Jolanda Robinson is completing her PhD at the University of Amsterdam at the Governance and Inclusive Development Group (GID) within the Amsterdam Institute for
Social Science Research (AISSR). Her thesis is titled “International Organisations, Development Cooperation, and the Challenges of
Gender Mainstreaming Policy Strategy for ICT in the Global North and South: The case of Ethiopia”. She is a member of the African European Partnership Institute for Capability Building and Human Resource Development (APICAB). Jolanda has taught media communications,
gender studies and
English as a second language in China. Her research focuses on IOs,
gender and ICT issues, policy processes, ICT governance and social participation.