Jacinda Ardern making her final speech to New Zealand's parliament in Wellington earlier this month. Pic: New Zealand Herald/AP
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join Harvard University this year to bring"insights to students" about her experiences as a world leader.has been appointed to dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School. The 42-year-old will serve as the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and a Hauser Leader at the prestigious university's Center for Public Leadership from this autumn.
"Jacinda Ardern showed the world strong and empathetic political leadership," Dean Douglas Elmendorf said in statement.March 2019: PM consoles mourners at mosque He added Ms Ardern will"bring important insights for our students and will generate vital conversations about the public policy choices facing leaders at all levels."In January, she shocked New Zealanders by announcing she was stepping down from the role after more than five years because she no longer had"enough in the tank" to do it justice.