About Us

A Meaningful Mission

This programme aims to democratise education on sustainable development law and policy and to strengthen capacity by developing and delivering online courses. Leading colleges of the University of Cambridge are widening participation by making education available worldwide to current and future law and policy leaders, and by convening and supporting global engagement and communities of practice.

Education for Our World

The DemEd Global programme, under the leadership of Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Lucy Cavendish College in the University of Cambridge, offers the best-available legal and policy expertise on pressing global challenges.

This programme, co-hosted by Lucy Cavendish College and Hughes Hall at the University of Cambridge, in partnership with leading Cambridge and international expert institutions, engages current and future law and policy leaders especially from highly climate vulnerable countries, in implementing sustainable development commitments.

Insights & Impacts

Now in its third year, DemEd Global continues to equip practitioners, students, and community leaders with the legal, policy, and governance tools needed to advance sustainability and justice. Our learners go on to drive law and policy processes, strengthen community capacity through teaching and advocacy, and take on new research and leadership opportunities across more than 170 countriesThrough accessible, world-class education — and a global network committed to equity and inclusion — we are helping to build the next generation of leaders shaping fair, effective, and future-ready governance systems. 

DemEd Global’s Impact Report

In January 2026, DemEd Global released its first-ever Impact Report, marking a major milestone in the programme’s mission to democratise access to world-class education in sustainability, law, and public policy. Based on an Impact Survey (n=442) conducted in July-Sept 2025, the report finds that:

      • 67.2% of learners have engaged in law and policy change processes after completing DemEd Global courses

      • 84.2% have taught, advised, supported, or represented others, creating powerful multiplier effects in their communities

      • 83.7% have pursued further study or research, strengthening long-term capacity in sustainability governance

      • 44.8% have joined new organisations or taken up new roles, often in climate, development, and public policy fields

    The Team

    Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

    Chair in Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge

    Professor Markus Gehring

    Professor of European and International Law, Faculty of Law
    Law Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge

    Tejas Rao

    Research Coordinator, DemEd Global / PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

    Joanna Watterson

    Programme Coordinator, DemEd Global / PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

    Carter Cheng

    Engagement Coordinator, DemEd Global / PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge

    Programme Committee

    Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

    Chair in Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge

    Professor Markus Gehring

    Professor of European and International Law, Faculty of Law
    Law Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge

    Professor Dame Diane Coyle

    Bennett Professor of Public Policy
    Research Director, Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

    Professor Laura Diaz Anadon

    Chaired Professor of Climate Change Policy
    Director, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, University of Cambridge

    Dr Ashfaq Khalfan

    Board Chair, Center for International Sustainable Development Law Board
    Director of the Sustainability Regulation Observatory & Distinguished Policy Fellow at the LSE Law School

    Professor Bhaskar Vira

    Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Environmental Sustainability, University of Cambridge

    Dr Carol Ibe

    Programme Manager, Cambridge Global Challenges

    Course Ambassadors

    African States

    Shirega Minuye (Ethiopia) Essa Faye (Gambia) Cornelius Patrick Labella (Liberia )
    Diana Sichalwe-Sichone (Zambia) Karabo Grace Senaoane (Lesotho ) Allan Ngobola (Zambia)
    Ramy George Yacoub (Egypt) Esther Nyamekye Opoku (Ghana) Tolédé Parfait Adanmènoukon (Benin)
    Rorisang Ntaote (Lesotho) Eric Asiamah Owusu (Ghana) Mahtab Elshenawy (Egypt)
    Djoddi Sikka Rafatou (Benin) Rashiedah Laika Sinoya Winesi (Malawi) Kennedy Ndingi Nzyoki (Kenya)
    Thato Gabaitse (Botswana) Gabriel Ajabu Mastaki (DR Congo)  Aliou Fousseni (Benin)
    Sejo Karl Mupundu (Botswana) Dembo Keita (Gambia) Maryam Omar (Libya)
    Aben Melvis Anep (Cameroon) Etienne BAGRE (Burkina Faso ) Ruya Almushwat (Libya)
    Yves-Axel Vianney Affian (Côte D’Ivoire) Destiny Mutah Afu (Cameroon ) Sean Mwawi Longwe (Malawi)
    Dieu-Merci Victoire WILHIS (Central African Republic) Rasheed Jimoh (Nigeria) Christinah Machingambi (Zimbabwe)
    Jeremie Kasongo (Democratic Republic of Congo                                       Mmachukwu Loretta Obimdike (Nigeria)  Mohamed Sylla (Mali)
    Bridget Promise Nakisige (Uganda) Noah Chongo (Zambia) Hamidou Samaké (Mali)

