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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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Hanaan Marwah
2020Hanaan Marwah, a finance industry professional and economic historian, will work on a book and conduct a series of seminars about the evolution of state-owned enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa and their influence on economic inequality. -
Leilani Farha
2020Leilani Farha, an expert and advocate on economic and social human rights, will document the growing financialization of residential real estate, globally, and its role as a primary cause of rising inequality. -
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. -
Ben Rawlence
2013Ben Rawlence was conducting interviews with young Somali refugees in Kenya and recording their stories of survival and their aspirations for the future. -
Helen Epstein
2013Helen Epstein was writing a book on charity and the politics of epidemics. -
Jennifer Gordon
2013Jennifer Gordon was looking at the harms posed to workers worldwide by increasingly common labor recruitment and subcontracting practices. -
Madawi al-Rasheed
2013Madawi al-Rasheed wrote about young Saudi Islamists and their attitudes toward democratization and the Arab uprisings. -
Timothy A. Wise
2013Timothy A. Wise studied the hidden links between food security and commodities markets. -
Vanda Felbab-Brown
2013Vanda Felbab-Brown was researching seven illicit economies to determine how best to understand and manage them in ways that enhance human security and human rights.