Education Specialist
Since September 2002, Emma Näslund-Hadley has served as an education specialist in the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. She leads and collaborates on a diverse array of projects in the education sector and coordinates the Bank's initiatives to enhance mathematics and natural sciences education. From 1999 to 2002, Emma was a policy advisor in the European Parliament, focusing on education policy, gender issues, and labor market concerns. Previously, she held roles at the United Nations and the Swedish International Development Agency, where she was responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring education projects in Central America, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. Emma has authored articles in peer-reviewed journals and institutional reports. She holds a master's degree in international economics and finance from Linköping University and a master's degree in public affairs from Princeton University.