Kaveh Madani Appointed as Director of United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment and Health

Consortium scholar will lead research, direct policy initiatives, and implement on-the-ground solutions to help combat the global water crisis.

August 17, 2022

Prof. Kaveh Madani was named the next Director of the United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), where he will direct scientific research and policy solutions to address the growing global water crisis. Before his appointment at UNU-INWEH, Madani was a Henry Hart Rice Senior Fellow at the MacMillan Center, hosted by Consortium member, Yale University from 2018-21, and Head of the Nexus Research Programme at the Dresden-based UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) following. Madani is set to begin his directorship on February 1, 2023.

Read the full announcement here.

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