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The Open Society Fellowship is designed to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.
Since 2008, the Open Society Fellowship has supported heterodox thinkers and practitioners from around the world. The fellowship helps elevate new voices to take part in global conversations on the most pressing issues of our time—from human rights and social justice to climate change and inequality—and provide established public intellectuals new audiences for their work. This year’s fellows will be chosen from selected areas, each home to a dynamic community of thinkers engaged in high-level critical debate.
We look forward to announcing the latest group of fellows in spring 2025.
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Chitrangada Choudhury
2014Chitrangada Choudhury, a journalist and researcher, was chronicling the profound effects of resource conflicts on the lives of marginalized and indigenous communities in India’s forested mineral belt. -
Katrin Hansing
2014Katrin Hansing was examining the impact of the complex economic and social reforms taking place in Cuba. -
Leonard Wantchekon
2014Leonard Wantchekon was examining the complex relationship between rural infrastructure availability and food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. -
Michael Bach
2014Michael Bach was designing a strategy that enables people with significant disabilities to enjoy full recognition under the law. -
Michael Sfard
2014Michael Sfard, an attorney specializing in international humanitarian law and human rights, was examining the last four decades of human rights litigation in Israel on issues related to the occupied Palestinian territories. -
Prashant Sharma
2014Prashant Sharma, an expert in governance and development, was examining whether public–private partnerships are accountable to citizens in India. -
Evgeny Morozov
2008As an Open Society Fellow, Evgeny Morozov worked on his critically acclaimed book The Net Delusion, which punctures popular myths about the power of the internet to undermine authoritarian regimes. -
Juanita Leon
2008As an Open Society Fellow, Juanita Leon launched an investigative news blog in Colombia. -
Mark Schoofs
2008As an Open Society Fellow, Mark Schoofs worked on a book that explores the historical, economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the Russian and South African AIDS epidemics.
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