UNU Experts

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 Executive Director, UNU Hub on Water in a Changing Environment (WICE)

Dr. Rolf Larsson

Dr. Rolf Larsson is a water resources researcher with a diverse background spanning computational fluid dynamics (CFD), snow hydrology, urban hydrology, and urban flood management.

Expert Research Associate

Jesse Lastunen is a research associate at UNU-WIDER, specialising in tax-benefit microsimulation modelling. His research focuses on public economics, especially social policy, taxation, and employment.

Expert PhD Fellow

Kevin Le Merle

Kevin Le Merle is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Gaëlle Le Pavic

Gaëlle is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

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 Professor

Prof. Dr. Arjen Leerkes

Prof. Dr. Arjen Leerkes is Professor at UNU-MERIT.

Expert UNU Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Rasmus Lema

Rasmus Lema is a development economist with 20 years of experience in research, consultancy and teaching. His areas of specialisation are sustainable industrialisation, technological learning and green transformations.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. 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

Dr. 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 Senior Adjunct Researcher

Dr. André Lindner

André Lindner is a Senior Adjunct Researcher at UNU-FLORES and Deputy Director of the UNU Hub Climate Resilience and Sustainable Technologies (CREST), he also serves as the Managing Director and Advisor Internationalization of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TUD | Dresden University of Technology.

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