<p>Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she plans to take up fellowships at Havard University later this year.</p>.<p>Ardern shocked New Zealanders in January by announcing she was resigning as prime minister after five years in office, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank".</p>.<p>She plans to spend a semester at the elite Massachusetts-based university.</p>.<p>"I'm incredibly humbled to be invited to join Harvard University later this year as 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and as a Hauser Leader in the Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership," Ardern wrote on Instagram.</p>.<p>She will also take up a technology fellowship to "work on the challenges around the growth of generative AI tools".</p>.<p>Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain described Ardern's appointment as a "rare and precious" chance for an ex-head of state "to immerse deeply in a complex and fast-moving digital policy issue".</p>.<p>The former premier did not offer specific dates for her Harvard visit but said she will be gone "for a semester -- helpfully the one that falls during the NZ general election" on October 14.</p>.<p>"I'll be coming back at the end of the fellowships. After all, New Zealand is home," Ardern added.</p>.<p>Last month it was revealed she was also taking up two new roles -- a volunteer position as special envoy for the Christchurch Call, a group combatting violent extremism online, and trustee of Prince William's Earthshot Prize -- after leaving politics.</p>
<p>Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she plans to take up fellowships at Havard University later this year.</p>.<p>Ardern shocked New Zealanders in January by announcing she was resigning as prime minister after five years in office, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank".</p>.<p>She plans to spend a semester at the elite Massachusetts-based university.</p>.<p>"I'm incredibly humbled to be invited to join Harvard University later this year as 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and as a Hauser Leader in the Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership," Ardern wrote on Instagram.</p>.<p>She will also take up a technology fellowship to "work on the challenges around the growth of generative AI tools".</p>.<p>Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain described Ardern's appointment as a "rare and precious" chance for an ex-head of state "to immerse deeply in a complex and fast-moving digital policy issue".</p>.<p>The former premier did not offer specific dates for her Harvard visit but said she will be gone "for a semester -- helpfully the one that falls during the NZ general election" on October 14.</p>.<p>"I'll be coming back at the end of the fellowships. After all, New Zealand is home," Ardern added.</p>.<p>Last month it was revealed she was also taking up two new roles -- a volunteer position as special envoy for the Christchurch Call, a group combatting violent extremism online, and trustee of Prince William's Earthshot Prize -- after leaving politics.</p>