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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 Professor

Prof. Dr. Robin Cowan

Robin Cowan is Professor of the Economics of Technical Change at the University of Maastricht.

Expert Affiliated Researcher

Dr. Adriaan van Zon

Adriaan van Zon is a Senior Researcher at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Researcher/ Project Assistant

Kirsten Haaland

Kirsten Haaland is a researcher at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) who is interested in Open Source Software, Online Communities, Open Science, FAIR principles, Business Models & Business Processes.

Expert Emeritus Professor

Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen

Jo Ritzen is professorial fellow of International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.

Expert UNU Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Shyama V. Ramani

Shyama V. Ramani is a Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Researcher

Prof. Dr. Anthony Arundel

Anthony Arundel is a Professor of Innovation at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia and concurrently a Professorial Fellow at UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT).

Expert Research Associate / MCII Initiative Coordinator

Michael Zissener

Mr Michael Zissener is Project Coordinator for the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII).

Expert Deputy Director of UNU-EHS

Prof. Dr. Zita Sebesvari

As of 1 January 2021, Prof. Dr. Zita Sebesvari assumed the role of Deputy Director of UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). She heads the institute’s Risk and Adaptation department and serves as the scientific lead of EHS’s flagship report Interconnected Disaster Risks.

Person Research Fellow

Dr Stephen Kingah

Stephen Kingah is a Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS.