Rubina Qureshi
A senior instructor and coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Abu Dhabi University, UAE. As a critical pedagogue and practitioner in the field of education for 25 years, she is passionate about sociology, teacher education, and innovation and entrepreneurship education for young people. She believes that they play a vital role in leading multicultural societies today and tomorrow and that their active engagement can empower them to become catalysts for change in globally transforming societies.
Rubina has worked in Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the UAE as a leading educator and researcher in promoting global citizenship, social entrepreneurship, and the continuous professional development of teachers. Her research focuses on active citizenship education, innovative pedagogies, triple bottom lines, cultural diversity, and sociology to improve the quality of life and the development of young people.
She is a graduate of Stanford University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and also serves as a program ambassador for Innovation in the UAE, as appointed by the Ministry of Education, UAE. She has led teacher training programs, preparing university educators to teach the Innovation and Entrepreneurship course in the UAE, conducted an intensive program at Tashkent for teachers representing different universities in Uzbekistan, and co-led a program on innovation for postgraduate students and teachers, along with the Stanford University team, at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.