After stepping down as New Zealand prime minister earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern announced she would be heading to Harvard University in the fall, CNN reports..

She will work with the Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow, which targets high-profile leaders moving out of public service, and the Hauser Leader, a program where leaders from various sectors help students and educators develop leadership qualities..

" She has earned respect far beyond her own country, and she will bring important insights to our students and be a source of vital conversations about public policy choices faced by leaders at all levels,"

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" As leaders, we often have very little time to think, but reflection is essential if we are to properly support the next generation of leaders,"

At the same time, Ardern will be doing a separate internship at the Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, where she will study ways to curb extremist content online..

In 2020, Ardern was named one of the most powerful women by the Financial Times..