Leadership and Civic Engagement: Building Transformative Youth Capacities

Overview: This program interrogates the nexus of leadership formation and civic participation, positioning youth as pivotal actors in the reconstitution of democratic and communal life. It situates leadership not merely as a set of managerial skills but as a socially embedded practice informed by ethical responsibility, civic identity, and the imperatives of collective action within complex political orders.

Intended for students, early-career professionals, and practitioners engaged in governance, activism, and civil society, the program fuses conceptual inquiry with applied training. Through its integrative design, it cultivates capacities in communication, negotiation, and mobilization while embedding these practices in broader debates on citizenship, governance, and global civic responsibility.

Upon completion, participants will command the theoretical and practical resources to critically interrogate models of leadership, to operationalize civic engagement through concrete initiatives, and to articulate strategies of social transformation that are both contextually grounded and globally resonant.