CURRENT SENIOR OFFICERS

RECTOR
Prof. Hans van Ginkel (NETHERLANDS)
Fourth Rector
1997 -  

VICE-RECTORS
Prof. Ramesh Thakur (NEW ZEALAND)
Senior Vice-Rector for Peace and Governance Programme

Prof. Itaru Yasui (JAPAN)
Vice-Rector for Environment and Sustainable Development Programme

SENIOR ADVISERS TO THE RECTOR
Prof. Shunji Yanai (JAPAN)
Dr. Tetsuji Tanaka (JAPAN)

SPECIAL ADVISERS TO THE RECTOR
Prof. Yozo Yokota (JAPAN)
Prof. Motoyuki Suzuki (JAPAN) (for the Programme on Environment and Sustainable Development)

DIRECTORS/PROGRAMME COORDINATORS,
RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRES AND PROGRAMMES (RTC/Ps)

Professor Tony Shorrocks, Director
UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research [UNU-WIDER]
Helsinki, Finland.

Prof. Lynn Krieger Mytelk, Director
UNU Institute for New Technologies [UNU-INTECH]
Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Prof. Dr. Karl Harmsen,Director
UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa [UNU-INRA]
Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Dr. Mike Reed, Director
UNU International Institute for Software Technology [UNU-IIST]
Macau.

Professor Zakri Hamid, Director
UNU Institute of Advanced Studies [UNU-IAS]
Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. José Luis-Ramirez, Programme Coordinator
UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean [UNU-BIOLAC]
Caracas, Venezuela.

Dr. Jairam Reddy, Director, a.i.
UNU International Leadership Initiative [UNU-ILI]
Amman, Jordan.

Dr. Ralph Daley, Director
UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health [UNU-INWEH]
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Professor Luk van Langenhove, Director
UNU Programme for Comparative Regional Integration Studies UNU-CRIS

Dr. Janos Bogardi, Director
UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany

Dr. Cutberto Garza, Programme Coordinator
UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development
Ithaca, New York, USA.

Dr. Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson, Director
UNU Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP)
Reykjavík, Iceland.

Dr. Tumi Tómasson, Director
UNU Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP)
Reykjavík, Iceland.

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