UNU Experts

Expert Senior Research Associate

Davide Cotti

Davide Cotti is Senior Research Associate at UNU-EHS, where he shares his position between the VARMAP and the EVES divisions.

Expert Adjunct Professor, Flood Forecasting and Management

Prof. Paulin Coulibaly

Paulin Coulibaly is a Professor of Water Resources Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department and School of Geography and Earth Science at McMaster University.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Robin Cowan

Robin Cowan is Professor of the Economics of Technical Change at the University of Maastricht.

Expert Senior Fellow (non-resident)

Heaven Crawley

Professor Heaven Crawley FAcSS is a Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research and Director of the Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) Hub.

Expert Lead, Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystems

Prof. Irena Frances Creed is a distinguished ecosystem scientist with wide-ranging research interests spanning planetary health, climate change, ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, sustainability, communities-at-risk, and the science-policy interface.

Expert Adjunct Professor, Aquatic Ecology and Ecohydrology

Prof. Allen Curry

Allen Curry is a professor of Biology, Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, Canada.

Expert Student Assistant

Marie-Elaine Czabaun

Expert Research Fellow

Michael Danquah

Michael Danquah is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Research Manager - Climate Risk Modelling

Dr. David Daou

Dr David Daou is a Research Manager at UNU-EHS.

Expert Head of the Geneva Office

Adam Day

Dr Adam Day is Head of the Geneva Office of United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.

Expert Director of UNU-CRIS

Dr Philippe De Lombaerde

Dr Philippe De Lombaerde is the Director of United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Isabela De Paula Salgado

Isabela de Paula Salgado is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert PhD Fellow

Alix Debray

Alix Debray is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS and Ghent University.

Expert Director of UNU-INRA

Dr Fatima Denton

Dr Fatima Denton is the Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA).

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Stephan Dietrich

Stephan Dietrich is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Junior Research Assistant

Charmaine Distor

Charmaine Distor is a Junior Research Assistant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2022.

Expert Researcher Policy Making

Dr. Daniel Domínguez Gómez

Expert Adjunct Professor, Participatory Management and Community Engagement

Prof. Nancy Doubleday

Nancy Doubleday holds a PhD degree from Queen’s University and specializes in international law of indigenous peoples and environment, and in paleo-ecological reconstructions of climate change and anthropogenic impacts.

Expert Receptionist

Mieke Drossaert

Mieke Drossaert is Student Affairs Officer at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Project Associate - Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean (CRAIC) Project

Linda Du Roy

Linda works as a Project Associate within MCII’s Climate Risk Finance Solutions team. She is primarily involved in the Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Program (PICAP), as well as in the development and implementation of a new global program on Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance.