Dr. Marcin Pawel Jarzebski is a Research Fellow and Academic Associate for the Water and Resource Management Program at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). He received his MSc in Environmental Science (Water Protection) from Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland) and his Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from The University of Tokyo (Japan). Before joining UNU, he worked as a Project Assistant Professor at Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo, a Project Researcher at the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), the University of Tokyo, and a Project Researcher at the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), the University of Tokyo. His main research interests include food security and agricultural research and development (R&D) policy, social-ecological resilience, sustainable forest management, and water resources management.