Uriel Kejsefman
Uriel is a Senior Product Manager at Duolingo, the most downloaded education app in the world, where he is developing Duolingo’s newest AI-powered subscription tier, Duolingo Max. He previously supported major education reforms at the World Bank and consulted universities at the Education Advisory Board. Uriel holds a BA from Yale University and a master’s […]
Jim Jansen
Dr. Jim Jansen is a Principal Scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute, leading a research team working on the automatic visualization of user data (see https://acua.qcri.org/team). He is a West Point graduate with a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University. Professor Jansen is editor-in-chief of the journal Information Processing & Management and former […]
Olivia fossali
Olivia is deeply concerned by the lack of tools that offer an inclusive environment for children to learn and express themselves, regardless of their learning abilities or background. She cares about fostering agency, encouraging collaboration, and sparking children’s imagination as she believes this is when most learning happens. Olivia co-founded Baobabooks and is currently based […]
Jerome Marston
Jerome oversees the operations of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) on an interim basis. Before this, he was a senior researcher at GCPEA and led research for the flagship report, Education under Attack. Jerome also contributes towards strengthening monitoring and reporting of attacks on education at the Coalition and among partner […]
Matthew Hutson
Matthew Hutson is a freelance science and technology writer and a Contributing Writer at The New Yorker. He also writes for Science, Nature, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. He has degrees in cognitive neuroscience (Brown University) and science writing (MIT). He was an editor at Psychology Today and is the author of […]
Warda Abdelrahman ElKhalifa
Research Associate at WISE. Currently leading the Empowering Leaders for Learning Program at WISE, and co-writing a report on Inclusion policies in Qatar.
Ayaz Karimov
Ayaz Karimov is a Co-Founder & Game Designer at Inskillz, a dynamic company specializing in the creation of educational games and programs. Within Inskillz, he has led the charge in crafting a diverse range of educational games, including board games, card games, and immersive escape-the-room experiences. These games serve as powerful educational tools, tackling subjects […]
Mo Amer
Mo Amer is a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, producer and award-winning writer. A pioneer in Arab American stand-up, Amer’s humor consists of observational comedy, political satire and race-related material, heavily drawing on autobiographical elements as well as a unique, improvised conversational style.
Jishnu Das
Prof. Jishnu Das is a distinguished professor of public policy at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Jishnu’s work focuses on health and education in low and middle-income countries. With more than 100 published papers, his research has had widespread impact across multiple countries in both education and health and has been […]
Mujtaba Naqib
After receiving the Qatar Scholarship, Mujtaba Naqib embarked on a new chapter, using the scholarship as a bridge from challenges in Afghanistan to a promising future in the U.S. It allowed him to pursue his studies in Computer Science and recognize the potential of displaced Afghan students. At Bard College, he contributes as the Head […]