Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programme 2026

Applications are now open for the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme for social-change leaders who are working to tackle inequality. Policymakers, researchers, activists, practitioners, artists, and movement-builders from around the world are invited to apply to the innovative, fully-funded, and inequalities-focused fellowship programme based at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Table of Content
• About Atlantic Fellows
• Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programm
• Requirements for Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programm Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programm
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programm

Requirements for Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programm Qualification

Applicants to the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme must be able to demonstrate their ability to meet the following eligibility criteria.

Residential Fellows

1. Applicants must qualify for admission to the London School of Economics’ MSc in Inequalities and Social Science. These requirements include a 2:1 degree or equivalent in any discipline. A background in social science and/or work experience in the social policy field are advantageous but not essential. Please refer to the programme page for full details.
2. Applicants must meet LSE’s standard English Language Requirement.
3. Applicants must have at least 7 years of experience demonstrating courage, care, leadership and commitment in advancing equitable solutions to inequality.

Note: Applicants who have attained a PhD, who have completed an MSc within the past three years, or who are currently studying for a degree, will not normally be considered for the Residential track.

Non-Residential Fellows

1. Applicants must meet LSE’s standard English Language Requirement.
2. Applicants must have at least 7 years of experience demonstrating courage, care, leadership and commitment in advancing equitable solutions to inequality.

Note: For the Non-Residential track, we aim to be inclusive and to encourage applications from non-traditional applicants. We therefore welcome applications from both those applicants who hold an undergraduate degree (2:2 and above) and to those who do not hold an undergraduate degree. This track is also open to applicants who already hold postgraduate degrees. Applicants currently enrolled in a degree programme will not be considered unless their course of study ends before the Fellowship year begins in September. 

Interview date, Process and Venue for Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Programm

SELECTION CRITERIA

Your application should give us a clear idea of you, your values, and your work, in relation to the following criteria:

Experience

Deep commitment to social change, backed by at least seven years of substantive real-world experience in challenging inequalities in policy-making, research, movement-building, activism, or related settings.

Note: The fellowship has no lower or upper age limits, but rather focuses on experience.

Clarity of Vision and Future Impact

• Innovative ideas, a clear sense of purpose, the courage to pursue lasting and meaningful change, and a plan for using the learning offered by the programme to produce real future impact, through an idea for a dissertation or project.
• Readiness to evolve and develop as a leader in ways that embrace and advance the principles of social and economic equity, and their practice.
• Potential to be instrumental in shaping an inspiring vision, direction and agenda for social change in specific geographies, fields, professions and beyond.

Commitment and Readiness

• Interest in learning from and engaging with different perspectives and experiences from across a range of contexts, and a willingness to navigate the challenges and opportunities inherent in complexity and diversity.
• Openness to fully engage with the whole Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity learning journey, including the intellectual and personal transformation this process entails.
• Willingness to actively contribute to a sustained peer-led, values-driven community.
• Commitment to work with and support others in achieving individual and collective impact.

Reflexivity

• A heightened sense of self-awareness/consciousness of who you are – your own identity, experience, beliefs, assumptions, knowledge, and power that you bring to your work.
• Reflexivity is a constant process of critical self-reflection on your experience, beliefs, and action, leading to self-transformation.

Criteria for Residential Fellows only

• Ability to make a compelling case for how undertaking and successfully completing the MSc in Inequalities and Social Science will make a contribution to the applicant’s social change agenda.
• A focused agenda and plan to use the knowledge and skills gained from the MSc in Inequalities and Social Science.

Criteria for Non-Residential Fellows only

A plan for a clear and achievable project, to be undertaken during the course of the fellowship, that challenges structural inequality. The project will seek to advance understanding of or challenges to inequalities.

Check also:
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Atlantic Fellows webpage