Nudhara Yusuf

Nudhara Yusuf (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X) is Co-Chair of Coalition for the UN We Need and Senior Advisor of the Global Governance Innovation Network. She is also founder and trustee of several grassroots NGOs and CSOs across India and the UK.

Previously, Nudhara worked with the UN Development Programme’s Sustainable Development Goals Integration Team and Asia Pacific Strategic Foresight Unit. She has also supported British and Indian Parliamentarians in social welfare projects and campaign strategy. Her research now focuses on UN reform, middle power diplomacy, emerging technologies, and the role of youth and civil society in shaping multilateral institutions. She is a lead co-author of the annual Global Governance Innovation Report.

In 2024 Nudhara served as Co-Chair of the UN Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future, and in 2023 as Coordinator of the Global Futures Forum. She is a fellow with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Princeton University’s Lichtenstein Institute, and formerly UN University Center for Policy Research.

(Photo courtesy IISD/ENB – Kiara Worth)