Maria Ivanova ƙwararriyar harkokin mulkin duniya ce da ke aiki kan ayyukan cibiyoyi na duniya, aiwatar da yarjejeniyar muhalli ta ƙasa da ƙasa, da dorewa. Ita ce Darakta a Makarantar Siyasa da Harkokin Birane a Jami'ar Arewa maso Gabas a Boston. Littafinta, The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty (MIT Press 2021) ya ba da cikakken nazari na asali da kuma aiwatar da Shirin Muhalli na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.
A cikin Yuni 2022, an nada Ivanova ɗaya daga cikin Gidauniyar 66 Fellows na Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya, mafi girman girmamawa da Majalisar ta ba wa waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci don ci gaba da hulɗa da kimiyya. Ta jagoranci tsarin rubuta wasikar hukuma daga masana kimiyya da masana zuwa shugabannin duniya a taron Stockholm+50, inda ta yi kira da a dauki matakin gaggawa na manufofin duniya don dorewar duniya. Ta yi aiki a cikin tawagar Rwanda a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta muhalli don yin shawarwari game da yarjejeniyar duniya kan robobi. Ivanova mamba ce a kwamitin ba da shawara na kimiyya ga babban sakataren MDD Ban Ki-moon. Ta kasance memba na Rukunin Ba da Shawarwari na Fasaha ga Hukumar Duniya kan Ayyukan Kimiyya don Dorewa da Kwamitin Haɗin gwiwar Kimiyya na WCRP da kuma Jakadi na Transparency International.
An sabunta wannan shafin a cikin Mayu 2024.
