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III Welcomes Beverley Skeggs as Academic Director of the Atlantic Fellows Programme
We are thrilled to announce that Beverley Skeggs is to join the LSE as Academic Director of the III’s Atlantic Fellows programme from 1 September. She will be working closely with the III’s co-directors John Hills and Mike Savage, as well as the LSE’s wider…
Author: International Inequalities Institute at LSE
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A Global Response to Confront Rising Inequalities
On 1 June, LSE launched the Atlantic Fellows programme at the International Inequalities Institute. Co-Director Professor Mike Savage, the initial Academic Director of the Atlantic Fellows programme, discusses why the 20-year initiative — made possible by The Atlantic Philanthropies — is such a landmark moment.…
Author: LSE Impact
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Are We Seeing a New ‘Inequality Paradigm’ in Social Science?
Mike Savage is Academic Director of the Atlantic Fellows program at LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. Social scientists have long been concerned with inequality, yet the focus has often been on its theoretical and political aspects. This is now starting to change, writes Mike Savage, co-director of…
Author: LSE British Policy and Politics Blog
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GW Health Workforce Institute Leaders for Health Equity Fellowship Joins Global Atlantic Fellows Program
WASHINGTON, DC (August 2, 2018) — The George Washington University (GW) Health Workforce Institute, based at the Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH), today announced that its Leaders for Health Equity Fellowship program has officially joined the global community of Atlantic Fellows.…
Author: The GW Health Workforce Institute
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Inaugural Director of the Atlantic Institute Announced
Dr Penelope Brook has been named as the inaugural Director of the Atlantic Institute, following a successful career at the World Bank Group including as Ombudsman and as Country Director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Earlier this year the Rhodes Trust joined with The Atlantic Philanthropies in…
Author: The Rhodes Trust
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces the Atlantic Fellows Program and Creation of the Atlantic Institute to Sustain Global Network of Changemakers
Initiatives will empower and connect dynamic individuals committed to working together across disciplines and borders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. NEW YORK, June 1, 2016 — The Atlantic Philanthropies today announced two multi-decade investments, totaling nearly $200 million, to equip innovative leaders and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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LSE Awarded £32 Million by Higher Education Funding Council for England
Photo: LSE The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has been awarded over £32 million. The grant, announced today, has been awarded through the Higher Education Funding Council for England ‘s UK Research Partnership Investment fund (UKRPIF), which provides funding for capital projects that…
Author: London School of Economics and Political Science
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In Tough Times, It's Time to Step Up
Susan Carey Dempsey. When Ted Turner made an historic announcement of a billion dollar pledge to the United Nations a decade ago, he wished out loud that lists of most generous donors would become as competitive as lists of the World’s Richest. While there’s some…
Author: International Business Times
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
The Atlantic Fellows Program empowers catalytic communities of emerging leaders to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. Hundreds of changemakers working to solve pressing inequality issues around the world. NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows program made a major step forward this month…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Pursuing Profits in Elder Care Puts Us All at Risk
By Beverley Skeggs Professor Skeggs Professor Beverley Skeggs directs the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Program at the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science I was upset and angry about my mother’s death. But I became…
Author: Inequality.org