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 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.

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.

CEDAR is a pan European network of Muslim professionals working to generate a culture of success and leadership amongst Europe’s diverse  communities.

Phoenix explores the moral, philosophical and practical underpinnings for developing a more robust and confident centre ground capable of marginalising different ideological extremes.