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 countries. Through 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:
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- 67.2% of learners have engaged in law and policy change processes after completing DemEd Global courses
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- 84.2% have taught, advised, supported, or represented others, creating powerful multiplier effects in their communities
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- 83.7% have pursued further study or research, strengthening long-term capacity in sustainability governance
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- 44.8% have joined new organisations or taken up new roles, often in climate, development, and public policy fields
Warm Thanks to Our Expert Speakers
University of Cambridge
The World
Programme Committee
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) |
| Warsama Omar Meraneh (Djibouti) | Marie Michele Audrey Tolbize Ravina (Mauritius) | |
| 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) |
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Darasa Abdisa Kuma (Ethiopia) |
Richard N Sam (Liberia) |
| 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
| Maryam Waseem (Afghanistan ) | Aprilda Fiona Butar Butar (Indonesia) | |
| Miqdad Muhammad (Indonesia) | ||
| Yuriko Takemura (Japan) | ||
| Asif Abdullah (Bangladesh ) | Tia-Maria Daou (Lebanon) | Mohamad Faidullah Abu Bakar (Malaysia) |
| Ying WANG (China) | ||
| Salesi Tane Bolai (Fiji) | Christopher Johnson (Malaysia) | |
| Cho Zin Win (Myanmar) | Javeria Abbas (Pakistan) | |
| Michael SAM (Hong Kong) | Hari Prasad Rijal (Nepal) | Salman Ahmed khatani (Pakistan ) |
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Ni Putu Widhia Setiani Asak (Indonesia) |
Irene Dasas Valones (Philippines ) | |
| Rashmi Kathpalia (India) | Samadhi Lewke Bandara Karunarathne (Sri Lanka ) | Aizhan Mukhtar kyzy (The Kyrgyz Republic) |
| Himanshu Pahwa (India) | Jirawat Suriyashotichyangkul (Thailand) | Son Nguyen (Vietnam) |
| Le Vy (Vietnam ) |
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) | 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) |
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Aylin Çerik (Germany) |
| Maria Bekiari (Greece) | Rania Assariotaki (Greece) | Emma Pauline Helgesen (Norway) |
| Ruzanna Tarverdyan (Switzerland) | Miray Korkmaz Kapici (Turkey) | Sena Ece Cırpanlı (türkiye) |














































