UNU Experts

A network of researchers throughout the Global South and North

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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 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

Dr. Ann-Christine Link

Ann-Christine Link is a geographer by training, interested in the connections among the nexus of climate, human (im)mobility and health. Ann-Christine is particularly interested in the well-being outcomes of human (im)mobility in the context of climate change, specifically climate-related planned relocation and retreat. Her research methodologies include mixed-methods, quantitative research involving large datasets (RStudio), spatial analyses (QGIS) and qualitative analyses encompassing interviews, focus group discussions (MAXQDA), Q-method and photovoice.

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 Research Intern

Uyanga Lkhagvajav

Uyanga Lkhagvajav is a research intern at UNU-CRIS

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 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 Pilar

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

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Bruno Theodoro Luciano

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

Expert Executive Director of UNU Hub on Resilient Environment, Agriculture, Climate & Health for Africa (REACH-AFRICA) at University of Pretoria

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.