U-Maria Ivanova uyisifundiswa sokubusa komhlaba wonke esisebenza ekusebenzeni kwezikhungo zamazwe ngamazwe, ukuqaliswa kwezivumelwano zemvelo zamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nokusimama. UnguMqondisi weSikole Senqubomgomo Yomphakathi kanye Nezindaba Zasemadolobheni eNortheastern University eBoston. Incwadi yakhe ethi, The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty (MIT Press 2021) ihlinzeka ngohlaziyo olubanzi lwemvelaphi nokusebenza kwe-UN Environment Programme.
NgoJuni 2022, u-Ivanova waqokwa njengomunye we-66 Foundation Fellows woMkhandlu Wesayensi Wezizwe Ngezizwe, udumo oluphakeme kakhulu olunikezwe uMkhandlu kulabo ababe negalelo elimangalisayo ekuqhubekiseleni phambili ukusebenzisana nesayensi. Ube ngusihlalo ngokubambisana wenqubo yokubhala incwadi esemthethweni evela kososayensi nezazi eya kubaholi bomhlaba wonke eNgqungqutheleni yaseStockholm+50, efuna ukuba kuthathwe izinyathelo eziphuthumayo zenqubomgomo yeplanethi esimeme. Uke wasebenzela ithimba laseRwanda kuMhlangano Wezemvelo we-UN exoxisana ngesinqumo sesivumelwano somhlaba wonke samapulasitiki. U-Ivanova ubeyilungu leBhodi Lokweluleka Ngezesayensi kuNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-Ban Ki-moon. Uyilungu LeQembu Lokweluleka Ngezobuchwepheshe kuKhomishana Yomhlaba Wonke Yezinjongo Zesayensi Zokusimama kanye NeKomidi Elihlangene Lezesayensi le-WCRP kanye neNxusa le-Transparency International.
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