Deadline:
January 10, 2025
Location(s)
United Kingdom
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Overview
Are you a change-maker committed to fighting inequality? Do you want to learn from scholars, innovators, activists and social change organisations, and the latest academic research and expert insights on inequalities?
Are you ready to develop yourself and your leadership approach to collectively facilitate change? Are you ready to join forces with a lifelong global network of peers?
Applications for the 2025-26 programme will open in Autumn 2024.
Details
Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity is a funded fellowship for mid-career change-makers from around the world. We bring policy- makers, activists, researchers and movement-builders to the London School of Economics and Political Science, where they will work across disciplines and borders to understand and address the root causes of inequality.
We are looking for Fellows who are bold and ready to challenge power; who see the bigger picture of how inequalities are playing out; who are imaginative and daring in the way they envision solutions; who bring care and collaboration into their practice; who recognise the significance of lived experience of inequality and whose own lived experience informs their practice; who focus not on advancing their careers, but on their commitment to changing the world through collective and collaborative approaches. Fellowship begins with an intensive, rigorous learning period at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, followed by a lifelong, practice-based commitment to social change through collective leadership.
Our fellowship programme offers two tracks: Residential and Non-Residential. Participants in both tracks participate in rigorous academic coursework, leadership and skills development, and practical approaches to fostering social change.
On completion of their active fellowship year, our Fellows join a thriving community of lifelong Fellows from all seven Atlantic Fellows programmes.
OUR FELLOWS ARE
- Change-makers from around the world – with an emphasis on the Global South – who have spent seven to ten years fighting inequality, and who have not already had significant access to fellowships or scholarships.
- Movement-builders, researchers, policy-makers and civil society professionals in fields such as labour and grassroots organising, environmental justice, women’s, minority and migrant rights, community wealth-building, and economic and social rights.
- People who will be transformed by this fellowship experience and go on to have a transformative impact on the world.
OUR PROGRAMME OFFERS
- Residential and Non-Residential tracks, with all Fellows participating in four intensive fellowship Modules over the course of a year; Residential Fellows also undertake the MSc in Inequalities and Social Science master’s degree at LSE (https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/Degree-programmes-2021/MSc-Inequalities-and-Social-Science)
- The chance to learn in a research-rich environment and share in the insights of peers, scholars, innovators, activists and social change organisations.
- Opportunities to explore the practices and contexts that make equitable change possible, including systems thinking, campaigning and community building.
- Mentoring, leadership and skills development and project work.
- A catalytic, lifelong community of Fellows from seven Atlantic Fellowships.(https://www.atlanticfellows.org)
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Applicants to the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme must be able to demonstrate their ability to meet the following eligibility criteria.
Residential Fellows
- Applicants must qualify for admission to the London School of Economics’ MSc in Inequalities and Social Science. These requirements include a 2:1 degree or equivalent in any discipline. A background in social science and/or work experience in the social policy field are advantageous but not essential.
- Applicants must have seven to ten years of experience demonstrating courage, care, leadership and commitment in advancing equitable solutions to inequality.
- Note: Applicants who have attained a PhD, who have completed an MSc within the past three years, or who are currently studying for a degree, will not normally be considered for the Residential track.
- GRE/GMAT requirement: None.
- Applicants must meet LSE’s standard English Language Requirement.
Non-Residential Fellows
- Applicants should have achieved a 2:1 undergraduate degree or equivalent in any discipline, although in exceptional circumstances, work experience may be considered in lieu of a formal higher education qualification.
- Applicants must have seven to
- ten years of experience demonstrating courage, care, leadership and commitment in advancing equitable solutions to inequality.
- GRE/GMAT requirement: None.
- Applicants must meet LSE’s standard English Language Requirement.
Dates
Deadline: January 10, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
RESIDENTIAL TRACK
- Residential Fellows receive support from a dedicated LSE academic mentor, from the AFSEE Executive Director through monthly meetings and regular check-ins, and via further opportunities for engagement offered throughout the year.
- The Residential track of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme is a funded fellowship. The fellowship includes full tuition fees, an £19,000 stipend to cover living costs while in London, any necessary travel expenses to in-person modules, and travel to and from London at the beginning and end of the active fellowship, including reimbursement of visa fees.
- Modest financial support is available for Fellows who have family care responsibilities. The programme also has a Resilience Support Fund to which Fellows can apply in the event of emergencies.
NON-RESIDENTIAL TRACK
- Each Non-Residential Fellow will receive support from a dedicated mentor who has been selected for their expertise and experience in the Fellow’s area of focus. Non-Residential Fellows will also receive regular mentoring and check-ins from members of the AFSEE academic team.
- The Non-Residential track of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme is a funded fellowship. It includes full tuition fees for the programme; a £10,000 grant to support Fellows’ project work; dedicated mentorship; any necessary travel expenses to in-person modules; accommodation and related costs during Modules; and reimbursement of visa fees. Modest financial support is available for Fellows who have family care responsibilities. The programme also has a Resilience Support Fund to which Fellows can apply in the event of emergencies.
Un-save Opportunity
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