Global Leadership

Visiting scholar at the Jepson school of leadership, Jury member for global leadership Tallberg foundation, Global thinker member, Alexandria Trust Board member, Hussein Technical University Board of Trustees, UN Women advisory board for Jordan, Women Lead board, the Fetzer Institute advisory board, Catalyst2030 governing board. Working on systems change both from the grassroots as a social entrepreneur and from the top down as a global thought leader representing proximate leaders at the UN, world bank, WEF helping realize the new UN resolution for social and solidarity economy to enable systems change while promoting science for the global good internationally by building bridges between science and social entrepreneurship and the SDGs. Developed the ALECSO (Arab League ESCO) strategy for innovation in technology for 2030. As well as supporting in an advisory capacity the project Science in exile.

  • Dajani R, Bayoumi R, Flowe H, Rockowitz S, Stevens L and Awad A (2024) Neocolonialism and science diplomacy: lessons learned from the field and the way forward. Front. Public Health. 12:1472421. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1472421

  • Panter-Brick C, Qtaishat L, Eggerman JJ, Thomas H, Kumar P and Dajani R (2024) Volunteer programs, empowerment, and life satisfaction in Jordan: mapping local knowledge and systems change to inform public policy and science diplomacy. Front. Sociol. 9:1371760. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.13717604

  • J. Eggerman, Rana Dajani, Praveen Kumar, Susannah Chui, Lina Qtaishat, Amal El Kharouf, Catherine Panter-Brick, Social networks, empowerment, and wellbeing among Syrian refugee and Jordanian women: Implications for development and social inclusion, World Development, Volume 170, 2023, 106324, ISSN 0305-750X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106324

Professor Rana Dajani engaging with community members during a social impact workshop.
Professor Rana Dajani engaging with community members during a social impact workshop.
Community Health

Empowering local women through health education.

A group of women participating in a health education session led by Professor Dajani.
A group of women participating in a health education session led by Professor Dajani.
Students collaborating on a genetics research project in a modern lab setting.
Students collaborating on a genetics research project in a modern lab setting.
Professor Dajani speaking at an academic conference on genetics and social change.
Professor Dajani speaking at an academic conference on genetics and social change.
Genetics Research

Advancing knowledge in human genetics and ethics.