Selection Committee for the Knowledge and Innovation Programme

The Selection Committee for the Knowledge and Innovation Programme advises the Danida Fellowship Centre regarding support to university partnerships through the Knowledge and Innovation Programme.

The Selection Committee members are recruited based on competence and experience with university partnerships and exchanges, specialist knowledge about international relations in the higher education landscape in Denmark and African countries, insight into requirements of university and innovation environments in African countries, and finally in-depth knowledge and experience with development cooperation. The committee will assess applications for partnerships, scholarship activities and seed funding for partnerships, and advises the Danida Fellowship Centre in matters regarding the Knowledge and Innovation Programme as relevant.

Rules of procedure

Rules for conflict of interest

assessment criteria KIP incl rejection codes

Members of the Committee

Nils Boesen, Director, Nils Boesen a/s – Process & Change Consultancy, Denmark
Ann Njoki Kingiri, Chief Research Fellow and Director, Research and Innovation, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis, Director and Professor of Higher Education, Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education (AMCHES), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Shirley Pollak, Chief Consultant, Office for International Education, Roskilde University, Denmark
Adelina Maria Mensah, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana
Annika Sundbäck-Lindroos, Chief Specialist, Higher Education Global Partnerships, Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI, Finland
Brendan Harrison, Independent Consultant, UK
Karen Høj Obling, Senior Advisor, Learning and Quality, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark (Observer)
Therese Hyll Bruun, Chief Advisor, Ministry of Science, Higher Education & Digital Affairs, Denmark (Observer)