Ole Spies
Head of Youth Engagement (Young Global Changers & Civil Society Programs)
Ole is currently the Program Head of Youth Engagemant and Director of the Global Solutions Summer Schools. He oversees the Young Global Changers program as well as projects and programs with a focus on civil society engagement. Ole joined the Global Solutions Initiative in 2018.
Before joining the Global Solutions Initiative, Ole worked at the German Federal Foreign Office. As the desk officer for cultural relations with the United States and Canada, he worked on the development of new institutions for cultural exchange, among them the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles and 1014 in New York.
Before his time at the ministry he worked for several years as Program Manager for the international Summer and Winter University of Freie Universität Berlin (FUBiS) which provides international students and scholars with academic study abroad programs. At Freie Universität Ole developed academic curricula, scholarship programs and cultural exchange opportunities.
Ole holds degrees in communication studies (MA), political science and international law. With his activities at Global Solutions he aims to include young changemakers and underrepresented voices from around the world, who bring innovative ideas, fresh approaches and much needed drive into the discussions on political, societal and economic change.