Dr. David Passarelli is Director (D2) of the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Centre for Policy Research where he bears overall responsibility for the direction, organization, and administration of the Centre¡¯s research.
He is also a member of UN University¡¯s Senior Management Group, and serves as ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ¡¯s representative to the UN High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP).
Between 2022-2023, Dr. Passarelli led the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General¡¯s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB). His research has been commissioned by several influential organizations, including UNICEF, the UN Environment Programme, the UN Development Coordination Office (DCO), and the UK Ministry of Defence¡¯s Development, Concepts, and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) with financial support from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), and Canada¡¯s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
His research and policy work predominantly focus on global governance, migration, strategic foresight, international development, and global finance. He holds a Doctorate in International Development from the University of Oxford.
He has held several roles at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, including as Executive Officer and Secretary of the governing board (2017-2020) and Chief of Staff to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ¡¯s Under-Secretary-General (2013-2016). He established and led the University¡¯s Office of Academic Affairs between 2011-2013.
He has also held research positions at the Institute on Globalization, Culture, and Mobility, and at the Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, and lectured at Temple University, Tokyo. His recent publications include:
- 2024, The Demand for a Fair International Financial Architecture (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2024, Reforming the Global Financial Architecture to Address the Challenges of Refugee Hosting as a Global Public Good (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2023, An International Decade for Data: Multistakeholder Cooperation in a Data-Driven World (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2023. (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2022. , vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 703-710.
- 2022. Stress-testing the UN¡¯s regional prevention approaches (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2022. (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2021. Beyond Opportunism: The UN Development System¡¯s Response to the Triple Planetary Crisis (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
- 2021. Governing Uncertainty (New York: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ).
