy, food, and environmental systems at the interface of science, policy, and society.

Expert Director

Prof. Kaveh Madani

Prof. Kaveh Madani is the Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).

Expert UNU INRA ( Operating Unit Namibia, Coordinator)

Samuel Mafwila

Dr Mafwila is the Coordinator of the UNU-INRA Operating Unit in Nambia.

Expert Sustainable Infrastructure in Cold Regions Lead

Prof. Pooneh Maghoul

Prof. Pooneh Maghoul’s research focuses on the intersection of geotechnical engineering and sustainable development by addressing the challenges posed by climate change in cold and permafrost regions.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Jacques Mairesse

Jacques Mairesse's  research is applied and belongs to econometrics in the proper sense that it tries to connect empirical and theoretical analysis with particular attention to data and to methods.

Expert Senior Research Assistant

Mercy Erhi Makpor

Mercy Erhi Makpor is a Senior Research Assistant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2019. She is also a research associate and a visiting professor at the University of Minho, Portugal.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Yamikani Makwinja

Yamikani Makwinja is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint Ph.D. Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES. 

Expert Principal Visiting Fellow

Anju Malhotra

Dr Anju Malhotra is Principal Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH and brings over twenty years of experience in advancing gender equality and reproductive health and rights for women and girls.

Expert Capacity Development Coordinator

Cristina Mancigotti

Cristina Mancigotti is a Capacity Development Coordinator at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University.

Expert Researcher

Dr. Katrin Marchand

Katrin Marchand is a researcher at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University.

Expert PhD Fellow

Rossella Marino

As a PhD Fellow, Rossella Marino will be attached to the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy of Ghent University and UNU-CRIS and will be carrying out her research on the political dimension of the return of migrants from Europe to West Africa.

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Julieta Marotta

Julieta Marotta is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT. Julieta holds a PhD from Maastricht University/United Nations University on access to justice and legal empowerment of victims of domestic violence. Her research interest is in inclusive forms of access to justice and legal empowerment through empirical legal research. Currently, she is undertaking research on access to justice for children.