UNU Experts

Expert Student Assistant

Antonella Kania

Expert Research Associate: Digitalization, Green Innovations and Entrepreneurship

Tarisai Kanyepi

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Irmak Karakislak

Dr. Irmak Karakislak is an Associate Academic Officer at UNU-EHS, working on the flagship report, Interconnected Disaster Risks.

Expert Senior Research Analyst

Naci Karkin

Naci Karkin has been with the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2022. Naci's core expertise includes e-participation, social media analysis, public sector innovation, and e-governance.

Expert Head of Research Programme – Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations

Daniel Karthe

Prof. Daniel Karthe currently heads UNU-FLORES’s research programme on the ‘Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations” (NEXtra)’.

Expert Interim Director

Unni Krishnan Karunakara

Dr. Unni Krishnan Karunakara is the newly appointed Interim Director of the United Nations University Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert Academic Programme Advisor

Dr. Yasushi Katsuma

Yasushi Katsuma is an Academic Programme Advisor at UNU-IAS.

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

Sarita Gabrielle Katwaroo

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. René Kemp

Professor René Kemp is an eco-innovation and sustainability transition researcher.

Expert Research Fellow and Academic Associate

Dr. Anupam Khajuria

Dr. Anupam Khajuria is a Research Fellow and Academic Associate with the Innovation and Education Programme at UNU-IAS.

Expert Interim Director

Prof. Dr. Clemens Kool

Clemens Kool is the Interim Director of UNU-MERIT.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser

Dr Khalid Koser is Executive Director of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.

Expert Research Associate

Sayako Koyama

Sayako Koyama is a Research Associate at UNU-IAS.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Berthy Kpiebaya

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

Expert Senior lecturer

Dr. Lutz Krebs

Lutz F. Krebs is a senior lecturer and political scientist with a focus on international relations and conflict research.

Expert Deputy Head of Risk and Adaptation Department, Head of MCII Division

Soenke Kreft

Soenke Kreft leads the work of Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) which is hosted at United Nations University – Institute for Environmental and Human Security (UNU-EHS).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Prashant Kumar

Prashant Kumar is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint Junior Researcher Programme of Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert Visiting Scientist

Amit Kumar

Expert Senior Research Associate

Dr.-Ing. Navneet Kumar is working in the GLOMOS program at UNU-EHS. He has been involved in strategic project development, acquisition and implementation, with particular focus on the Hindu Kush – Himalaya region, Central Asia, and countries in Africa.

Expert Visiting Research Assistant

Joel Kuria

Joel Mburu Kuria is a visiting research assistant at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.