UNU Experts

Expert Adjunct Professor, Health and Migration

Prof. Bruce Newbold

Bruce Newbold is Professor of Geography at McMaster University and Director of the School of Geography and Earth Sciences.

Expert Research Assistant

Enrico Nichelatti

Enrico Nichelatti is a research assistant at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Research Officer

Catharina Nickel

Catharina Nickel is a Research Officer at the United Nations University for Center for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), where she is leading a project on the future of UN peace operations.

Expert Research Fellow

Prof. Dr. Eleonora Nillesen

Prof. dr. Eleonora Nillesen is a Professor at UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University and holds a chair in Public Policy and Development.

Expert Assistant Professor

Zina Nimeh is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT’s School of Governance in the Netherlands, where she runs the Master’s specialization in Social Protection Policy Financing and Budgeting (part of the M.Sc. programme in Public Policy and Human Development).

Expert Research Fellow

Dr. Maiko Nishi

Maiko Nishi is a Research Fellow for the International Satoyama Initiative at UNU-IAS.

Expert Administrator

Liesbeth Noben

Liesbeth Noben is Administrator at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Researcher

Dr. Önder Nomaler

Önder Nomaler is a Researcher at UNU-MERIT since 2019.

Expert Principal Visiting Fellow

Anders Nordström

Anders Nordström is a Principal Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Expert Information Specialist

Ad Notten

Ad is a researcher and information specialist at UNU-MERIT, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University.

Expert Lead, Environmental Water Management

Prof. Sarah Null

Professor Sarah Null’s research and teaching focus on addressing the potential to protect aquatic ecosystems while maintaining water resource benefits for people.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Lwin Thuzar Nyein

Lwin Thuzar Nyein 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 Scientist

Dr. Jack O'Connor

Dr. Jack O’Connor is a senior scientist in the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services (EVES) section of UNU-EHS.

Expert Extraordinary Professor in Policy Modelling

Prof. Dr. Cathal O'Donoghue

Cathal O'Donogue is Head of the Rural Economy Research Centre at Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland.

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Robert Oakes

Dr. Robert Oakes works in the Environment and Migration: Interactions and Choices (EMIC) Division. He researches the reasons for, and outcomes of mobility including evacuation, displacement, voluntary migration, planned relocation in addition to those who are unwilling, or unable to move.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Sebastian Oberthür

Sebastian Oberthür is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS where he was involved in the project “Parliamentary Deliberation in Inter-Regional Relations: an Analysis of Climate Change Debates in the EU’s Parliamentary Assemblies with the ACP, the Mediterranean, Latin America and the Eastern Neighbourhood Regions” (PADIRE).