Sawsan Chebli is a former German Social Democratic Party politician, who recently held the position of State Secretary for Civic and International Affairs in the Berlin Senate. As an outspoken Muslim woman, she has suffered sexist and xenophobic abuse throughout her career. She is a member of Apolitical Foundation’s Global Advisors network . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and

Dr Hasson is a political performance expert and researcher specializing in the performance and wellbeing of politicians. She is the founder of The Silent MP , a platform aimed at promoting a more humanized and authentic political society. She was featured in our list of 50+1 Influential Researchers . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better p

Graça Fonseca is a Portuguese politician who has served most recently as a Minister for Culture and previously Secretary of State for Modernization and Innovation. Her first elected role was as a Councilwoman on Lisbon City Council. Graça is also a Global Advisor to the Apolitical Foundation. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics.

Dr. Ashley Weinberg is a Chartered Psychologist, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has 20 years experience in lecturing, research and consultancy, having produced four books on well-being at work and the functioning of national politicians. We came across him via his Washington Post piece: "A politician’s mental health is as crucial as a pilot’s". How would you describe your political path? I grew up in

We interview a politician or someone helping values-based politicians do their job for each briefing. Kanksshi is the founder of NETRI Foundation, which we featured in our list of 28 political leadership incubators (PLIs) to watch . She is a former political campaigner and a LAMP Fellow. She was awarded a KarmaVeer Chakra Award by the UN and REX in 2019. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus al

We interview a politician or someone working to help values-based politicians do their job for each edition of our weekly briefing. Alero is CEO of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) , which is working to develop a new generation of disruptive value-based leaders for the continent of Africa. She is also an author, transformation strategist and Founder of Incubator Africa . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our

We interview a politician or someone working to help quality politicians do their job for each edition of our weekly briefing. Hemakshi is Co-founder of the Indian School of Democracy , which we featured in our list of 28 political leadership incubators to watch . She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School as a World Bank Graduate Scholar and is an Echoing Green 2022 Fellow. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interview

We interview a politician or someone working to help quality politicians do their job for each edition of our weekly briefing. Ashleigh is the founder of Raise Our Voice Australia , a training program to boost the presence of young female and non-binary voices in decision making. She's also a member of our New Voices Council and was listed in Forbes' 30 under 30 and AFR's Top 100 Women of Influence. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the intervie

We interview an inspiring politician or someone working to help politicians do their job for each briefing. This week, we spoke to Jaime Arroyo , City Councillor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Jaime is an alumnus of our Global Public Leaders Programme, and previously worked supporting small businesses in under-represented communities. How would you describe your political path? My path to political office was unexpected. I was inspired by my former boss and mentor, Jess Kin

Every week we interview an inspiring politician or someone working to help politicians do their job. Luxembourger local representative and social entrepreneur Jana Degrott is an Obama Foundation Fellow, a OneYoungWorld Ambassador and sits on our New Voices Council. She co-founded We Belong in 2020. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better p