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About
Dr. Emilia Roig is a bestselling author and leading expert on social justice. She founded the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ), a nonprofit advocating for equality and freedom from systemic oppression. Committed to shifting collective consciousness, she inspires people to divest from oppressive systems. In 2024, she was appointed a Fellow at Stiftung Mercator, researching reparations, systemic inequalities, and psychedelic justice, and joined the Käthe Hamburger Research Center on Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic Studies at the University of Heidelberg.
She has taught at universities in France, Germany, and the U.S. on intersectionality theory, critical legal studies and international and European law, including at the Hertie School in Berlin and DePaul University of Chicago. Holding a Master of Public Policy, an MBA in International Law, and a PhD in Political Science from Humboldt University and Sciences Po, she previously worked at the UN in Tanzania, GIZ in Cambodia, and Amnesty International before shifting to social justice in Europe.
Dr. Roig has served as a jury member for the German Nonfiction Prize, was named an Ashoka Fellow, received the Edition F Award, and sits on the advisory board of the German Anti-Discrimination Agency. In 2022, she was recognized as the "Most Influential Woman of the Year" at the Impact of Diversity Awards.
Expertise & Main areas of work
Trainings & Workshops
Emilia Roig offers workshops and trainings for institutions committed to deep transformation and collective healing. She facilitates critical dialogues on organizational culture, policies, and structures, helping institutions cultivate more conscious, equitable, and regenerative ways of working. Her workshops create space for both individual and collective reflection, fostering the perspective shifts necessary for meaningful, lasting change. Each training is tailored to the institution’s unique context and engages staff, leadership, human resources, and other key teams. Blending theory with practice, her approach is highly interactive and designed to integrate transformative principles into daily operations. Through constructive self-inquiry and engaged participation, institutions gain the tools to align their work with a more just and interconnected future.
Trainings can take place on-site or online and can be held in English, French and German. Please approach us to enquire about which training would fit best to your size, learning objectives, and long-term goals.
Emilia Roig delivers powerful keynotes on the broad topic of social and global transformation. Blending expertise, pragmatism, and inspiration, she offers concrete examples alongside broader insights on social justice, systemic change, and utopian futures. Rooted in hope yet unafraid to tackle uncomfortable questions, her keynotes encourage audiences to take action within their own capacities.
With a focus on shifting both individual and collective consciousness, Emilia Roig inspires people to divest from oppressive systems and embrace a new paradigm grounded in care, compassion, and justice.
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Collaborations
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A big thank you to Emilia Roig for giving our team so much insight, food for thought and motivation to act. The workshop encouraged us to push for new habits in our daily work: acting more pro-actively, challenging our own point of view and being more aware of systems of oppression.
-- Susann Kramer, Volkswagen
Dr. Emilia Roig's training has proven to be one of the best efforts to help our organization better identify how oppressive practices might show up inside our own organization.
-- Lorena García Durán, Ashoka Foundation
Emilia gave a masterful Keynote on intersectionality that was easy to understand for learners at all levels. I especially appreciated her focus on the role systems play in discrimination, as they are often overlooked to focus on the individual.
-- Rachael Forker, APCO Worldwide Consulting
Our minds and hearts were very truly stimulated by Emilia’s input! We really appreciate her expertise and practical suggestions on how to make our working environment less unjust.
– Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Cultural Diversity Initiative
Emilia was outstanding. Her timing was spot on and she treated us as being intelligent and informed and willing to engage with more complex concepts. This approach, without being taken to some sort of over intellectual/academic level, worked well for me and for others.”
-- Theo Moore, APCO Brussels Office