    Amani Habimana Jospin (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    Warsama Omar Meraneh (Djibouti) Marie Michele Audrey Tolbize Ravina (Mauritius)

    Hassan Kimela (Tanzania)

    Enock Sangaka Mong’are (Kenya)

    Mbalibulha Ezira (Uganda)

    Mohammed Awal Abdulai (Ghana)

    Philip Zulu (Zambia)

    Maclean Materechera (Malawi)

    Baingana Mohsin (Uganda)

    Musaab Ahmed Abdelrahman Mohamed (Sudan and Saudi Arabia) 

    Angelique Umutesi Muhavani (Kenya)

    Njoke Mbanda Lionel Romeo (Cameroon)

    Lucy Rose-Laurene Sherman (Liberia) Eino Amena Shalumbu (Namibia)
    Saad Elden Mohamed Saad (Egypt) Nxumalo Mongi Simphiwe (Eswatini) Gibrilla Kamara (Sierra Leone)
    Anegagregn Gashaw Ferede (Ethiopia) Kgomotso Masilo (Botswana)

    Zanna Samaila (Nigeria)

    Darasa Abdisa Kuma (Ethiopia)

    Richard N Sam (Liberia)

    Abdoul Lamine Kamara (Senegal)

    Isata Mahoi (Sierra Leone)                                                                   Ernst (South Africa) Sambou kinteh  (The Gambia )
    Mohamed Jalloh  (Sierra Leone ) Sinomncedi Magida  (South Africa ) Dorra Bouguella (Tunisia)
    Said Mohamed Ahmed  (Somalia ) Mading Gum Mading (South Sudan) Kumbulani Murenga (Zimbabwe)
    Ashleigh Jacobs (South Africa) Monged Abdalla Eltahir Abdalla (Sudan) Clorence Matewe (Zimbabwe)
    Hamisi Simba Salum (Tanzania)    

     

     

     

    Asia-Pacific States

    Eastern European States

    Ayshan (Azerbaijan) Nineta Ion (Romania) Codrut Nicolau (Romania )
    Mariami Melkadze (Georgia) Stefania Anca Marica (Romania) Vladimir Yuvonin (Russia)
    Alina RADU (Romania) Maria Dmitrieva  (Russia )  

    Latin American and Caribbean States

    Alfonso Navarro Carvallo (Chile/Peru) Antonella Micaela Lemos (Argentina) Romina Huertas Mora (Peru)
    Diego Delgadillo (Bolivia) Angela Cielito Saravia Gutierrez (Bolivia) Rosi Amerena Amigo (Mexico)
    Scarlett Ivette Rodriguez Silvestre (Dominican Republic) Jesús Marcos González (Mexico) America Carvajal (Chile)
    César Noel Hernández Rivera (El Salvador) Casandra Mitchell (Grenada)

    Jerry Michel (Haiti)

    Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh (Jamaica) Kadisha Mitchell (Jamaica) Cristóbal Naldo Aguilera Bernal (Chile)
    Alessandra Cruz Butrón (Mexico) Ricardo Jiménez Sánchez  (Mexico ) Dujean Edwards (Jamaica)
    Tomás Scuticchio (Argentina) 

    Nathalie Beatriz Hines Rios (Panama) 

    Nicole Morazan  (Nicaragua)
    Mauricio Fernández Baca (Peru) Livia Camila Rodrigues da Silva (Brazil) Ethan Leandre (Saint Lucia)
    Karen Lancaster-Ellis (Trinidad and Tobago) Kristelle Ramcharan  (Trinidad and Tobago )  
    Renato Soares Peres Ferreira (Brazil)    

    Western European and Other States

     
     
    Joanne Napier (Scotland) Marco Iazzetta (Italy) Ilaria Scarpetta (Italy)
    Marike van Kooten (The Netherlands/UK) Clara Brown (Canada) Fiona Brown (Canada)
    Juan Luis Munoz Arbona (Spain) Rui Qing (Canada) Hayt Anais  (France)
    Sophie Lola Zancanella (Austria)

    Emily Julier (United Kingdom) 

     

    Aylin Çerik (Germany)
    Maria Bekiari (Greece) Rania Assariotaki (Greece) Emma Pauline Helgesen (Norway)
    Ruzanna Tarverdyan (Switzerland) Miray Korkmaz Kapici (Turkey) Sena Ece Cırpanlı (türkiye)