Book Launch: Radical Justice – Building The World We Need

Nani Jansen Reventlow is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice, which advocates for marginalised communities through strategic litigation. Politico named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. She has also been honoured with awards from Harvard, Oxford and Columbia Universities.

About the Speakers

Chisom Udeze (She/Her) is an accomplished Economist, Strategist, Investor, and Executive Director at Diversify with over two decades of experience leading impact-driven companies and actioning societal change. She serves on multiple boards, including as chair, and holds advisory roles across three continents.

Her global work spans seven countries and includes collaborations with organizations like the European Commission and Boston Consulting Group. Chisom champions democracy, sustainability, justice, and community driven and multi-stakeholder change-making.

At Diversify, Chisom and her team operate at the intersection of four main pillars: economic justice, health, migration and integration, and global inequality, using mediums including but not limited to entrepreneurship, research, investments and advocacy. She and her team also spearheads the Diversify Summit, a leading global conference on leadership, innovation, and sustainable change, bringing together diverse industry leaders and professionals.

A passionate advocate for mental health, Chisom enjoys tennis, reading, writing, and has published on Forbes.

Michelle A. Tisdel (She/Her) is a researcher and curator. She holds a doctorate in Social Anthropology from Harvard University (2006) and works as a researcher II at the National Library of Norway. Her research interests include cultural policy, anti-racism, and Afro-diasporic archives and cultural heritage. Tisdel has researched Afro-Cuban heritage in Cuban museums and the Afro-American artist and activist Ruth Reese in Norway. In 2020, Tisdel established Lift Every Voice, a documentation project about anti-racism in Norway. She is the curator of the Oslo-based project Black History Month Norway.

Winta Negassi (She/Her) is a board member of Haugerud I.F and a community and youth advocate.

Bjørn Ihler (He/Him) is the founder and CEO of Revontulet and co-founder and director of the Khalifa Ihler Institute.

Ihler is an internationally recognized expert in counterterrorism and threat intelligence. His work focuses on the international dynamics of adversarial networks and on combating the threats they pose. With a broad background, he builds bridges between technology, social science, diplomacy, and intelligence. Ihler has worked with tech companies, world leaders, governments, boards, and international organizations. He served as the inaugural chair of the Independent Advisory Committee to the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism from 2020 to 2022, facilitating joint efforts between diplomacy, academia, and the technology industry to counter the spread of online harms.

Ihler is affiliated with the Obama Foundation and has worked with Kofi Annan and his foundation. Ihler has also advised on and developed policy and efforts, among others, at the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the US National Security Council, the African Union, and the European Union. Ihler is a prominent public speaker, has given two TEDx talks, and written for well-renowned outlets such as the Guardian, Time, Project Syndicate, and Aftenposten.