We’re excited to announce that IDS is hosting a lecture exploring leadership in global development through stories and experiences shared by guest speaker, IDS alumni Pauline Koelbl, who has over 20 years’ experience in international affairs and venture philanthropy.
The lecture will take inspiration from the contributions of three leaders in international development and who helped shape IDS’ history, Hans Singer, Dudley Seers and Richard Jolly. With their leadership, thousands of students at IDS have learnt vital skills, going on to make a difference to development challenges around the world.
IDS knows that new generations of informed and knowledgeable leaders and champions are needed to respond to the global challenges. This lecture, chaired by our Director of Teaching and Learning, Dr Linda Waldman, will see Pauline share her insights on leadership in global development and encourage discussion on addressing pertinent issues for future leaders. Drawing on her extensive experience, Pauline will talk about the skills needed for leadership in global development and the role of organisations such as IDS in developing these skills.
IDS is proud of the work that our former students do. Pauline is one of our 4,000+ alumni who have graduated from IDS in the last 50 years helping transform the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable futures.
As well as inspiring debate around leadership and highlighting the role IDS plays in creating future leaders, the event on 23 November is to launch our Scholarship Campaign which aims to support 10 talented individuals who cannot afford to study at IDS.
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About Pauline Koelbl
Pauline graduated from IDS in 2008 with an MA in Poverty and Development and over the last 11 years her work has concentrated on catalysing marketable, scalable, and impactful home-grown innovations for African-led growth across the African continent as well as building strategic partnerships and innovation ecosystems that will invigorate economic growth across Africa. Prior to that, Pauline worked for international organizations including UN bodies such as UNESCO in Paris and WHO in Geneva. Pauline will discuss the skills needed for leadership in global development and the role of organisations such as IDS in developing these skills.
As ShEquity’s Founder/Managing Partner as well as AfriProspect GmbH’s Founder/CEO, Pauline is a gender-lens/impact investor and a leading innovation expert in developing & emerging economies with over 20 years’ experience in international affairs and venture philanthropy. ShEquity provides smart investment to impactful, innovative and scalable African female-led and owned businesses, and AfriProspect focuses on connecting African innovators with global markets. Pauline also has 11+ years’ experience catalyzing innovation and supporting SMES/startups across Africa. Her passion lies in innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic empowerment of youth and women.
Pauline is also the co-founder of PROWAH (Professional Women of African Heritage) and is currently serving on a variety of Boards of impact driven companies/organizations including impact investing funds, universities, as well as those promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa.
A double Fulbright -Scholar and Fellow- Pauline holds an Executive Education in Innovation for Economic Development from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government; a Master’s Degree (MA) in Poverty and Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) from the University of Sussex and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Studies (Honors) from the University of Arizona (UoA), USA.
About Hans Singer, Dudley Seers and Richard Jolly
- Hans Singer is a pioneering economist who worked at IDS from the 1970s to early 2000s
- Dudley Seers is a ground-breaking development economist and founding Director of IDS from 1966 until 1972
- Richard Jolly was the Institute’s second Director, then became Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations and continues to work at IDS.
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