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Our structure supports our work
We want to build a better world through education. We do this by bringing together changemakers from around the world whose ideas can help make our goals a reality. Our structure is designed with this in mind, with four groups working hand-in-hand to help us achieve our aims.
Our Board of Directors sets the tone and direction of the organization. Its main roles include governing the Yidan Prize Foundation, appointing the Advisory Committee and the Judging Committee, and approving the Judging Committee’s laureate recommendations.
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
Chair, Diamond Light Source
Vice Chancellor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
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Professor Tony Chan Fan-cheong
Former President, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology;
President Emeritus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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The strategies and processes designed by our Advisory Committee are what help us make a meaningful impact on global education.
Professor Kwame Akyeampong
Member, Advisory Committee;
Professor of International Education and Development, The Open University
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Ruth Kagia
Member, Advisory Committee;
High-Level Envoy and Advisor, Global Partnership for Education
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Dr Karen Mundy
Member; Advisory Committee;
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Toronto
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Dankert Vedeler
Member, Advisory Committee;
Former Chair, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Governing Board;
Former Assistant Director General, The Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)
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An independent body made up of two panels, the Judging Committee reviews nominations and chooses our Yidan Prize laureates.
Dr Koichiro Matsuura
Chairman, Judging Committee, Yidan Prize;
Former Director-General, UNESCO
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Dorothy K. Gordon
Head, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development;
Board Member, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
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Andreas Schleicher
Head, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD
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Warren Ang
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development;
Founder and CEO, Voyage
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Dr Faisal Bari
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Chairman, Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS)
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Vicky Colbert
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development;
Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN)
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Dr Elizabeth M. King
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
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Dr Felice J. Levine
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Executive Director, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
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Dr Suzanne Grant Lewis
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development;
Emeritus Chair of Education Science and Policy, Education.org
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Kiran Bir Sethi
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development;
Founder and Director, Riverside School
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Professor Svein Sjøberg
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Professor Emeritus in Science Education, Oslo University
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Professor José Weinstein
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development;
Director, School Leadership Program, Diego Portales University
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Professor Zhang Minxuan
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Director, Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO
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Our Secretariat makes up the operational side of the organization. Guided by the Board of Directors, and led by Secretary-General Bruce Au, the Secretariat puts our aims into practice. This includes supporting our laureates through their projects, as well as sharing and promoting their work.
Eliza Cheung
Communications Manager
Helen Gao
Content Marketing Manager
Lucy Lake
Director of Global Engagement; 2020 Yidan Prize for Education Development Laureate
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Lily Law
Finance Manager
Oma Lee
Senior Strategy Advisor
Terry Lee
Digital Marketing Manager
Gabriella Lynn
Content Marketing Executive
Bowen Tan
Senior Program Manager
Renee Tsui
PR & Communications Executive
Annie Wong
Administrative Manager
Bryan Wong
Program Advisor
Michelle Yim
Senior Program Manager
Michelle Zhang
Senior Manager of Global Engagement
Professor Michelene Chi
Regents Professor & Dorothy Bray Endowed Professor of Science and Teaching, Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Arizona State University
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Dr Linda Darling-Hammond
Founding President and Chief Knowledge Officer, Learning Policy Institute
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Professor Carol S. Dweck
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
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Professor Usha Goswami
Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Professor Eric A. Hanushek
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University
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Professor Larry Hedges
Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics, Northwestern University
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Professor Wolfgang Lutz
Distinguished Emeritus Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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Mamadou Amadou Ly
Executive Director, Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED)
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Professor Carl Wieman
Professor Emeritus of Physics and Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
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Professor Uri Wilensky
Lorraine H. Morton Professor of Learning Sciences, Computer Science and Complex Systems, Northwestern University
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Marwa Zahr
Implementation and Practitioner Lead — Can’t Wait to Learn, War Child Alliance
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Our laureates
The Yidan Prize laureates are individuals and teams who have made significant contributions to improving education quality and expanding access to learning.
Our global community
We make greater, faster progress together. That's why we’re bringing people closer together, so we can speak with a shared voice on issues that matter in education.