Samuel Gausi is a PhD student at Leuphana since April 2026, working at the intersection of democratic innovations and sustainability governance in sub-Saharan Africa. He has spent several years in international development cooperation, most recently working in strategic foresight at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and previously in energy access at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). He holds an MA in Development and Governance from the University of Duisburg-Essen and a BA in Political Science from the University of Malawi.

Contact: samuel.gausi@leuphana.de | LinkedIn

CV

• Since 2026: PhD student in the School of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg. Recipient of a doctoral scholarship from the Embracing Transformation Project.
• Since 2026: International Fellow, Democratic Resilience Center, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg
• 2025–2026: Strategic Foresight Fellow, Office of the Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• 2023–2024: MA Development and Governance, Faculty of Social Science, University of Duisburg-Essen. Recipient of the DAAD Helmut Schmidt Good Governance Scholarship
• 2019–2024: Energy Advisor, Energising Development (EnDev) Programme, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
• 2019: Researcher, World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
• 2014–2019: BA Political Science, University of Malawi