Keynote · UWC International
Between 2017 and 2022, the United World Colleges (UWC) collaborated with a team of researchers at Harvard University’s Project Zero research center to investigate what elements of a UWC education are most influential in encouraging ethical habits and pro-social actions in young people. The results of the study are important for the UWC movement as well as other education organisations.
1 January 2023 · Keynote
His keynote to the worldwide UWC community at the movement’s 60th anniversary, on what six decades have achieved — closing with the charge to “let your light so shine.”
"Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world" It is precisely with these words that the 2023-24 academic year of the United World College of the Adriatic – the 41st since its foundation – has been inaugurated. The ceremony took place on 30 September 2023 in Venice, in the magnificent Ca' Giustinian palace, home of Venice's Biennale, in the presence of Queen Noor of Jordan, President of the UWC movement since 1995. https://www.uwcad.it/2023/opening
In April 2022, at the culmination of a three-day visit to UWC Thailand, I addressed the community of students, teachers, parents and supporters, speaking about my vision for the UWC movement, while honouring the unique journey of UWC Thailand. I celebrated the school’s unique programme centred on mindfulness and wellbeing, and socio-emotional learning.