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This fellowship is a joint initiative with Richard and Susan Hayden. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research project of their choosing. Fellows take part in the core work of the Institute
Published: 03 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom
The Chatham House Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research p
Published: 03 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship
In a joint initiative with the Open Society University Network, The Academy is looking to host a fellow for a short-term, four-month fellowship from October 2024 to January 2025. The fellow will join the Global Economy and Finance Programme. The fellowship offers candidates at the early to&n
Published: 04 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship
This fellowship is a joint initiative with Richard and Susan Hayden. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research project of their choosing. Academy Fellows are professionals from a wide range
Published: 20 May 2024 Type: Fellowship
Global Platform for Action Climate and Sustainability Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) hosted at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and t
Published: 04 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship
Global Platform for Action Climate and Sustainability Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) hosted at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and t
Published: 28 Mar 2024 Type: Fellowship
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London. Our mission is to help build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. The Environment and Society Centre (ESC) provides governments, businesses and societies with the informati
Published: 18 Jan 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Value: £65,000
Young people are often not trusted as leaders or seen as experts in their own right. In response, Chatham House is building a diverse community of young people from across Africa and Europe to join an international exchange with policymakers. Common Futures Conversations (CFC) is a
Published: 19 Dec 2023 Type: Fellowship
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a world-renowned independent policy institute, based in London. Our mission is to help build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. The Africa Programme at Chatham House is a world-leading centre for independent policy researc
Published: 05 Oct 2023 Type: Internship
The Leadership Masterclass Programme is a career development programme by the Academy. It runs for nine months and is a part-time option for working professionals running from early October 2023 to June 2024 in parallel with Academy fellowships. It is sponsored by the Asfari Foundation, Robert Bosch
Published: 21 Aug 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: United Kingdom
Global Platform for Action Climate and Sustainability Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) hosted at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and t
Published: 22 May 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom
Global Platform for Action Climate and Sustainability Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) hosted at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and t
Published: 18 May 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a world-renowned independent policy institute. Based in London, our mission is to help build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. The Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs was established in 2014
Published: 26 Apr 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom
This fellowship is a joint initiative with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research project of their choosing. Fellows take part in the core work
Published: 26 Apr 2023 Type: Fellowship
Common Futures Conversations is a new initiative developed by Chatham House and was made possible by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Its goal is to deliver innovative ways for young people in Africa and Europe to engage with politics. Through an online platform and a series of local events, the project w
Published: 04 Aug 2022 Type: Internship
Common Futures Conversations is a new initiative developed by Chatham House and was made possible by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Its goal is to deliver innovative ways for young people in Africa and Europe to engage with politics. Through an online platform and a series of local events, the project w
Published: 11 Apr 2022 Type: Internship
A fellow’s time will be split between three key areas: Completing a personal research project of the fellow’s own design undertaken with the guidance of a Chatham House expert, (approximately 50%). Contributing to the ongoing research activities of their host research
Published: 11 Apr 2022 Type: Fellowship
Fellows are hosted by and based in research teams at Chatham House. During the fellowship, the fellow will conduct a research project of their own design which falls within the research topics below. The parameters for the research topics have been designed in broad terms to allow appli
Published: 11 Apr 2022 Type: Fellowship
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a world leading independent policy institute based in London. As a global think tank, our mission is to help build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. An internship at Chatham House offers an invaluable learning experien
Published: 21 Jan 2022 Type: Internship
Fellows are hosted by and based in research teams at Chatham House. During the fellowship, the fellow will conduct a research project of their own design which falls within the research topics below. The parameters for the research topics have been designed in broad terms to allow appli
Published: 18 Jun 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom
Chatham House is pleased to invite applications for the Richard and Susan Hayden Academy Fellowship in the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. Fellows are hosted by and based in research teams at Chatham House. During the fellowship, the fellow will condu
Published: 02 Sep 2020 Type: Fellowship
Chatham House is pleased to invite applications for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship in the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. A fellow’s time will be split between three key areas: Completing a personal research project of the f
Published: 02 Sep 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Paris, 1919: Lionel Curtis, a British diplomat, delivered a barnstorming speech to the British and American delegates to the Paris Peace Conference, championing a vision that was to alter the course of international politics.
Curtis’s idea was for an organization whose purpose would be to foster mutual understanding of and between nations through debate, dialogue and independent analysis. Bodies already existed for the advancement of science, medicine and the arts. Why not, with Europe still reeling from the First World War, create one for international relations?
Out of this idea, two organizations were born. In London, the British Institute of International Affairs – later to be known as Chatham House – and in New York, the Council on Foreign Relations. Robert Cecil, British Conservative politician and an architect of the League of Nations, chaired the inaugural meeting on the evening of July 5, 1920, at the Royal Society of Arts in The Strand, in central London.
Early contributors included politician Nancy Astor, prime ministers Arthur Balfour and Ramsay MacDonald, Middle East expert Gertrude Bell and suffragist Millicent Fawcett, who joined business people, academics, writers and journalists to understand and discuss the issues of the day.
In 1923, Canadian philanthropists Colonel RW Leonard and Kate Rowlands Leonard acquired Chatham House, at 10 St James’s Square, previously home to three prime ministers including William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. They donated the building as a new home for the rapidly growing organization which increasingly became known as Chatham House.
In 1926, King George V granted the institute its Royal Charter, which underpins the independence, impartiality and global outlook of the organization to this day. The leading thinkers of the time used the institute’s resources to develop their ideas. John Maynard Keynes led a study group that began to shape many of the institutional mechanisms that were to play a central role in creating international financial stability after the Second World War.
Arnold Toynbee, the institute’s first director of studies, and others, including Nobel Prize winners Robert Cecil and Norman Angell, championed the ideas that led to the founding of the United Nations, pursuing their belief that international cooperation within a rules-based system offered the best route to global peace and prosperity.
The Chatham House Rule, now in common currency around the world, was devised in 1927 and the institute quickly became a magnet for leading politicians including Mahatma Gandhi and Winston Churchill. Since then, the Rule’s wording has subtly evolved alongside politics and society, while its spirit has remained the same: to foster open and inclusive dialogue on the most important issues of the day.
One hundred years on, Chatham House continues to foster mutual understanding between nations through debate, dialogue and independent analysis. And as international debates have branched out beyond small groups of senior policymakers to the wider public, so too has Chatham House moved to engage directly with diverse global audiences through new technology.
