UNU Experts

A network of researchers throughout the Global South and North

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Expert Research Assistant

Andrea De San Jorge

Andrea De San Jorge

Expert PhD Fellow

Alix Debray

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

Expert Research Associate

Greta Dekker

Greta Dekker is a researcher at UNU-EHS, where she works in the VARMAP division. She is particularly interested in conceptual risk modelling and the development of climate adaptation pathways, with a strong focus on engaging the private sector in building resilience to extreme weather events. Her research examines climate risk perception among different actor groups, the role of public-private partnerships in advancing nature-based solutions, and the co-creation of transdisciplinary adaptation strategies that align business interests with sustainability goals.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Dr. Dimpho Deleglise

Dimpho Deleglise is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Director of UNU-INRA

Dr. Fatima Denton

Dr. Fatima Denton is the Director (D2) of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA).

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Ellen Desmet

Ellen Desmet is a Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Dr. David Devlaeminck

David J Devlaeminck is an Associate Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Maria Bernadet Karina Dewi

Dr. Dewi is interested in enhancing the early warning systems through an integration of vulnerability and exposure components in multiple sectors, and in optimizing impact-based early warning in reducing disaster losses. Dr. Dewi is currently working on a project in co-developing an actionable impact-based early-warning systems in the IGAD region.

Expert Associate Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences and Climatology

Dr. Amin Dezfuli

Dr. Amin Dezfuli is an atmospheric scientist investigating the physical mechanisms behind regional weather and climate extremes—and how these events impact people and ecosystems. 

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Stephan Dietrich

Stephan Dietrich is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Research Fellow, Environment-Conflict Nexus

Dr. Pinar Dinc

Dr. Pınar Dinç is a political scientist specializing in environmental peace and conflict studies, with a particular focus on the interplay between political power, climate and environmental change, ecological degradation, authoritarianism, resistance, and migration. 

Expert Research Consultant

Charmaine Distor

Charmaine Distor is a Research Consultant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2024. Prior to this, she was a Junior Research Assistant from August 2022 to September 2024. 

Expert Researcher Policy Making

Dr. Daniel Domínguez Gómez

Dr. Daniel Domínguez Gómez

Expert Receptionist & Management/Office-Assistant

Mieke Drossaert

Mieke Drossaert is Student Affairs Officer at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Project Associate

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.

Expert Chief, Administrative and Programme Services

Werner Dubbeling

Werner Dubbeling is the Chief, Administrative and Programme Services at the UNU-MERIT

Expert Adjunct Professor

Prof. Timothy Dube

Dr Timothy Dube is an Adjunct Professor at UNU-FLORES.

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Talitha Dubow

Talitha Dubow is Assistant Professor at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. 

Expert Policy and Communications Officer

Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn is the Policy and Communications Officer at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. David Durand-Delacre

David Durand-Delacre is a human geographer and critical migration scholar interested in the political, cultural, and epistemological controversies arising from growing concern about climate change’s impact on human mobilities.