Professor Preeya Mohan has been appointed Executive Director of The UWI Global Institute for Climate-Smart and Resilient Development.
Dr. Ronald Roopnarine has been named Deputy Director.
Since its launch in October 2021, the Institute has leveraged a unique virtual, region-wide model to coordinate expertise, advocate for climate-smart and resilient human development, and support the Caribbean’s progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Professor Mohan is a Professor of Environment and Development Economics, Fellow and MPhil/PhD Programme Coordinator at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the UWI St Augustine Campus.
One of the youngest professors appointed at The University, she is a development economist whose research focuses on the economic impacts of climate and other external shocks on Small Island Developing States, with particular emphasis on the Caribbean.
Dr Roopnarine is Deputy Dean for Outreach and Internationalization and Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Resilience in the Faculty of Food and Agriculture at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus.
According to the University, he brings extensive expertise in disaster risk resilience, climate adaptation and sustainable resource management.
