The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Wednesday, March 15, 2023-The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Holger Henke as its new Director, effective February 6, 2023.

Dr. Henke holds an MA in Political Science, with a double minor in Modern German Literature and Communications Sciences which he earned from the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. His PhD in Government was completed at The UWI, Mona, under the guidance of Dr. Jessica Byron and the late Dr. Herb Addo.

 

In 2014, Dr. Henke completed a course of study at the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE) at Harvard University. The previous year, he earned a Fulbright US-UK International Education Administrators Award. In 2010, he was bestowed a Certificate of Honorary Jamaican Citizenship by the Consulate General of Jamaica in New York for "outstanding contribution and exemplary service to the Caribbean American and wider community of New York", having served the Caribbean Studies Association in the leadership roles of Vice-President, President and Immediate Past President. He also completed a fellowship with the prestigious Salzburg Global Seminar in 1996.