Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Ilona Kickbusch

Ilona Kickbusch is the Director of the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva with a focus on global health governance and global health diplomacy. She is known throughout the world for her contributions to innovation in public health, health promotion and global health. She has had a distinguished career with the World Health Organization, where she initiated the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and a range of “settings projects” including Healthy Cities. In 1998 she joined Yale University, where she contributed to shaping the field global health. She is a sought after speaker and advisor on policies and strategies to promote health at the national and international level. She presently serves as senior health policy advisor to the Swiss Federal Office for Public Health. She advises organizations such as The Federation of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent and the European Foundation Centre and works closely with a range of public health organisations. She has published widely and is a member of a number of advisory boards in both the academic and the health policy arena. Most recently she has served as the Thinker in Residence by the Premier of South Australia with a focus on health in all policies. She has also launched an initiative for a European Council on Global Health. She is a political scientist with a PhD from the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Details can be found on her Website: www.ilonakickbusch.com