Corinna Zuckerman

Fellowship

Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs

Period of the Fellowship

2013

Project title

Connecting and supporting social entrepreneurs to stimulate their engagement in green innovation

Project description

The Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs annually sponsors 24 German-speaking young professionals and university graduates from all disciplines who are committed to improving the world of tomorrow. During the 13-month programme, Fellows work in two or three international organizations that are active worldwide – non-governmental or non-profit organizations, or business enterprises. The Fellows’ own practical questions serve as their project proposals and determine their workstations anywhere in the world. As a Mercator fellow, Corinna Zuckerman investigates new ways of connecting and supporting social entrepreneurs to stimulate their engagement in green innovation.

Short biography

Corinna Zuckerman from Basel, born 1989, studied Economics (MSc) at the London School of Economics and Political Science and did a one-year social entrepreneurship training at the Youth Initiative Program in Sweden. In Geneva, she started a cleaning ladies cooperative with migrant women called ‘L’Art du Ménage’. As a Mercator fellow, she investigates new ways of connecting and supporting social entrepreneurs to stimulate their engagement in green innovation.