United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

"When UNRISD was founded in 1963, the government of the Netherlands granted US$ 1 million as a start-up fund, and the United Nations authorized the Institute to receive voluntary contributions from other sources. Today, contributions come from governments, non-governmental organizations, foundations, and United Nations agencies. As UNRISD receives no money from the UN general budget, it seeks funding in the form of core contributions and grants for specific projects. Core funding comes from a small group of countries and is generally pledged on an annual basis. Project funding is sought by UNRISD’s director and research staff as needed. The Institute has an annual operating budget of approximately US$ 4 million."


 * Director - Thandika Mkandawire
 * Deputy Director - Peter Utting
 * Research Co-ordinators - Yusuf Bangura, Katja Hujo, Shahra Razavi

Directors
Accessed September 2008:


 * Lourdes Arizpe - Mexican; Chair of the UNRISD Board
 * Peter Brandt Evans - American; University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
 * Christian Comeliau - Belgian; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
 * Yakin Erturk - Turkish; Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
 * Rosalind Eyben - British; Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom
 * Asma Jahangir - Pakistani; AGHS Law Associates, Lahore, Pakistan
 * Elizabeth Jelin - Argentinian; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Marina Pavlova-Silvanskaya - Russian; Pro et Contra Journal, Carnegie Moscow Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation
 * Pasuk Phongpaichit - Thai; Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Annika Sunden - Swedish; Swedish Social Insurance Agency, Stockholm, Sweden
 * Zenebeworke Tadesse - Ethiopian; Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Former Directors and Board Members
Accessed September 2008:


 * Tony Atkinson - British; Board Member (Nuffield College)
 * Solon L. Barraclough - American; Former Director and Senior Consultant
 * Dharam Ghai - Kenyan; Former Director
 * Anna Hedborg - Swedish; Former Board Member (National Social Insurance Board)
 * Cynthia Hewitt de Alccntara - American; Former Deputy Director
 * Amina Mama - Nigerian; Board Member (African Gender Institute)
 * Emma Rothschild - British; Former Chair of the Board (Centre for History and Economics)
 * Adele Simmons - American; Board Member (Chicago Metropolis)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.unrisd.org

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 * Juan Somavia - chair (1996-99)