After graduating from GLODEP in 2023, I followed an academic path and I am currently a doctoral researcher at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. My journey towards this position began already during the fourth semester of GLODEP, when I moved to Rotterdam for my thesis research and worked with the professor who is now the supervisor for my doctoral project. In addition to that, I am based in a management school, conducting research on social enterprises and cooperatives, and using historical methods. The comfort I have in embracing transdisciplinary methods and theories for my current work is a skill I learnt during GLODEP, and they shape and reinforce my work every day.    I chose to study GLODEP because the programme offered something unique: a mobility structure that allowed me to live and learn in different academic and cultural environments, and a curriculum that encouraged critical thinking about development policy and practice. This held true throughout...

How did you use GLODEP to get where you are now? What is your current position? Through GLODEP, I had an opportunity to know several organizations working in the development sector from the guest lectures and seminars that we had from the GLODEP non-academic associates. One such organization is the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) where I am currently working. I created a professional network from GLODEP that has been very vital in my professional growth by sharing opportunities as well as knowledge. I have been able to use the reputation and credibility of the three consortium universities to prove the credibility of my qualification to employers and be able to gain their trust over my skills and abilities. My current position is Researcher/PhD Scholar at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn, Germany. How did GLODEP help you to achieve your career goals? I have always aspired to work in research to support evidence-based policy,...