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The #AtlanticFellows program empowers communities of emerging leaders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
(1/2) Co-hosted by the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity and the Atlantic Institute, this online event will bring together Indigenous leaders, global experts and policymakers to reflect on treaty-making, truth-telling, self-determination and the global implications of Indigenous-led governance.
February 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM
📢 Last chance to join the conversation on #ArtificialIntelligence and hope, live from the Atlantic Institute’s XR Lab at Rhodes House.

🔗 Watch live at 15:00 (GMT): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/being-human-when-digital-artificial-intelligence-and-hope-tickets-1977589795313?aff=oddtdtcreator
February 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Creative Brain Week returns to Trinity College Dublin from March 2-6.

This is an initiative of the Global Brain Health Institute, presented in association with Creative Aging International, with support from the Atlantic Institute.

This year’s program theme is Thinking. Better. Together.
Home - Creative Brain Week
creativebrainweek.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Our second conversation in the Being Human When Digital series focuses on how #AI could offer hope by advancing social justice, and how we can engage with it intentionally to ensure it serves equity, dignity and the common good.

👉 Find out more: www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
“The Atlantic Fellowship experience gave us the space, the structure and the trust to move from shared interests to shared work.”

This #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, read how Atlantic Fellows are collaborating to treat sleep health as a scientific question and an equity imperative.
Atlantic Fellows | Women’s sleep health: When different disciplines unite for equity
www.atlanticfellows.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Jonatan Konfino, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity Global, explores how provinces in Argentina are innovating for a better health service and standing up for patient rights.

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/2025/12/23/the-right-to-health-is-being-challenged-in-argentina-by-jontan-konfino/
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
In collaboration with the Atlantic Institute’s XR Lab, Atlantic Fellow Ana P. Santos transforms lived experience, data and emotion into an immersive XR journey revealing how climate change touches everyday life.
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Join us in the second event of our Artificial Intelligence series as our panel explores how AI might become a force for hope, helping to build kinder, fairer and healthier societies.

We would be delighted for you to join us online or in person.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
February 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Reposted by Atlantic Fellows
Inequality has a profoundly negative effect on health and wellbeing.

Not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope, and age.

Richard Wilkinson and @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social
Inequality and health: Lost in the mists of time?
Inequality has a profound negative effect on health and wellbeing: not because it suddenly kills, but by slowly reshaping how people live, relate, cope, and age
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Supported by the Global Brain Health Institute, Mick O’Kelly collaborates with people living with dementia to transform a single, meaningful moment of thought into a stained-glass window.

Mick’s work shows how art can sit alongside science.
‘You can never replace it’: The artist capturing precious memories from dementia patients
Mick O’Kelly’s powerful stained-glass art gives a view into the minds of people with cognitive impairment
www.irishtimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Join the @rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk with The World Reimagined as they discuss the topical issue of AI and its impact on education at all levels.

Share with your networks and sign up today: events.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/AI-in-Educat...
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
As The Equity Initiative marks its 10th anniversary, we celebrated “Living in Water,” an immersive VR project by Atlantic Fellow Ana P. Santos. Supported by the Atlantic Institute’s XR Lab, it explores climate injustice and climate anxiety in the Philippines.
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Climate change represents one of the most pressing global challenges of our time.

Marking the launch of the Global Brain Health Institute at @tcddublin.bsky.social led CliCBrain project, this webinar explores why brain health must be part of the climate conversation.

www.gbhi.org/events/clima...
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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A reminder that applications for the third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge (AEQ) are now open!

The AEQ research grant offers researchers the opportunity to undertake innovative, solutions-oriented, collaborative research on inequalities.

🔗 afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/news/a...
AFSEE announces a third round of the Atlantic Equity Challenge research grant
Dec 03, 2025
afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk
January 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Atlantic Fellows
The 30-year war in the DRC has taken an unfathomable toll. Radio communications are one source of hope for displaced people struggling to access vital information and a road to recovery.

Thanks to experts with @atlanticfellows.bsky.social
Can Radio Save Lives and Reduce Poverty in War-Torn Congo?
This inexpensive technology remains an effective tool for ensuring equitable access to vital health and economic information.
inequality.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Global Partnerships Lead at the Atlantic Institute, Katherine Bond, reflects on her time at the 2025 Skoll Centre Community Convening and the discussions that took place during this two day event.
Atlantic Fellows | Reflections on the 2025 Skoll Centre Community Convening: New Models for a Changing World
By Katherine Bond, Global Partnerships Lead
www.atlanticfellows.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Atlantic Fellows are connected by a shared commitment to addressing systemic inequity.

Based in Oxford, U.K., the Atlantic Institute serves as a hub for this global community - supporting collaboration, shared learning and collective action toward fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies.
January 8, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Creative Brainwaves 2025, hosted by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and dinkyhanrahan.bsky.social, brought together artists, researchers and communities to explore how creativity can support brain health and wellbeing.
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Board Chair Nicolette Naylor defines the Atlantic community as a collective refusal to accept inequality as inevitable.

By reaching beyond our usual networks, fellows discover inspiration and ideas that can transform the way they approach their work.
atlanticfellows.my.canva.site/the-annual-r...
December 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
At the Global Atlantic Fellows Annual Convening 2024, Fellows gathered for four days of learning, connection and collaboration.

From across seven equity programs, 200 fellows celebrated the newly graduated fellows joining the Atlantic Fellows.

atlanticfellows.my.canva.site/the-annual-r...
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As the year ends, Lysa John, Executive Director of the Atlantic Institute, points to the Atlantic Fellows community, where “being part of a community that cares for, strengthens and reinforces each other makes a difference.”

Read Lysa’s full reflections: createsend.com/t/j-ECDA04B4...
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A new collaborative effort by the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) has been published offering a comprehensive examination of dementia epidemiology, diagnosis and care across lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
December 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A group of researchers and scientists, led by Atlantic Fellows for Brain Health Equity, are exploring if dementia can be traced back to childhood or young adulthood.
The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Find
The evidence is growing.
www.yahoo.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Atlantic Institute’s Lysa John shares her reflections in our 2024-25 annual report. From strengthening leadership structures, to deepening collaboration, the year was about laying strong foundations for the future in collaboration with Fellows.

🔗 atlanticfellows.my.canva.site/the-annual-r...
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Atlantic Fellow for Brain Health Equity and research assistant Professor at @tcddublin.bsky.social Dr. Irina Kinchin has been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Career Development Award! 👏
Trinity researcher awarded €4.6 million Wellcome Career Development Award
Trinity is proud to announce that Dr. Irina Kinchin, Research Assistant Professor in Health Economics at the School of Medicine, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Career Development Award worth ...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM