#13 - Guiding Impactful Change in Education with Paula Elksne

Meet Paula Elksne, a Latvian researcher who focuses on education innovation. She uses her openness and genuine interest in the world to connect with people. In her work, Paula wants to foster honesty, equality, and happiness, and to strive for bigger goals. Her passion lies in exploring new ideas and sharing them with others.

She spent a year in BAFF in Boston at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Where
she was a researcher in the “Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL)” to research
innovation diffusion and change management in higher education.

Today she is a Director at Education Innovation Lab at Riga Business School.

In the podcast, we talk about:

• How can one bring innovation to education, without being a teacher?

• Differences between student life in the US and Latvia.

• Co-operation between Riga University and MIT

• How the commitment of people in the MIT community inspired Paula

• Creating boot camps in Africa

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