An innovative new Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity initiative created in response to the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic will support projects involving academics, practitioners and civil society professionals from around the world.
The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (CRRF) was launched in mid-May 2020 as a vehicle to fund timely and nimble research projects that have the potential to respond quickly to the COVID-19 crisis and its connections to global inequalities. As a programme, AFSEE is committed to drawing on the insights of academic research, innovative social change strategies and our Fellows’ own experience and expertise. This fund will support collaborative research that draws on the expertise of practitioners as well as academics.
Dr Armine Ishkanian, Executive Director of Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, says: “We recognise that addressing the challenges of global inequalities in the context of COVID-19 requires collaborative efforts, innovative approaches, and original thinking. I hope the research that emerges from these projects will not only advance our knowledge about the impacts and responses to COVID-19, but will also contribute to policy shaping and inform the wider, public conversations about inequalities”.
The selection committee reviewed the applications and selected four projects for CRRF funding. These projects are expected to be completed within one year.
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“Rapid responses for South African labour law in the post-corona labour market”
Gabriella Razzano and Dr Fola Adeleke, both Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity -
“Women's solidarity networks take on COVID-19: the case of Valparaíso, Chile”
Anita Peña Saavedra (Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity; Dr Hillary Hiner (Universidad Diego Portales); Catalina Flores (Women’s Center, Valparaíso); Alondra Castillo (University of Valparaiso) -
“Designing a net wealth tax: ‘Thinking big’ on tax policy after coronavirus”
Dr Andy Summers (Department of Law, London School of Economics) and Dr Arun Advani (Department of Economics, Warwick University)
Read an Ipsos MORI report featuring research from this project and funded by Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity -
“Emergent agency in a time of COVID-19”
Dr Irene Guijt (Oxfam) and Dr Duncan Green (Department of International Development, London School of Economics, and Oxfam)
Professor Mike Savage, Director of LSE’s International Inequalities Institute, where the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme is based, noted: “I am thrilled that we have been able to make these awards to such excellent and timely projects. They demonstrate how AFSEE can work alongside the III to lever high-quality research-based projects that will have real-world impact in addressing inequality.”
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