DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS

Our network finds its roots in 2016, and since then has counted many highly esteemed academics, policymakers and leaders among its ranks. Below, we present a list of current and former distinguished fellows.

  • Ousseina Alidou – Professor Rutgers University, Director of the Centre of African Studies
  • Sabine de Bethune – MP, former President of the Belgian Senate
  • Peter Bosch – European Commission, former Cabinet member Cecilia Malmström 
  • Kassahun Checole – Publisher Africa World Press
  • Julia Duncan-Cassell, H.E. – Minister of Gender and Social Protection, Liberia
  • Ramesh Jaura – Director General, IPS Inter Press Service and Director IDN-InDepthNews
  • Ronald de Jong – Executive Vice President Royal Philips, Chief Market Leader, Member of the Executive Committee
  • Lieve Fransen – Former Director European Commission Social Policies and Europe 2020, former VP of the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB
  • Gibson Kibiki – Executive Secretary, East African Health Research Commission 
  • Glenys Kinnock, Baroness – House of Lords, United Kingdom
  • Munyaradzi Mawere – Professor, Faculty of Culture and Heritage Studies, Great Zimbabwe University
  • Betty Ogwaro – MP, South Sudan, former Minister of Agriculture, South Sudan
  • Ruth Ojiambo – Executive Director Isis-WICCE 
  • Martin Plaut – Fellow, Institute Commonwealth Studies 
  • Dilip Ratha – Director Department Remittances, World Bank
  • Koos Richelle – Member of the Commission Development Cooperation of the Dutch Council on International Affairs, Former Director General, European Commission
  • Tim Unwin – Unesco Chair ICT 4 Development
  • Peter Weijland – Professional consultant in strategy execution, teaching at the Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam
  • Malole Zaminah – Member, The Equal Opportunities Commission, Uganda
  • Conny Rijken – National Rapporteur Trafficking and Sexual Violence Against Children, Professor of Human Trafficking and Globalization