ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT HONGYI ZOU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Duke Kunshan University | Kunshan, China | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 4
" I am passionate about the Research of the Public Policy Tools (PPTs) for the promotion of Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and the study of Education Sustainable Development, which can be seen as a crucial part of the globalization trend, in a large sense. I am committed to exploring solutions in the field of public policy that promote universal access to GCED as I'm a beneficiary of global citizenship education, and I hope that more young learners will benefit from the further innovations and changes towards GCED as I have. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Global Citizenship Education Promotion in Asian-Pacific Region: Policy solutions for ESD
In this project, I explore the absence of GCED in the primary education system in schools in multiple locations in China, using the largest developing country - China - as a representative case study. Through fieldwork and group interviews in more than 10 secondary schools, I provide policy options for local governments to improve GCED based on feedback from students and young teachers. At the same time, in this project, I co-organized an academic seminar summit and funding summit for the popularization of GCED in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region through a partnership with UNESCO. At the summit, leading educators from universities, UNESCO leaders and UN Academic Impact staff, and prominent entrepreneurs from the community participated in the summit to contribute to the spread of GCED in developing countries. In addition, the project provided policy solutions on how to channel resources from international organizations to help address GCED educational inequities in those countries, and presented policy memoranda to local governments and international organizations.
About the Millennium Fellow
Hongyi Zou is pursuing a dual bachelor's degree in Political Economy with Public Policy track at Duke and Duke Kunshan University. Currently, he is working for UNESCO ASPnet and leading the UNESCO Youth Round Table. An entrance scholarship recipient and Dean's list with distinction in 2022. He founded the University's first and largest student club, the Chinese Debate Club. He is a committee member and co-president of 2023 Duke China-US Summit Committee. Beyond, He has led the creation of SPAIDEA Lab, a global intercultural consulting program designed to promote intercultural integration. He served as PwC LEAPer and the LinkedIn China Campus Director, connected over 400 universities in China to the employer. He is dedicated to providing policy solutions to facilitate the realization of SDG4. Hongyi is from Beijing, China.
