UNU Experts

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 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

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Dr. Florabel Remón

Florabel Quispe Remón is a (virtual) Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS within the Re-Lab Cluster

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Alavy Kifait Reza

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

Expert Policy Research Lead

Johanna Riha

Dr Johanna Riha is the Policy Research Lead for the Gender Equality and Intersectionality work package at the United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert Emeritus Professor

Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen

Jo Ritzen is professorial fellow of International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.