UNU Experts

Expert Consultant – Tolerable Risk and SLR

Saleh Ahmed Qazi

Saleh Qazi is a planner and researcher specializing in Urban and Landscape Studies from Pakistan. His work focuses on climate change and hazard understanding, socio-economic and cultural analysis, and adaptation, with a strong emphasis on the Global South.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Dr. Ikboljon Qoraboyev

Ikboljon Qoraboyev is Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Research Associate - Sustainable Land Management

Fabian Rackelmann

Fabian is a research associate with the Ecosystem Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services division. He is particularly interested in the resilient transformation of socio-ecological systems and nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and the achievement of land degradation neutrality.

Expert Secretary to the Director / Finance assistant

Monique Raedts

Monique Raedts, a Dutch national, joined UNU-INTECH, now UNU-MERIT, in September 1995.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Aishwarya Raja

Aishwarya Raja is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint PhD Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert Student Assistant

Chithra Nair Rajendran

Expert Senior Project Manager

Abdul Ghani Rajput

Expert UNU Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Shyama V. Ramani

Shyama V. Ramani is a Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Innovation and Strategic Partnerships Officer

Dr. Rohit Ramchandani

Dr. Rohit Ramchandani is a public health expert specializing in global health innovation, implementation science, and behavior-centered design.

Expert Research Associate

Ananya Ramesh

Ananya is an Urban Planner and Architect by training, working on topics at the intersection of climate change and urban development. Her current project explores the potential of digitalization for participatory climate action in cities of the Global South.

Expert Student Assistant

Rica Mae Ramirez

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Andrea Ramírez

Andrea is a Senior Researcher at the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security. She holds a PhD in Sustainability and has over ten years of experience as an architect-urbanist.

Expert Research Associate

Alejandra Ramos Gálvez

Alejandra is a researcher on urban transformations. She has background in architecture, urban planning and natural resource management.

Expert PhD Fellow

Padmi Ranasinghe

Padmi Ranasinghe is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Rajeev Ranjan

Rajeev Ranjan is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Adjunct Professor

Prof. Harsha Ratnaweera

Harsha Ratnaweera has over 35 years of experience in the water sector, holding leadership roles in prominent international organizations as IWA and EWA.

Expert Research Fellow

Pia Rattenhuber

Pia Rattenhuber is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. She has previously worked for OECD (Department of Labour and Social Affairs), the German Ministry of Economics and the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Glenn Rayp

Glenn Rayp is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Project Assistant

Miriam Recchi

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Dr. Dereje Regasa

Dereje Regasa is Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS