UNU Experts

Expert Research Associate

Maria Jouste

Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Deputy Director

Prof. Patricia Justino

Professor Patricia Justino is the Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER.

Expert Student Assistant

Antonella Kania

Expert Senior Research Associate

Naci Karkin

Naci Karkin is a Senior Research Associate at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2022.

Expert Head of Research Programme – Resource Nexus for Regions in Transformation

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

René Kemp is Professorial fellow at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Professor of Innovation and Sustainable Development at ICIS, Maastricht University.

Expert Senior Visiting Fellow

Sebastian Kevany

Dr. Sebastian Kevany is Senior Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Expert PhD Fellow

Tual Sawn Khai

Tual Sawn Khai is a PhD Fellow at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), where he conducts a Rapid Assessment of Climate Migration and Health in the Asia-Pacific Region project.

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 Financial Sector Lead

Maha Khan

Maha Khan is Financial Sector Lead with the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative, a project based at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.

Expert Senior Visiting Fellow

Swee Kheng Khor

Dr. Khor Swee Kheng is Senior Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH. Dr Kheng is a Malaysian physician with international experience in the public, private, non-profit and think-tank sectors.

Expert Principal Visiting Fellow

Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo

Dr. Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo is is Visiting Principal Fellow at UNU-IIGH. He is the Director of WHO Office to AUC & UN ECA and previously WHO Representative to the Republic of Guinea based in Conakry.

Expert Principal Visiting Fellow

Yohannes Kinfu

Yohannes Kinfu is a Principal Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Expert Post Doctoral Fellow

Arthur Kipkemoi Saitabau Ng’etich

Arthur Kipkemoi Saitabau Ng’etich, a health systems and policy researcher, currently serves as a postdoctoral research fellow at the United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Expert National expert / consultant

Augustine Kiptum

Expert Insurance Advisor

Dirk Kohler

Dirk P. Kohler is an Insurance Advisor at UNU-EHS.

Expert Consultant

Dr. Upalat Korwatanasakul

Upalat Korwatanasakul is a Consultant at UNU-IAS.