Listen to compelling conversations with Atlantic Fellows as they delve into the stories behind their community work and the impact they’re making around the world. Through these podcasts, you’ll hear firsthand accounts of the challenges they face, the lessons they’ve learned, and the innovative approaches they’re using to drive change.
Being Human When Digital was born out of the Atlantic community's exploration of the use of augmented and virtual realities and the ethical issues arising from using them. As Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead, Alice Wroe is concerned with how emerging technologies can strengthen the Atlantic Fellows' collective work of addressing the root causes of systemic inequities. These technologies also show how the Atlantic community can work together, while physically apart, to become a force for social good.
Walking The Talk For Dementia was the brainchild of three people, including two Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres from Brazil and Clara Dominguez from Santiago de Compostela. They, along with Brazilian, Gustavo San Martin, wanted to organize a conference with a difference where, over four days, people living with dementia, practitioners, researchers, caregivers and Atlantic Fellows walked and talked together to better understand each other’s experiences so that collectively they could create change.
Clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson, author of ‘How Confidence Works’ and journalist and broadcaster Fionnuala Sweeney in conversation with members of the Atlantic Fellows community. The 7-part series examines themes around equity, culture and the confidence of the collective as well as of the individual. It explores how confidence results from both nature and nurture, how it is affected by race, gender and socio-economic status, and how it can be lost and regained.