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The Structure
The Yidan Prize is supported by the Yidan Prize Foundation, a Board of Directors, an Advisory Committee and a Judging Committee, whose members are independent and authoritative experts.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance of the Yidan Prize Foundation, the appointment of the Advisory Committee and the Judging Committee, and approving the Judging Committee’s laureate recommendations.
The Advisory Committee is responsible for inviting nominating organizations, developing the judging criteria, and procedures.
The Judging Committee is responsible for screening nominations and selecting laureates. It comprises two independent judging panels, one for Education Research, the other for Education Development.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance of the Yidan Prize Foundation, the appointment of the Advisory Committee and the Judging Committee, and approving the Judging Committee’s laureate recommendations.
The Advisory Committee is responsible for inviting nominating organizations, developing the judging criteria, and procedures.
The Judging Committee is responsible for screening nominations and selecting laureates. It comprises two independent judging panels, one for Education Research, the other for Education Development.
Board of Directors
Dr Charles CHEN Yidan
Founder, the Yidan Prize
Core Founder, Tencent
Professor Sir Leszek BORYSIEWICZ
FRS MA PhD FRCP FMedSci
Chairman, Cancer Research UK
Vice Chancellor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
Professor Rick LEVIN
Senior Advisor, Coursera
President Emeritus, Yale University
Professor Tony CHAN Fan-cheong
President, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
President Emeritus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Advisory Committee
Dr Qian TANG
Former Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Chairman, Advisory Committee, Yidan Prize
Professor CHENG Kai-ming
Emeritus Professor, the University of Hong Kong
Convenor, Advisory Committee
Mr Dankert VEDELER
Assistant Director-General of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Member, Advisory Committee
Dr Manzoor AHMED
Professor Emeritus, BRAC University
Member, Advisory Committee
Dr Jamil SALMI
Global Tertiary Education Expert
Member, Advisory Committee
Mr Marc S. TUCKER
President Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow of The American National Centre on Education and The Economy
Member, Advisory Committee
Judging Committee
Dr Koichiro MATSUURA
Former Director-General, UNESCO
Chairman, Judging Committee, Yidan Prize
Ms Dorothy K. GORDON
Chair, UNESCO Information for All Programme
Head, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development
Mr Andreas SCHLEICHER
Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD
Head, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research
Dr Allan E. GOODMAN
President and Chief Executive Officer, the Institute of International Education
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development
Professor Bruce M. ALBERTS
Chancellor’s Leadership Chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education, the University of California, San Francisco
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research
Dr Steven COHEN
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development
Professor Gerd GIGERENZER
Director, Harding Center of Risk Literacy, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research
Dr Felice J. LEVINE
Executive Director, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Research
Mr Ruben VARDANYAN
Social entrepreneur, impact investor and venture philanthropist
Member, Judging Panel, Yidan Prize for Education Development
Secretariat
