I am specialized in international sustainable development cooperation, in project cooperation between Eurasian partners on new media platform. I am a member of the European Platform of Women Scientists and Women Scientists from Developing Countries. I have a master's degree from Leiden University and trained at the UN Office in Geneva on social and economic development, was social media manager of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and expert reader for the Land for Life Award. I assisted the EU Eco Cities Link project, a cooperation project between the European Commission and the Ministry of Housing, Rural-Urban Development. I recorded a radio program on migration integration for BBC World Service and was interviewed by Horizon 2020, broadcast on European Commission website. I presented my research “Innovative Governance, Open Cities” at World Cities Day by UN-HABITAT.
I am the jury of Women's Voices Now International Film Festival, founder of the Eurasia Sustainable Development Film Festival. I produced documentaries that won dozens of international awards, and was media partner of the Asia Europe Foundation from Singapore.
Sjoukje Yao Wu, D.S.Sc.
social media · United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Netherlands — social media manager
Research Areas
- Media, Information and Communication Technology
