Education and Leadership
In order to put ideas into practice and see long-lasting change within Europe and its wider neighbourhood, ISD prioritises investing in the education and training of tomorrow’s leaders and building up networks of individuals who demonstrate transformative leadership potential in their given regions and sectors.
ISD aims to provide emerging leaders from a variety of backgrounds with the linkages and resources they need to excel in their fields, and to multiply their effectiveness through collaborative projects.
This area of work includes the following projects and initiatives:
Humanitas
Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Cambridge and Oxford intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities.
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The Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
This programme cultivates the leaders of tomorrow; in its first phase the Programme focused on Europe’s neighbourhood including Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
More about The Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
Phoenix: An Inter-Community Initiative
Phoenix explores the moral, philosophical and practical underpinnings for developing a more robust and confident centre ground capable of marginalising different ideological extremes.
More about Phoenix: An Inter-Community Initiative
CEDAR
CEDAR is a pan European network of Muslim professionals working to generate a culture of success and leadership amongst Europe’s diverse communities.
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Recent Events
Weidenfeld Scholars and Alumni Negotiation Skills Training
11 May 2013
ISD Offices, London
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Historiography
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, Emeritus Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge
9 - 14 May 2013
University of Oxford
Weidenfeld Debate
9 May 2013
Ship Street Conference Centre, Jesus College, Oxford
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Statecraft and Diplomacy
Professor the Hon Gareth Evans, AC QC FASSA (Chancellor of the Australian National University)
8 - 14 May 2013
University of Cambridge
All Education and Leadership events
Leading activists from pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, speaking at a Weidenfeld Debate, February 2012
Vanessa Redgrave, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012, speaking at the University of Oxford, February 2012
The Inaugural Hoffmann Lecture with Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International, February 2013
Meeting of the Turkey Task Force, Istanbul, 13-14 April 2013
Imogen Cooper, pianist, Humanitas Visiting Professor of Classical Music and Music Education, 2012-2013
Humanitas Visiting Professor in the History of Art, Philippe de Montebello, University of Cambridge, November 2012
Members of the Phoenix Network at a meeting hosted by ISD with the Three Faiths Forum and the British Council, March 2012
Participants watch a presentation during ISD's second Social Media and Intolerance workshop, July 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman Google, January 2013
Meeting of the Energy Expert Group to discuss energy issues of mutual concern to Turkey,USA and the EU
Dr Suraya Dalil, Afghan Minister of Health, speaking at the Weidenfeld Debate, Oxford, May 2013
Journalists Edward Lucas, Deborah Rayner and Nabila Ramdani talking to ISD's Weidenfeld Scholars, June 2012
Dr Magnus Ranstorp of the Swedish National Defence College addressing the Counter-terrorism and Communities Workshop, September 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in the History of Ideas, Professor Lorraine Daston, January 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012, Robert Levin, University of Cambridge, October 2012
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, University of Cambridge, March 2013
Historian Saul Friedlander, Inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography at the University of Oxford, May 2012
Gregory Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012-2013
European Leader Series, with Mikhail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia, February 2013, London
Weidenfeld Scholars and Alumni Negotiation Skills Training
ISD Offices, London, 11 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Historiography
University of Oxford, 9 to 14 May 2013
Weidenfeld Debate
Ship Street Conference Centre, Jesus College, Oxford, 9 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Statecraft and Diplomacy
University of Cambridge, 8 to 14 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries
University of Oxford, 6 to 9 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Contemporary Art
University of Oxford, 6 to 9 May 2013
Weidenfeld Scholars’ Spring Ball
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, 2 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature
University of Oxford, 30 April to 9 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Interfaith Studies
University of Oxford, 29 April to 2 May 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Film and Television
University of Oxford, 23 to 24 April 2013
Weidenfeld Scholars Practical Skills Training
Egrove Park, Oxford, 23 March 2013
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