Dr David Passarelli is Director of United Nation University’s Center for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) which is co-located in New York and Geneva. He has overall responsibility for the direction and administration of the Centre’s research and policy advisory activities.

At UNU-CPR, his research concentrates on global governance, data governance, sustainable finance, and global economic cooperation. Between 2022-2023, he led the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB).

Dr Passarelli concurrently serves as UN University’s representative to the UN High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) and sherpa to the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). His work has been supported by grants from numerous governments, philanthropies, and UN system entities. He holds a Doctorate in International Development from the University of Oxford.

His recent publications include:

• The demand for a fair international financial architecture (New York: United Nations University).
• Report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (New York: United Nations University).
• Stress-testing the UN’s regional prevention approaches (New York: United Nations University).
• Beyond Opportunism: The UN Development System’s Response to the Triple Planetary Crisis (New York: United Nations University).
• Governing Uncertainty (New York: United Nations University).