Sleeman, Siobhán
Joined DICE as the Project Coordinator in January 2014. She has 14 years experience leading and managing programmes with a focus on development education, volunteering for development and innovative education approaches. Siobhán has worked with the Irish Development Education Association, Comhlámh and the Media in Education Trust, South Africa and holds a Masters in Business Administration and an MSc in Development Studies.
Jones, John Y.
Head of the Dag Hammarskjöld Programme at Voksenaasen, Oslo and Networkers SouthNorth.
Van den Boom, Frans
Was President and CEO of the NCDO (The Netherlands Center on International Cooperation and Sustainable Development), and has extensive experience on international cooperation and global development. Currently for working for the Katar Foundation.
Pereira, Luísa Teotónio
Board Member of the Amílcar Cabral Centre for Intervention on Development (CIDAC), works in the field of Development Education. She is the representative of CIDAC on the Monitoring Committee of the National Strategy for Development Education (NSDE) and GENE – Global Education Network Europe.
Mehren, Rainer
Prof. Dr. Rainer Mehren (geb. Uphues) ist Professor für Didaktik der Geographie am Institut für Geographie der Universität Gießen. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Systemkompetenz, Globales Lernen.
Palmgren, Victoria
Operations Manager the Global School. Swedish Council for Higher Education.
Martin, Maeve
A psychologist who has spent her professional life as a teacher-educator at all levels of the teacher education continuum. Prior to that, she worked as a classroom teacher both in Nigeria and Ireland. She is a Fulbright Fellow and spent a year in Boston College researching new paradigms for teacher education and was a consultant for the World Bank in the Caribbean. Now in retirement, she carries out a range of consultancy work.
Krause, Johannes
Former co-ordinator of the Global Education Network of Young Europeans (GLEN). Author of the European Development Education Monitoring Report “DE Watch” (2010) and member of the Europe Aid DEAR Study team (2010). In 2010 co-founder of the Berlin based NGO “Impuls – Agents for Applied Utopia”.
Nygaard, Arnfinn
Former director of the RORG-network for North/South information in Norway.
Reddy, Anita
Degree in Latin American Studies. Several years of NGO work in development and international education. Since 2004 InWEnt, Capacity Building International (Germany). Since 2008 Head of Division Municipal Development Cooperation/ Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung in Deutschland/Funding Programme Development Education. Since April 2012 Director of Department Municipal Development Cooperation and Education Programmes at Engagement Global (Germany).
Wegimont, Liam
Involved in GENE since its inception, in a variety of roles. He has lectured, written and consulted widely in the field. Currently principal of Mount Temple Comprehensive, Dublin – a school increasingly devoted to global learning.
Zuylen, Jos
Is Founder and President of Dutch MesoConsult. For more than 25 years MesoConsult is actively involved in innovation of educational systems, with a special emphasis on the interface and connection between the macro and meso level.
Titley, Aoife
A former post-primary teacher and educational researcher. She currently lectures in development education and intercultural education in the Froebel Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education in Maynooth University. She also acts as Teacher Education Adviser to Amnesty International and is a DCU Doctoral candidate, specialising in teacher education.
Scheunpflug, Annette
Dr. Annette Scheunpflug ist Professorin für Allgemeine Pädagogik an der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Evolutionäre Erziehungswissenschaft und Pädagogische Anthropologie sowie international und interkulturell vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Weltbürgerliche Erziehung/Globales Lernen. Maßnahmen zur Lehrerprofessionalisierung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.
O'Loughlin, Eddie
Coordinator of GENE 2008–2015. He worked as Head of Information with Irish Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ireland from 1997–2000. He studied politics and history at University College Dublin and Helsinki University, has a Masters Degree in Political Science.
Hartmeyer, Helmuth
Dr. Helmuth Hartmeyer war bis zu seiner Pensionierung (2015) Leiter der Abteilung Zivilgesellschaft in der Austrian Development Agency (ADA) und Vorsitzender des Global Education Network Europe (GENE) von 2008–2016. Er unterrichtet Globales Lernen am Institut für Internationale Entwicklung der Universität Wien.
Bourn, Douglas
Douglas Bourn, Professor of Development Education and Co-Director of Development Education Research Centre at University College London-Institute of Education. Author of Theory and Practice of Development Education (2015) and numerous publications on the theme of global citizenship, global perspectives in higher education and global skills.
Moryc, Janina
Head of Development Education, Volunteering Service and Public Communication Unit, Department for Implementation of Development Programmes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland).
Sobotová, Lenka
Has been actively involved in the Czech Development Education movement since 2006. She worked for the non-governmental organisations ARPOK and People in Need as educational project coordinator and trainer. She has a degree in International Development Studies from Palacký University in Olomouc. Since 2012 she has been working on her PhD project in cooperation with the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.
Szewczyc, Patrycja
Is Chief Specialist at the Ministry of National Education of Poland. With a background in public administration and a Masters degree in political science, she has been for some years involved in the integration of Global Education within the Polish national education system.
Andreotti, Vanessa
Held a professorial chair in Global Education at the University Oulu (Finland). She is affiliated with the Universities of Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and Canterbury (NZ).
Skalicka, Petra
Has been working as director of the Variants educational department of the Czech People in Need organisation. She is a trainer of critical thinking, has been involved in preparing methodological documents and participated in developing the Czech National Strategy for Global Development Education.
Bocken, Dirk
Was active in the field of world citizenship education (Kleur Bekennen), social-emotional learning and intercultural learning in Belgium. Currently working for GENE in the area of Peer Reviews on Global Education.
Krier, Jean-Marie
Jean-Marie Krier, Dr., Erziehungswissenschaftler / Soziologe (Univ.), Betriebswirt (Univ.), ist Mitarbeiter der KommEnt GmbH in Salzburg, Österreich. Er evaluiert und berät seit vielen Jahren in den Bereichen entwicklungspolitische Bildungsarbeit, Globales Lernen und Fairer Handel im In- und Ausland.
Jääskeläinen, Liisa
Master in Social Science. Before retiring, she was Counsellor of Education at the Finnish National Board of Education. She was actively involved in the ongoing curricular reforms of preschool and basic education as well as preliminary education for general upper secondary schools for migrants. She has initiated and chaired several development processes on international and Global Education.
Hartmeyer, Helmuth
Dr. Helmuth Hartmeyer war bis zu seiner Pensionierung (2015) Leiter der Abteilung Zivilgesellschaft in der Austrian Development Agency (ADA) und Vorsitzender des Global Education Network Europe (GENE) von 2008–2016. Er unterrichtet Globales Lernen am Institut für Internationale Entwicklung der Universität Wien.
Wegimont, Liam
Involved in GENE since its inception, in a variety of roles. He has lectured, written and consulted widely in the field. Currently principal of Mount Temple Comprehensive, Dublin – a school increasingly devoted to global learning.
