Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity

📢We are excited to launch the 'Pedagogy and Social Change' podcast series, which offers insights into how educational practice can contribute to broader efforts for social justice. 🎧Listen to Episode 1: Global Citizenship Education and Safetyfication: buff.ly/kw2ANAP

What can academic research and front-line practice learn from each other? In our latest Academic-Practitioner Collaborations (AcPrac) case study, Lyla Adwan-Kamara & Lionel Sakyi reflect on a national disability and mental health programme in Ghana. 📚:researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/1383…

On World Press Freedom Day, Fola Adeleke (@AFSEE_LSE) highlights a shift in the threat to journalism. He says that while information manipulation is accelerating, with the right governance, technology can also help strengthen journalism. ow.ly/HcBX50YSmhB

As far-right violence rises, we must remember that democracies won’t be rebuilt through confrontation. Countering hate requires care, listening & connection, argues Laura Roth. 📚Read 'Caring Across the Divide: A Feminist Response to the Far-Right': buff.ly/WeFtRRu

All 5 episodes of our new season of Instant Coffee are out now! We teamed up with @AFSEE_LSE to hear from AFSEE Fellows from the Middle East on topics ranging from archiving, education, urban inequality, activism and women's economic empowerment. ow.ly/gyH450YNokO

What is driving the rise in populism - and how can we stop it? Join us for the launch of the latest book by @liambyrnemp with @zoesqwilliams and @sarahobolt. Our speakers will draw connections between growing inequality and the populist surge. 🎟️ buff.ly/TUHgfDI

How can we bridge research and practice to save democracy? The AFSEE-funded season of the People vs Inequality Podcast explores how academics and practitioners can (better) collaborate in times of autocratisation. 🎧Listen to the four episodes here: buff.ly/WzAnxuB

Landscapes of Justice event during the Skoll World Forum next week. ⬇️ Register for the event here: luma.com/awi285ls

⚠️Today in Geneva. A critical conversation on economic sovereignty, justice, and the future of global economic systems is taking place at the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. In the wake of a landmark UN resolution championed by @JDMahama, this side event shifts the focus from recognition to action; exploring what economic justice must look like in practice. Co-organised by the International Civil Society Working Group, @RacePowerPolicy, Global Black, and @reforminitiate, the discussion brings together voices driving new thinking on debt, reparations, and self-determined development. Featuring @Makmid, @AmaraEnyia, and other leading voices. 📍 Palais des Nations, Room XI 🎟️ Registration required: eventbrite.com/e/a-roadmap-fo… Be in the room where the future of economic justice is being shaped. #EconomicSovereignty #EconomicJustice #Reparations #PFPAD #GlobalJustice #DebtJustice #Decolonisation #ReformInitiatives

In the final episode of our podcast collaboration with @LSEMiddleEast, AFSEE Fellow Ahmad Abu Hussien and colleagues explore infrastructure as a political and social system that shapes belonging in cities. 🎧Listen to the episode: buff.ly/KbUPtp0

Inclusive education is widely recognised as a cornerstone of a just society. Yet for many disabled children in Nepal, education remains out of reach, due to persistent failures in policy implementation. 📚Read Dev Datta Joshi's piece on AFSEE Blog: buff.ly/vQhsqeM

Atlantic Institute's Harpinder Collacott and @AFSEE_LSE Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam and Tanya Charles explore what it will take to strengthen collaboration between countries and build a fairer, safer world in their new blog. ow.ly/36Ye50YI8WF

🎧 New Instant Coffee episode: Creating Real Economic Empowerment for Women in MENA Yara Shawky Shahin (@AFSEE_LSE) speaks to her colleague Yasmine D'Alessandro about how to create programmes of real economic empowerment for women in the MENA region. ow.ly/UawC50YCbY5

Gender equality discourse has a profound blind spot with women behind bars nearly absent. Yet their exclusion is not incidental; it reflects how narrowly we define who counts, argues Mirilove Tay Acquah-Hagan. 📚️ Read Mirilove's piece on the AFSEE Blog: buff.ly/QQHIkOi

We were honoured to host award-winning novelist Elif Shafak as the speaker for the AFSEE Keynote Lecture! Elif delivered an inspiring talk exploring what literature, storytelling & arts can offer in our fractured world. 📺Watch the recording: buff.ly/ba0nEJk

How can the bonds between people, power, and the planet be rewoven?🌍 📚On the AFSEE Blog, Najma Mohamed (@unepwcmc) explains how eco-social contracts offer a crucial tool for systemic change: buff.ly/M3XeQ6j

Gabriella Razzano (an @AFSEE_LSE fellow) will be a speaker at the #LSEAfricaSummit2026 where she will feature on panel 1: "Who Writes the Algorithm: AI, Africa and the Politics of Repair" Buy your ticket here: shorturl.at/KhxgL #AIinAfrica

Fola Adekele (an @AFSEE_LSE fellow) will speak at the #LSEAfricaSummit2026 where he will share his insights on panel 3: "Computing the Climate: AI's Energy, Water and Infrastructure Footprint" Buy your ticket here: shorturl.at/KhxgL #AIinAfrica

Faith Chitawo (an @AFSEE_LSE fellow) will be a speaker at the #LSEAfricaSummit2026 where she will feature on panel 6: "Education Systems and Youth Employment in an AI Economy" Buy your ticket here: shorturl.at/KhxgL #AIinAfrica

The #LSEAfricaSummit2026 is proud to announce @AFSEE_LSE as a sponsor for this year's Summit!