Igor Lesko

Co-Executive Director
Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Igor Lesko, originally from Slovakia, has been living in South Africa since 2003. Following his undergraduate studies in European Studies, Igor spent one year at Bard College (NY; USA) in an international exchange programme, made possible through the Open Society Foundations (OSF). He earned 2 M.A. degrees, one in Social Development (2005) plus another in Development Management (2007) from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) & Ruhr University (Germany), respectively. Igor is also a PhD candidate at Open Universiteit Nederland, under the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN): http://go-gn.net/. His area of research focuses on the Impact of International Organizations, policy networks and entrepreneurs on Governmental OER policies.

Igor has been working in the Open Education field for 15 years, with 13+ years at Open Education Global. He has worked on numerous education projects (national and international) as a researcher, evaluator and coordinator. His main interests include Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Education and Open Policies, with a growing interest in applying skills in the field of development.

contact: igorlesko@oeglobal.org
twitter: igor_lesko
skype: igor19805