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Research and academic activities aligned with every Sustainable Development Goal

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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 Senior Researcher

Jaimee Stuart

A Senior Researcher and Team Lead at United Nations University Institute in Macau (UNU Macau), Jaimee Stuart is an applied cultural and developmental psychologist who specialises in digital health and wellbeing.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Jamal Shahin

Jamal Shahin works as a part-time Professorial Fellow on the GREMLIN project on Global and Regional Multistakeholder Institutions at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Jan Orbie

Jan Orbie is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS. He is involved in the GREMLIN project on Global and Regional Multistakeholder Institutions, with specific attention for the involvement of civil society organisations in EU trade policies. .

Expert Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)

Janani Vivekananda

Janani Vivekananda is a Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research and serves as the Head of Programme, Climate Diplomacy and Security at Adelphi, Berlin.

Expert ICTD Fellow

JeongHyun Lee

Dr JeongHyun Lee is a Young ICTD Fellow at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Operating Unit Coordinator, Zambia

Jewette Masinja

Jewette Masinja is the Operating Unit Coordinator, Zambia at UNU-INRA

Expert Research Lead

Johanna Riha

Dr Johanna Riha is the Research Lead for the Gender Equality and Intersectionality work package at the United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH). 

Expert PhD Fellow

Justine Miller

Justine Miller is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS and Ghent University. She is working towards understanding the concept of the "Spaghetti bowl" of regional integration under the supervision of Samuel Standaert.

Expert Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)

Kato Van Broeckhoven

Kato Van Broeckhoven is Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) and the former Senior Project Manager of the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict project at the Centre for Policy Research.