We@FutureChallenges – Regional Editors

Mac-Jordan D. Degadjor

Regional Editor for Africa

Ghanaian Social Blogger, Writer, IT Enthusiast and a Digital Web Activist from Accra, Ghana with a BSc in Computer Science from Kharkov National Municipal University, Ukraine. His work and passion focuses on a range of issues related to Human Rights and Freedom of Expression, African Technology, Youth Empowerment with special emphasis on the Sub-Saharan African region.

My involvement with FutureChallenges helps addressing the many social issues coming from the African continent through constant researches and blog-post writings. The Bertelsmann Foundation gave the platform and opportunity to think and share ideas about the current and future risks our planet–earth is facing. I also enjoyed a personal liberty which allows me to create and provide concepts on how to tackle issues affecting this generation.

Twitter: @MacJordaN

Blog: Rambling’s of a Ghanaian Blogger

 

Jacinta Escudos

Regional Editor for Latin America

Fiction writer and blogger from El Salvador, with 8 published books  and  an op-ed column in La Prensa Gráfica. Her main interests are how politics and prejudice affect individuals and their roles in society, literature and culture, memory preservartion, migrations, climate change and natural resources. Jacinta is blogging since  2005 and active on Twitter and Facebook since 2009.

I started blogging for Future Challenges in 2010. The web is a privileged space to communicate and share opinions and solutions to our global problems. In that sense, Future Challenges allows a platform to share these discussions with people worldwide from the perspective of the megatrends.

Twitter: @jacintario

Blog: jacintario

 

Lourdes Gomez

Regional Editor for Australia – Pacific

Graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of International Relations. Currently completing a Master of International Studies from University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Completed an internship with The Foundation for Development Cooperation in 2008 – 2009. Lourdes has a particular interest in political science, peace & conflict studies, investigative & peace journalism and communication for development.

FutureChallenges caught my interest because of its rationale; to analyse the correlations between the global trends and how they shape and re-define our world. In my opinion, politics has for too long focussed on the singularity of phenomena and FutureChallenges poses a unique challenge to mainstream political thought.

Twitter: enfantsocialist

Blog: Pursuit of Happiness

 

M. Farhan Janjua

Regional Editor Middle East

An award winning blogger and emerging new media journalist with a passion to become an icon one day. Farhan is also an entrepreneur, running his own software company, and a social activist; having worked with many youth organizations.

FutureChallenges.org has given me the opportunity to live my dreams while I am still struggling. An opportunity to know and interact with other amazing bloggers from across the world and to keep an eye on the emerging global trends which are so inter-linked to each other.

Twitter: @FarhanJanjua

Blog: FarhanJanjua.com

 

Anuja Upadhyay

Regional Editor for Asia

A Nepali writer and blogger based in New Delhi, India. I am involved with  the  print media like Republica and GoNow. I have also worked in the development sector on anti-human trafficking issues and sustainable development in India and Nepal. I feel strongly about the injustices meted out to women and children. My other interests are -yoga both practice and teaching and meeting people of different cultures.

It feels good to be involved with Future Challenges which gives experts and non experts from all over the world the opportunity for discussions and sharing on a wide range of the crucial global issues. It provides me the chance to voice my opinions and correlate interesting trends such as demographic change, technology, health or education. I also enjoy interacting with people of multiple cultures. And I am amazed at what a remarkable tool the internet can be. I am learning something new every day!

Twitter: @anujaupadhyay

 

Erin Schutte

Regional Editor for North America

Erin is an undergraduate student at Yale University studying political science. She is Director Emeritus of Global21, one of FutureChallenges’ cooperation partners and is currently a United Nations adviser to the Republic of Seychelles on climate change and environmental policy.

FutureChallenges is a unique forum for international exchange on the important issues of our future generations. As a outspoken advocate for using online media as a method to address and conquer the world’s increasing challenges, I see fc_org at the forefront of exploring innovative solutions to timely global affairs.

Alexey Sidorenko

Regional Editor for Central and Eastern Europe

Alexey Sidorenko, Ph.D. graduated from the Moscow State University, worked at Carnegie Moscow Center from 2005 till 2008. Since 2008 based in Warsaw, Poland. Main fields of interest: media studies, political analysis, digital activism, crowdsourcing.

FutureChallenges is a great opportunity for me to analyze important global trends that take place in the world. It is amazing to witness how these trends reflect, interact, mix and therefore create a unique mashup in every given place of the world. Seeing (editing and writing) the world through the prism of structured megatrends helps to realize how really small and interconnected our planet is.

Twitter: @sidorenko_intl

Blog: Altzgamer

 

Craig Willy

Regional Editor for Western Europe

Craig is an EU affairs journalist and blogger and passionate about history, politics and, their natural corollary, the future of the world. He was born and raised in France to Anglo-American parents. He studied history and politics at Liverpool and the London School of Economics and has worked in both the U.S. Congress and the European Parliament. In addition to Future Challenges, Craig is involved in numerous online news and social projects. He reports for the multilingual EU policy news site EurActiv and is an editor for the EU blog aggregator bloggingportal.eu. Craig’s other interests include old and new media, beer, traveling, dogs and dinosaurs.

I think Future Challenges is a great platform for bringing together people from across the globe to try to think and write about where we are headed.

Twitter: @craigjameswilly

Blog: Euroletters