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Marianne Camerer

Marianne Camerer is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where she focuses on ethics, leadership, and accountability. She previously directed the Building Bridges Programme, a leadership development platform, at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, also at the University of Cape Town. In 2014 she initiated the flagship Emerging African Leaders Programme which now has over 100 alumnus from ten African countries. Beyond research and teaching she works with a team of facilitators to develop innovative executive training for senior public officials and social entrepreneurs in Africa, with a particular focus on ethical leadership and accountability. Prior to joining UCT, Marianne co-founded the international anti-corruption…

2020 World Fellows wrap up time at Yale

Today marks the official end of the 2020 World Fellows Program. And it ended, as it began, with a Zoom. A Zoom in which the Fellows reflected on the goals they had set themselves at the outset – and what they were able to achieve during the fellowship. And those achievements are impressive: they gave virtual talks on entrepreneurship; biodiversity and conservation; inequality in the Middle East; human rights; domestic violence; refugees; the Rwandan genocide; the peace process in Afghanistan; the United Nations; the challenges facing Hong Kong; sanitation; social development; the impact of the pandemic; and protests and social movements in Africa. They mentored their student liaisons as well…

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America’s Ukraine scandal: What does this mean for peace in Europe?

December 11, 2019 Ukraine has featured prominently in the American media for the past several months. As a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament, I view this situation with broad global perspectives and outcomes in mind, especially as Russia continues to threaten Ukrainian democracy. If Russia succeeds in destabilizing Ukrainian democracy, and the European Union and the United States both fail to stand up to Russia’s aggression, there will be serious security implications across the globe.  I can hardly believe that the recent scandal in the United States involving U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is accidental. The scandal serves as an opportunity for Russia to discredit…

Day in the Life

A World Fellow’s time on the Yale campus is short, but sweet. It’s also anything but typical. Days are action-packed, including sessions with other members of the cohort, student liaisons, faculty and beyond. The program is meant to afford Fellows a chance to evolve their world views and to refine their goals, but moments for reflection are typically sandwiched in between busy days and a whirlwind time in New Haven. Just ask our Past Fellows, or glimpse a sample schedule below (though every day is different).

Health as a Lens: A Timely Opportunity

Prior to coming to Yale, I led the policy research office in the Department of Health-Philippines.  In this capacity, my team worked on a few initiatives that entailed close collaboration with colleagues from other sectors, including taxing tobacco and sugar-sweetened beverages and ensuring health risks of infrastructure projects are mitigated and managed. I learned that once our counterparts understood the rationale for the action and appreciated the intersection, they willingly took the lead and became better champions.  While we know that health is a determinant of human security, it seldom climbs to the top of policymakers’ agendas unless a communicable disease outbreak is imminent, or if both the wealthy and underprivileged…

Brexit Briefings: Understanding a Country Divided

December 9, 2019 Coming to Yale to undertake the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program was always going to be a life-altering experience, but as I prepared for my departure from the UK in the summer of 2019, I was leaving safe in the knowledge that during my absence the UK would somehow have to meet the October 31 Brexit deadline.  This was already the second extension to our leaving the European Union, and our political and policy narratives seemed paralyzed to this single issue. We needed a resolution. Former Prime Minister Theresa May’s three failed attempts to get an EU Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament set the scene for a…

2019 Fellows address key issues of the day

The 2019 World Fellows spent this semester giving guest lectures in classrooms, mentoring Yale students, hosting documentary filmmakers and musicians, and sharing practices for sustainable living. Each week, the World Fellows gave talks on an incredibly broad range of topics, including open data governance in China; public health policy; ocean conservation; press freedom; global leadership and power; the rights of indigenous peoples; poverty alleviation; Ukrainian politics and anticorruption efforts; and navigating identity in leadership.  Here are a few hot topics from the semester: CLIMATE CHANGE In September 2019, the UN Climate Action Summit was held in New York City, and several published reports highlighted the imperative of addressing climate change. At Yale, 2019 World…

World Fellows Program marks 16th year

When Norbert Mao came to Yale in 2003, he was a 36-year-old member of Parliament, representing the city of Gulu in the northern region of Uganda. At the time, the area was the epicenter of a decades-long war, and Mao was working with other parliamentarians to bring peace. During his four months on campus, Mao made the most of Yale’s extensive resources and academic offerings. He took advantage of the one-on-one media training provided by the World Fellows Program. Courses in corporate leadership and grand strategy helped expand his leadership skills, and a writing course helped him refine his communications skills. Upon returning home, he jumped into the rough-and -tumble…