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| Atlantic Fellows | |
|---|---|
| Name | Atlantic Fellows |
| Established | 2000s |
| Founder | Sir Antony Gormley? |
| Type | Fellowship network |
| Location | London, New York City, Cape Town, Melbourne |
Atlantic Fellows The Atlantic Fellows is a global family of postgraduate fellowship programs and networks connecting leaders across fields such as public health, social justice, human rights, journalism, and technology. The initiative brings together cohorts hosted by institutions in multiple cities to tackle entrenched social and structural inequalities, pairing individual support with institutional partnerships to advance systemic change. Programs emphasize cross-sector collaboration among professionals from diverse backgrounds including policy, philanthropy, academia, civil society, and entrepreneurship.
The fellowship network operates through affiliated centers and universities including University of Oxford, Yale University, University of Melbourne, University of Cape Town, Columbia University, London School of Economics, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, King's College London. Its scope spans thematic concentrations linked to organizations such as the Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Fellows frequently engage with multilateral institutions like the United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and regional bodies such as the African Union and the European Commission.
Programs include partnerships with academic departments and research centers such as the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, School of Public Health at Yale, and professional schools like Columbia Journalism School and Harvard Kennedy School. Network activities connect alumni to NGOs including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, Care International, Save the Children, and advocacy coalitions like Global Health Council and Doctors Without Borders. Collaborative projects often involve funders and partners such as Skoll Foundation, Schmidt Futures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Carnegie Corporation of New York, McKinsey & Company, and think tanks like Brookings Institution, Chatham House, Council on Foreign Relations, RAND Corporation.
Origins trace to early-21st-century philanthropic initiatives linked to leaders in international philanthropy and academia. Early supporters and influencers include figures associated with The Atlantic Philanthropies, T. Rowe Price Foundation, and philanthropists connected to Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Melinda French Gates, Warren Buffett, and Ted Turner. Founding collaborations involved academic partners such as University College London, Duke University, Cornell University, Stanford University, and civic organizations including The Aspen Institute and The Elders. Programmatic design drew on precedents from fellowships like the Rhodes Scholarship, Marshall Scholarship, Fulbright Program, Skoll Fellowship, and Kellogg-Schulich Executive Fellows.
Selection processes are competitive and include components familiar from postgraduate awards such as interviews, essays, and references similar to Rhodes Scholarship procedures and recruitment practices used by institutions like Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Applicants often come from networks tied to employers and partners like UNICEF, UN Women, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Médecins Sans Frontières, BBC, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Fellowship programming includes seminars, mentorship, policy labs, and practicum placements with entities such as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, United States Agency for International Development, and regional NGOs. Alumni services connect to career pathways in organizations including Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, IDEO, and consultancy firms like Boston Consulting Group.
Alumni have occupied roles in institutions and initiatives including World Economic Forum, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, UNAIDS, Heifer International, Teach For All, Avaaz, Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, and national offices such as UK Parliament, US Congress, Parliament of South Africa. Notable fellows have contributed to publications in outlets like The Lancet, Nature, Science, The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and authored books published by Penguin Random House and Oxford University Press. Fellows have been recognized by awards including the Right Livelihood Award, MacArthur Fellowship, Nobel Peace Prize (affiliations), Pulitzer Prize, and national honors such as Order of Australia and Order of the British Empire.
Governance structures involve boards and advisory councils with members from universities, philanthropy, and civic society including representatives from Harvard Corporation, Yale Corporation, Trustees of Columbia University, and funders like Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Wellcome Trust, and private donors associated with Gates Foundation. Financial models blend endowed funds, grants, and institutional contributions from partners such as John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Motor Company Fund, Shell Foundation, and corporate partners like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase.
Critiques mirror those leveled at elite fellowship programs and philanthropic initiatives linked to entities such as BlackRock, Berkshire Hathaway, and corporate-linked philanthropy controversies involving ExxonMobil and BP. Critics have cited concerns about concentration of influence similar to debates around Skoll Foundation and Open Society Foundations, questions about accountability raised regarding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and tensions over program priorities paralleling controversies at institutions like Yale University and Oxford University. Debates have engaged scholars and commentators from outlets like The Guardian, New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and policy forums including Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and academic critiques published in The Lancet and American Political Science Review.
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