Driving force

From the very start of the program, she has been a driving force behind building an international, connected, and active learning community.

What distinguishes her approach is her ability to design education that extends beyond the classroom. Josephine brings students, colleagues, and external partners together, ensuring that the world literally enters the program. In doing so, she makes learning not only theoretical, but directly connected to current societal and international challenges.

Changemaking as daily practice

She actively seeks collaboration across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. For example, she organises joint classes with other programs and educational institutions, including collaborations with University College Roosevelt in situations where flexibility is required. She also sets up international online sessions in which students from different countries engage in discussions on topics such as cultural awareness and collaboration. In addition, she makes inspiring events, such as the Four Freedoms Awards, accessible to students, allowing them to engage directly with broader societal perspectives.

An important part of her work is the creation of a structural sense of community. Through initiatives such as Inspiration Fridays, Josephine builds a fixed space where students continue to inspire one another, share ideas, and collaborate on projects. This creates a learning environment in which changemaking is not just a topic, but a daily practice.

Ownership at the centre

The impact is clearly visible. Students no longer experience education as something passive, but as an active space in which they themselves are part of change. A culture emerges in which experimentation is encouraged, collaboration is natural, and ownership is central.

Josephine shows that education only becomes truly meaningful when it dares to connect and cross boundaries between people, disciplines, and countries. By bringing the world into the program, she turns learning into a shared and boundary-crossing experience.