Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programme 2027-2028 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 11, 2027

Applications are open for the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programme 2027-2028. Policymakers, researchers, activists, practitioners, artists, and motion-builders from world wide are invited to apply to the modern, absolutely-funded, and inequalities-targeted fellowship programme primarily based on the International Inequalities Institute on the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Currently recruiting for its eleventh cohort, the AFSEE Fellowship is aimed toward mid-profession social-change leaders who’ve at the least seven years of expertise in difficult inequalities. Applications are accepted from people engaged on any discipline of social and financial fairness, together with, however not restricted to financial and social rights; sustainability and environmental justice; tax justice and financial alternate options; girls’s, minority, and incapacity rights; rights to schooling; public coverage; housing and city inequalities; labour rights; group organising; arts and tradition; and peacebuilding and transitional justice.

Launched in 2016, the AFSEE Programme celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2026-2027; working in the direction of its purpose to construct a 400-robust inspiring group of Fellows over twenty years. In its first ten cohorts, the programme has introduced collectively over 160 change-makers from 60 international locations throughout the globe.

Eligibility

Residential Fellows

• Applicants should qualify for admission to the London School of Economics’ MSc in Inequalities and Social Science. These necessities embody a 2:1 diploma or equal in any self-discipline. A background in social science and/or work expertise within the social coverage discipline are advantageous however not important.
• Applicants should meet LSE’s English Language Requirement. The English language requirement for this monitor is Higher.
• Applicants should have at the least 7 years of expertise demonstrating braveness, care, management and dedication in advancing equitable options to inequality.

Note: Applicants who’ve attained a PhD, who’ve accomplished a grasp’s diploma throughout the previous three years, or who’re presently learning for a level, won’t usually be thought of for the Residential monitor.

Non-Residential Fellows

• Applicants should meet LSE’s English Language Requirement. The English language requirement for this monitor is Standard.
• Applicants should have at the least 7 years of expertise demonstrating braveness, care, management and dedication in advancing equitable options to inequality.

Note: For the Non-Residential monitor, they purpose to be inclusive and to encourage purposes from non-conventional candidates. They due to this fact welcome purposes from each these candidates who maintain an undergraduate diploma (2:2 and above) and to those that don’t maintain an undergraduate diploma. This monitor can also be open to candidates who already maintain postgraduate levels. Applicants presently enrolled in a level programme won’t be thought of until their course of study ends earlier than the Fellowship yr begins in September. 

Preferred Qualities

They are particularly eager to help candidates who meet at the least one of many following standards:

• Candidates who reside within the Global South (though this issue won’t ever be thought of in isolation).
• Candidates who come from marginalised and/or traditionally underrepresented teams akin to Black, Latinx/o/a/e, Indigenous, Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, refugee, biracial, multiracial, feminine-figuring out, the incapacity group, LGBTQIA+ and many others. 
• Candidates who don’t in any other case have the sources to finance their participation in actions such because the AFSEE Fellowship and/or haven’t already had important entry to fellowships or scholarships.

Application

Applications for the 2027-28 Cohort will shut at 5.00pm GMT on 11 January 2027. Late purposes won’t be accepted.

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For extra info, go to AFSEE Programme.