Here we include links to the work, and online resources of all Yidan Prize laureates.
We hope they inspire you as much as they inspire us.
The Yidan Prize Foundation extends heartfelt thanks to each laureate.
Founder and Chair Emeritus, BRAC
Founder and Chair Emeritus, BRAC
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG (April 1936 – December 2019) was the Founder and Chair Emeritus of BRAC, one of the world’s largest NGOs. Viewing education as a crucial catalyst for change, Sir Fazle has positively impacted the childhood development of close to 40,000 children, and his work continues to alleviate poverty and empower the poor across 11 countries in Africa and Asia.
Founder and CEO, edX
Founder and CEO, edX
Professor Anant Agarwal is the Founder and CEO of edX, the online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT. The platform aims to provide access to high quality education at scale, to learners around the world, regardless of geographic location, financial resources, prior academic qualifications, gender, race or other demographics.
Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN)
Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN)
Ms Vicky Colbert is founder and executive director of Fundación Escuela Nueva. The education model she espouses has benefited students in more than 20,000 rural schools in Colombia, and has been adopted in 19 countries.
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
One of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, Professor Carol S. Dweck is recognized for her work on the importance of mindsets.
Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor Usha Goswami is a world-leading researcher in the fields of literacy, neuroscience and education. Her research has identified the importance of children’s awareness of linguistic rhythm patterns for their reading acquisition, and has also revealed the brain basis of rhythm perception, showing how this neural process is impaired in developmental dyslexia.
Chairman of the Department of Statistics, Northwestern University
Chairman of the Department of Statistics, Northwestern University
Professor Larry Hedges is one of the most influential applied statisticians in the world. His work in educational policy allows policymakers, educators and the general public to see the evidence for “what works” in the field of education, and makes it possible to take a scientific approach to improving education for future generations.
Chief Executive Officer, CAMFED
Chief Executive Officer, CAMFED
Ms Lucy Lake is the Chief Executive Officer of CAMFED and has pioneered strategies to increase school retention and learning among marginalized girls, benefitting over six million young people.
Executive Director – Africa, CAMFED
Executive Director – Africa, CAMFED
Ms Angeline Murimirwa is CAMFED's Executive Director - Africa. She is uniquely positioned to bring the expertise of young women once excluded from education to inform policy and strategy at every level.
Professor of Physics and Graduate School of Education and DRC Chair at Stanford University
Professor of Physics and Graduate School of Education and DRC Chair at Stanford University
Professor Carl Wieman is a pioneer of the use of new pedagogies in STEM education on college-level science teaching. His work has transformed the way STEM education is taught in major universities around the world.
