UNU Experts

Expert Programme Officer - Modern Slavery

Angharad Smith

Angharad is a Programme Officer for the Modern Slavery Programme at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.

Expert Director of UNU-EGOV

Delfina Soares

Dr Delfina Soares is the Director of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV).

Expert Student Assistant

Katyayini Sood

Katyayini is a young climate enthusiast willing to contribute in the fields of climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Expert Team Lead, Climate Risk Analytics

Dr. Maxime Souvignet is the Climate Risk Analytics Team Lead and a senior scientist at UNU-EHS. His expertise ranges from climate risk modelling, climate risk insurance, disaster risk management and climate adaptation.

Expert Research Associate - Systemic Risk and Climate-resilient Development

Edward Sparkes

Edward’s multi-disciplinary research expertise covers complex risk analysis, pathways approaches for risk management and adaptation, and monitoring, evaluation and learning. He is passionate about transboundary knowledge co-creation and concept development.

Expert Researcher

Renée Speijcken

Renée currently works as a researcher and project manager in the area of governance and accountability at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG)/UNU-Merit Institute of Maastricht University.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Samuel Standaert

Samuel Standaert is an assistant Professor at Ghent University and UNU-CRIS.

Expert Head of Research

Serge Stinckwich

Serge Stinckwich is a computer scientist and the Head of Research at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Research Associate

Franziska Stölzel

Franziska Stölzel is a social scientist with a focal point on social change and regions in transformation.

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 Research Fellow

Dr. Suneetha M Subramanian

Suneetha M Subramanian is a Research Fellow in the Biodiversity and Society Programme at UNU-IAS.

Expert Visiting Research Fellow

Arthit Suriyawongkul

Arthit Suriyawongkul is a Visiting Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Co-Head of GLOMOS Programme

Dr. Joerg Szarzynski

Prof. Dr. Joerg Szarzynski is the Co-Head of GLOMOS Programme at UNU-EHS.

Expert Lead, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

Dr. Hossein Tabari

Dr. Hossein Tabari is a hydrologist with expertise in developing hybrid models to advance the understanding of regional-to-global climatic and socioeconomic drivers, space-time variability, and the impacts of extreme events under uncertainty.

Expert Research Associate

Abrams M.E. Tagem

Abrams Mbu Enow Tagem is a research associate with UNU-WIDER.

Expert Senior Researcher: Water and Health

Dr. Lina Taing

Dr Lina Taing has over a decade of research, project management and capacity building experience in the WASH and HIV sectors.

Expert Head of Programme and Administration

Dr. Akio Takemoto

Akio Takemoto is a Head of Programme and Administration at UNU-IAS.

Expert PhD Fellow

Martina Tallarita

Martina Chiara Tallarita is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS and at the Department of Political Sciences at Ghent University.

Expert Adjunct Associate Professor

António Tavares

António Tavares is Adjunct Associate Professor at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV).

Expert Research Consultant

Lucille Tetley-Brown

Lucille Tetley-Brown is a Research Consultant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2020.