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UNIDIR has a diverse network of partner institutions around the globe, including research institutes, universities, think tanks, foundations, UN and UN affiliated organizations, NGOs and intergovernmental organizations.

The UNIDIR Global Disarmament Research Network

The UNIDIR Global Disarmament Research Network (GDRN) convenes a global diverse network of experts, from all regions of the world, across different types of expertise and viewpoints.

The overarching GDRN is composed of thematic networks focusing on specific disarmament related topics, including those listed below.

Security Priorities and Spending
Nuclear Dangers
Governance of Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain
Governance of Chemical and Biological Weapons

UNIDIR Fellows and Senior Fellows

UNIDIR Fellowships and Senior Fellowships bring to the Institute experts whose work enhances our conversations and research. We seek out a diversity of experts who can enrich the intellectual life of the Institute with new perspectives and ideas on critical arms control and disarmament challenges. Fellows and Senior Fellows are selected on a rolling basis.

Senior Fellows

Wael Al Assad

Wael Al Assad

Senior Fellow
Middle East WMD-Free Zone
  • wassad52@gmail.com
Tim Caughley

Tim Caughley

Senior Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • timothy.caughley@un.org
  • @tcaughley
Bineta Diop

Bineta Diop

Senior Fellow
Gender and Disarmament
  • president@fasngo.org
  • @AUBinetaDiop
Beatrice Fihn

Beatrice Fihn

Senior Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • @beafihn
Bates Gill

Bates Gill

Senior Fellow
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
  • @batesgill1
William Potter

William Potter

Senior Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • @PotterCNS
Tatsujiro Suzuki

Tatsujiro Suzuki

Senior Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • suzukitatsu@nifty.com
  • @tatsu0409
Ahmet Üzümcü

Ahmet Üzümcü

Senior Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • uzumcuahmet16@gmail.com
Elayne Whyte Gómez

Elayne Whyte Gómez

Senior Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • elayne.whytegomez@un.org
  • @ElaineWhiteCR
Yi Zeng

Yi Zeng

Senior Fellow
Security and Technology
  • yi.zeng@un.org
  • @yi_zeng

Fellows

Christian Bueger

Christian Bueger

Fellow
Cross-Institute
  • @c_bueger
Sara Chehab

Sara Chehab

Fellow
Gender and Disarmament
  • sara.chehab@agda.ac.ae
Alexander Ghionis

Alexander Ghionis

Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • @alexghionis
Ljupčo Gjorgjinski

Ljupčo Gjorgjinski

Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • @Diplomat_Light
Joseph Guay

Joseph Guay

Fellow
Security and Technology
Tsutomu (Tom) Kono

Tsutomu (Tom) Kono

Fellow
Cross-Institute
  • konot@un.org
Guy Lamb

Guy Lamb

Fellow
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
  • @guylamb
Alfredo Malaret Baldo

Alfredo Malaret Baldo

Fellow
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
Zhanna L. Malekos Smith

Zhanna L. Malekos Smith

Fellow
Security and Technology
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • @GaukharM
Julia Palik

Julia Palik

Fellow
Conventional Arms and Ammunition, Gender and Disarmament
  • julia.drpalik@un.org
  • @juliapalik1
Erin Pobjie

Erin Pobjie

Fellow
Space Security
  • erin.pobjie@un.org
  • @EPobjie
Noëlle Van der Waag-Cowling

Noëlle Van der Waag-Cowling

Fellow
Security and Technology
  • @noelle_cowling
Leifan Wang

Leifan Wang

Fellow
Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • leifan.wang@un.org
  • @Leifanw

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