- Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has joined the University of Sydney to lecture and mentor students on “empathetic leadership”.
- Her part-time role, based in the School of Public Health, will involve delivering guest lectures, leading masterclasses, and mentoring.
- Her work will focus on social cohesion, civic trust, values-based leadership, and addressing global health challenges.
- Ms Ardern served as New Zealand's prime minister between 2017 and 2023, leading the country through the Christchurch mosque attacks and the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Since leaving office, she has held fellowships at Harvard and Oxford, and founded a leadership fellowship programme called Field.
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