UNU Experts

Expert Research Intern

Uyanga Lkhagvajav

Uyanga Lkhagvajav is a research intern at UNU-CRIS

Expert Doctoral Researcher

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 PhD Fellow

Carolina Londono-Escudero

Carolina Londono-Escudero is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Policy Research Lead

Claudia Abreu Lopes

Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes is a Policy 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 Associate Research Fellow

Dr. Bruno Luciano

Dr. Bruno Theodoro Luciano is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

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 Associate Research Fellow

Eric Maertens

Eric Maertens is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert UNU INRA ( Operating Unit Namibia, Coordinator)

Samuel Mafwila

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

Expert Lead, Sustainable Infrastructure in Cold Regions

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 Lead, Middle East Climate and Water Policy

Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud

Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud is an expert in water resources management and climate adaptation policy in dry regions, including the Middle East, North Africa, and Western United States.

Expert Emeritus Professor

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 Junior Research Associate

Mercy Erhi Makpor

Mercy Erhi Makpor has been with 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 Capacity Development Coordinator

Cristina Mancigotti

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

Expert Research Intern

Aakriti Maraseni

Aakriti Maraseni is a Research Intern at UNU-CRIS

Expert Researcher

Dr. Katrin Marchand

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

Expert PhD Fellow

Rossella Marino

Rossella Marino is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University.