Dr. Sara Kinsbergen
“By participating in AMID Young Professional, organisations get access to a pool of highly talented, young graduates with the ambition to learn to contribute to the realisation of the SDGs.“
- Dr. Sara Kinsbergen, programme director AMID Young Professional -
Dr. Sara Kinsbergen
Sara is program director of the Advanced Master in International Development (AMID), a unique education program aiming to bridge the gap between academia and practice in the field of international development and to capacitate and stimulate young professionals to act as change agents in this field. She is fascinated by (Dutch) small, scale voluntary development organisations, known as Private Development Initiatives (PDIs). In 2014 she obtained her PhD and defended her thesis Behind the Pictures: Understanding Private Development Initiatives (pdf, 57 MB). Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, she studied PDIs, their partners and development projects in the Netherlands, in India (2007 & 2014), Indonesia (2011), Kenya (2011 & 2014), Ghana (2014) and South Africa (2014).
She works as an assistant professor at the department of Anthropology and Development studies (CAOS) of the Radboud University. In her current research project 'The coming of age of Private Development Initiatives' she studies how small-scale, voluntary development organisations and their development interventions develop through time. She received a grant for this study of ‘Stichting Wilde Ganzen'(the Wild Geese Foundation).
Vision
The AMID Young Professional programme is twofold: sustainable development organisations access a pool of talented graduates, ambitious to realize the SDGs. Young professionals get a chance to gain experience and acquire the latest knowledge and skillsneeded to contribute to a fair and sustainable world.
Training and courses
Dr Sara Kinsbergen is currently affiliated with the following programs and courses at Radboud University:
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Advanced Master in International Development (AMID) Young Professional programme
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Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Scientific publications
Sara is strongly committed to translating the results of her research to the daily practice of policy makers and practitioners. In an inspiring manner, she therefore presents the findings of her research during lectures and debates and facilitates workshops and trainings.
Awards
- 31th position in 'DDB100', the annual ranking of independent journalistic platform 'De Dikke Blauwe' (2022)
In the media
- Nieuwe vorm van hulp: rijke Nederlanders gaan aapjes kijken. AD, 20 december 2017
- ‘Pak een probleem bij de wortels aan, dan bereik je als stichting veel meer’. OneWorld, February, 2017.
- Ode aan het goede hart. OneWorld, February 2016.
- Klein project op weg naar duurzaam verschil. Vice Versa, March 2015.
- Alleen schooltjes bouwen verbetert de wereld niet. Trouw, 25th February 2015.
- Denk na voor je een schooltje neerzet(verwijst naar een andere website). Volkskrant, 11th February 2014.
- Wat heb je aan een school als het onderwijs niet deugt?(verwijst naar een andere website)Trouw, 24th January 2014.
- Over de hulp en de strijkstok.(verwijst naar een andere website)Trouw, 10th July 2013.
Topics of interest
Dr. Sara Kinsbergen is happy to answer questions from (science) journalists and other interested parties about the following topics:
- Private Development Initiatives
- Do-it-yourself
- Sustainability
- Volunteering
- Active citizenship
- Civil society
Please contact dr. Merel van Ommen, communication advisor at the Radboud Center for Social Sciences.
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