UNU Experts

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

Expert Receptionist & Management/Office-Assistant

Mieke Drossaert

Mieke Drossaert is Student Affairs Officer at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Project Associate

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

Dr. Timothy Dube

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

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Talitha Dubow

Talitha Dubow is a migration researcher 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.

Expert JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Dhimas Dwinandha

Dr. Dhimas Dwinandha is a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow jointly affiliated with UNU-IAS and the Institute of Science Tokyo.

Expert Associate Sustainability Officer & Doctoral Researcher

Juliane Dziumla

Juliane Dziumla has been a member of UNU-FLORES since 2018 and is the co-founder of the Green Committee at the Institute.

Expert Research Fellow

Dr. Samuel d’Almeida

Samuel d’Almeida is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster at UNU-CRIS

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Marijke D’Haese

Marijke D’Haese is a Professor in rural development economics at the Department of Agricultural Economics of Ghent University.

Expert Lead Research Associate

Bushra Ebadi

Bushra Ebadi has been with the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2022.

Expert Research Manager - Interconnected Disaster Risks

Caitlyn Eberle

Caitlyn Eberle is a research associate and one of the lead authors of the Interconnected Risks report, UNU-EHS's annual flagship publication

Expert Research Fellow

Amina Ebrahim

Amina Ebrahim is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. She is the focal point for the Domestic Revenue Mobilisation programme.

Expert Visting Researcher

Nagashree Gowdajjagala Ekanthappa

Visiting Researcher

Expert Research Fellow, Environmental Security, Conflict and Migration

Dr. Lina Eklund

Dr. Lina Eklund specializes in land system dynamics in the context of migration and armed conflict, using mainly earth observation and spatial analysis.

Expert Student Assistant

Melad Elias

Expert Adjunct Professor, Environment and Health

Prof. Susan Elliott

Susan Elliott is a health geographer whose primary area of research focuses on relationships between environment and health, broadly defined.