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It’s been an inspiring week in Cape Town, where members of the Atlantic Institute team and the Atlantic Institute Governing Board joined a series of meetings and celebrations. One of the highlights was marking the graduation of the newest Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa cohort!
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ahead of this week’s graduation of the newest cohort of Fellows in Cape Town, Board members and Atlantic Institute staff spent the day with the Tekano team talking about regional impact and exploring ways to work more closely together.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Congratulations to Chris Oechsli for his LSE Honorary Fellowship, celebrating his remarkable contributions to @afsee-lse.bsky.social, the III and his global leadership in philanthropy, and social and economic equity.
www.atlanticfellows.org/news/lse-awa...
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We were thrilled to launch our Artificial Intelligence series with a conversation between activist and author Laura Bates and Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, Nasser Eledroos, chaired by XR Lead Alice Wroe. They unpacked the chilling ways AI can challenge feminism, racial equity and democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Connecting minds at #COP30!

Oxford climate alumni, Rhodes Scholars, and local leaders built new networks and ignited collaboration for climate action at our Meet & Greet event this week.
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Kotchakorn Voraakhom continues to use her platform to uplift and amplify youth voices as she moderated Rewriting the Rules: Youth Voices for the Future of COP at #COP30 last week.

With bold youth leaders, she discussed the urgency and creativity young people bring to climate action.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happening today! Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe XR Lead, Atlantic Institute to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.

www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
At #COP30, Dorah Marema urges the world to move beyond top-down climate policy.

True resilience comes from communities shaping their own future with real resources, real participation and real power.

Read more from Dorah’s statement: www.cities-and-regions.org/cop-30-presi...
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia (The Equity Initiative), Dr Renard Siew, is at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

Immersed in critical discussions at the intersection of energy, justice and innovation, Renard is shaping the future of Southeast Asia and the Pacific’s energy transition.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How does Artificial Intelligence impact our society?

Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe XR Lead, Atlantic Institute to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.

📅 Nov 17 2025
🕰️ 3pm GMT
💻 Zoom Live Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
1/ At the Rhodes Forum on Technology & Society 2025, we joined changemakers from around the world to imagine a future where prosperity, sustainability and human potential grow for everyone, as we explored the theme of abundance on a global scale.
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Director of Innovations & Partnerships at the Atlantic Institute, Harpinder Collacott, shared insights on rethinking how citizens, governments and institutions share decision-making power. She calls for local leadership, fairness and accountability to build more just and sustainable societies.
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Urban growth threatens the lives of communities living in cities.

On #WorldCitiesDay, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, landscape architect and Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, urges urban designers to respect nature to create an environment where communities and innovation thrive.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
AI is transforming society - but at what cost?

Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.

📅 Nov 17, 2025
🕰️ 15:00pm GMT
📍 Atlantic Institute XR Lab, Oxford (In-person & live webinar)
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Each year, the Atlantic Institute celebrates the ever-growing community of Atlantic Fellows driving equity and change across the world.

This year’s Global Community Book features the values and impact of more than 1,000 Fellows from across the 7 Atlantic programs.
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Last night we celebrated Adeniyan Adekemi, an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity and Roux Prize recipient, whose storybooks and VR film are transforming how children in rural communities learn, dream and lead healthier lives.
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Atlantic Fellows Maritza Pintado-Caipa, Alex Kornhuber and Oscar Ramirez, with collaborator Kate Irving, highlight the barriers to health care access among some of Peru’s most underserved communities. Read their recommendations.

www.atlanticfellows.org/post/overcom...
October 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Atlantic Fellows Maritza Pintado-Caipa, Alex Kornhuber and Oscar Ramirez, with collaborator Kate Irving, highlight the barriers to health care access among some of Peru’s most underserved communities. Read their recommendations.

www.atlanticfellows.org/post/overcom...
October 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, Atlantic Fellow Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri reminds us that storytelling is a medicine. Not the kind prescribed in a bottle, but the kind that reconnects humanity.

Read more: www.atlanticfellows.org/post/storyte...
October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
With the climate summit, COP30, on the horizon in November, Atlantic Fellow Peter Gan Kim Soon (@GWFellow) says climate justice means talking to grassroots organizations and communities living on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
October 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Believed to be the first Indigenous woman to enroll at @ox.ac.uk, Mākereti Papakura has received a posthumous degree 100 years after she began her studies.

Learn more: www.atlanticfellows.org/news/posthum...
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Watch Aline Nogueira Haas and Kunle Adewale, Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, join experts in arts and health at the Brazil International Arts & Health Festival.

🗓️ Sept. 25
🕰️ 9 am RIO Time
💻 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
(1/2) #InternationalDayOfSignLanguage reminds us that true leadership means building inclusive societies.

Tshepiso Mokoena (Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity), reflects on how growing up as a Child of Deaf Adults shaped her identity and why storytelling is a powerful tool for justice.
September 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Don’t miss the last episode of Road To COP!

Our panelists will talk about how movements, from local communities to global allies, can ramp up pressure and push for real outcomes at #COP30. 🌍🔥

🌐 Live on Zoom
🗣️ Trilingual
➡️ bit.ly/4n75vuZ
September 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Advocacy is strongest when it is not built on my voice alone, but on the courage of people themselves.”

Carmen Dos Santos Monteiro reflects on leadership rooted in humility, connection and the power of lived experience.
September 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM