UNU Experts

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Himanshu Shekhar

Dr. Himanshu Shekhar is an Associate Academic Officer at UNU-EHS.

Expert Student Assistant - Programme & Partnerships

Addison Shelton

Addison Shelton is Student Assistant in Programme & Partnerships

Expert Vice-Rector in Europe & Director of UNU-EHS

Prof. Dr. Xiaomeng Shen

As of 1 August 2020, Prof. Shen Xiaomeng assumed the role of UNU Vice-Rector in Europe (UNU-VIE) and Director of the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).

Expert Lead, Land Subsidence Analytics

Dr. Manoochehr Shirzaei's research is focused on space-borne synthetic aperture radar technology, groundwater resources management, green energies, and equitable adaptation to natural and anthropogenic land subsidence, sea level rise, and coastal hazards in the face of changing climate.

Expert Senior Research Associate

Dr. Stella Shumba

Stella Shumba is a Senior Research Associate, who is committed to evaluating climate risk insurance demand and impact across diverse regions, with a focus on integrating gender perspectives.

Expert Project Coordinator

Amadou Sidibe

Expert Professor of Migration Studies

Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel

Melissa Siegel is a Professor of Migration Studies at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University and Head of Migration Studies at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Research Associate

Jerome Sardido Silla

Jerome Sardido Silla is a Research Associate for the Innovation and Education (IVE) Programme at UNU-IAS.

Expert Adjunct Assistant Professor

João Marco Silva

João Marco Silva is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Minho's Department of Informatics. He is also a Senior Researcher at INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab), specializing in information security, network security, and energy-aware networking.

Expert Senior researcher

Gerald Silverberg

Gerald Silverberg has been a Senior Research Fellow at MERIT since January 1988.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Ronald Skeldon

Prof. Ronald Skeldon is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Geography at the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex.

Expert Assistant professor

Dr. Tatiana Skripka

Tatiana Skripka is an Assistant Professor in Governance at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University

Expert Financial consultant

Ralph Sleijpen

Ralph Sleijpen is Financial consultant at UNU-MERIT

Expert Researcher

Dr. Raf Sluismans

Raf joined MERIT as a research fellow in February of 2000.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Stefaan Smis

Stefaan Smis has collaborated with UNU-CRIS for many years focusing his work on regional integration in Africa.

Expert Visiting Fellow

James Smith

James Smith is a Vising Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Expert Director of UNU-EGOV

Delfina Soares

Dr. Delfina Soares is the Director of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) since 2015.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Luc Soete

Until September 2016 Luc Soete (15 September 1950, Brussels) was Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University. Before that he was Director of the United Nations University research and training institute: UNU-MERIT located in Maastricht, The Netherlands and Professor of International Economic Relations and Director-Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy (AWT) and the Royal Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW).

Expert Student Assistant

Katyayini Sood

Katyayini is a young climate enthusiast willing to contribute in the fields of climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Expert Team Lead, MCII Climate Risk Analytics Team

Dr. Maxime Souvignet

Dr. Maxime Souvignet is the Climate Risk Analytics Team Lead and a senior scientist at UNU-EHS. His expertise ranges from climate risk modelling, climate risk insurance, disaster risk management and climate adaptation.