Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
Kaveh Madani is an environmental scientist, educator, and leader, working on complex human-natural systems at the interface of science, policy, and society. He is currently the Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), known as the UN Think Tank on Water. He is also a Research Professor at the CUNY-CREST Institute of the City College of New York. In 2026, he was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize for his work.
