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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
Chairman, Cancer Research UK;
Emeritus Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge
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Professor Tony Chan Fan-cheong
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.
Dr Qian Tang
Chairman, Advisory Committee, Yidan Prize;
Former Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
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Ruth Kagia
Member, Advisory Committee;
Former Deputy Chief of Staff and senior advisor, Former President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta
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Dr Karen Mundy
Member, Advisory Comittee;
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Toronto
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Professor Pauline Rose
Member, Advisory Committee;
Director, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, University of Cambridge
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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 Managing Director, East Asia, Global Development Incubator (GDI)
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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;
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 Min-xuan
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research;
Head, 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 Edward Ma, the Secretariat puts our aims into practice. This includes supporting our laureates through their projects, as well as sharing and promoting their work.
Rachel Ip
Communications Strategist
Helen Gao
Digital Marketing Manager
Lily Law
Finance Manager
Vanessa Lo
Program Assistant
Gabriella Lynn
Content Marketing Executive
Renee Tsui
PR & Communications Executive
Jessica Wong
Communications Director
Michelle Yim
Program Manager
Michelle Zhang
Program Coordinator
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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.
Our laureates
The Yidan Prize laureates are individuals and teams who have made significant contributions to improving education quality and expanding access to learning.