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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 Adjunct Research Fellow

Dr. Inéz Labucay

Inéz Labucay is an Adjunct Research Fellow at UNU-FLORES. Her work focuses on socio-technical transitions and innovativeness especially of mature sectors which she analyses using mixed-method approaches. Further research interests include the resilience-circularity interface, standards, and Education for Sustainable Development in the context of the Resource Nexus.

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 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

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 Post-Doctoral Fellow

Farhan Latif

Farhan is a Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute in Macau. Farhan’s work explores how digital technology intersects with various aspects of sustainability, with a particular focus on the future of work.

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.