The level and scale of diversity and inclusion in the Atlantic Fellows community is unprecedented in any fellowship program in the world. Here are a few examples of the commitment and passion that drive our Fellows’ work.
Alice talks about how the series, BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL, was born out of the Atlantic community's exploration of the use of augmented and virtual realities and the ethical issues that raises. As Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead, Alice is concerned with how emerging technologies can strengthen the Atlantic community's collective work of addressing root causes of systemic inequities as well as how the Atlantic community can work together, while physically apart, to become a force for social good.
In May 2023, ATLANTIC FELLOWS from several equity-focussed programs around the world, joined the WALKING THE TALK FOR DEMENTIA along the Camino in Spain, ending in SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. They were able to do so because of grants awarded by the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE in Oxford which supports Fellows from the seven global Atlantic programs to connect and collaborate for change.
Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY speaks to PROFESSOR IAN ROBERTSON, neuroscientist and Co-director of the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College, Dublin, about what happens in our brains during times of mental pressure and how we can better cope during this time of collective stress.
Clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson, author of ‘How Confidence Works’ and journalist and broadcaster Fionnuala Sweeney in conversation with members of the Atlantic Fellows community. The 7-part series examines themes around equity, culture and the confidence of the collective as well as of the individual. It explores how confidence results from both nature and nurture, how it is affected by race, gender and socio-economic status, and how it can be lost and regained.
