UNU Experts

Expert Youth Fellow, Research and Outreach

Saira Erfan

Ms. Saira Erfan is a Research and Outreach Youth Fellow at UNU-INWEH.

Expert Assistant Professor

Nordine Es-Sadki is an Assistant Professor at UNU-MERIT. He holds a PhD in Economics from the School of Business and Economics of Maastricht University on the topic of formal technology transfer of universities, research institutes and firms. His research interests include, knowledge/technology transfer, the measurement and analysis of Science, Technology & Innovation including social and public sector innovation, questionnaire design, surveys and their methodology, and the economics of regional innovation.

Expert Head of Partnerships and Programme Unit

Dominik Etienne

Dominik is the Head of Partnerships and Programme Unit at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Contractor ERA GIZ

Christopher Fairless

Expert Professor of Practice, Water Security and Diplomacy in Fragile States

Prof. Mohd Faizee

Professor Mohd Faizee's work centers on transboundary water security, environmental peacebuilding, and conflict resolution.

Expert Researcher

Dr. Teresa Farinha

Teresa Farinha is a Researcher at United Nations University MERIT, focusing on the evolution of regional labor systems, impacts of automation and climate change, and the future of work - explore her Job Space network. Teresa also does policy, teaching and supervising, supported by DataCamp - join her DataCamp Classroom.

Expert Programme Coordinator of UNU-BIOLAC

Dr Gustavo Fermin

Dr Gustavo Fermin is the Programme Coordinator of the United Nations University Biotechnology Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Shanali Minoshi Fernando

Shanali Fernando is a Doctoral Researcher under the joint programme of the Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Luisa Ferolla Prates

Luisa 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 Programme Associate of Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Programme

Paola Fontanella Pisa

Paola Fontanella Pisa is Programme Associate of Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Programme, a joint endeavor of UNU-EHS and Eurac Research in South Tyrol.

Expert Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vítor Fonte

Vítor Fonte is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV). He is also a full-time Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, and a senior researcher at INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software Laboratory (INESC TEC/HASLab).

Expert Head of Anticipatory Action and Innovation

Eleonore Fournier-Tombs

Eleonore Fournier-Tombs is a senior researcher at UNU-CPR and Research Lead for the UN's High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.

Expert Student Assistant

Nico Fricke

Expert Professor

Prof. Dr. Franziska Gassmann

Franziska Gassmann is Professor of Social Protection and Development at Maastricht University.

Expert Head of Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme

Erica Gaston

Dr Erica Gaston is the Senior Policy Advisor and Head of the Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.

Expert Senior Research Advisor

Franz Gatzweiler

With a background in agricultural and resource economics, Franz Gatzweiler is a Senior Research Advisor at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Isabella Georgiou

Isabella Georgiou 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 Research Consultant

Imen Ghedhioui

Imen Ghedhioui is a Research Consultant at UNU-EGOV.

Expert Senior Research Fellow

Rachel M. Gisselquist

Rachel M. Gisselquist, a political scientist, is a Senior Research Fellow with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and a member of the institute’s senior management team.

Expert Researcher

Dr. Micheline Goedhuys

Dr. Micheline Goedhuys is senior research fellow and director of the PhD programme at the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Micheline is an expert on empowerment, entrepreneurship, innovation, SME development and growth in the MENA region and Sub-Sahara Africa.