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srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1e74c6125930859b13bb_Daro-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1e74c6125930859b13bb_Daro.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Daro Sulakauri</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Georgia</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Photojournalist, visual artist</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" 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By focusing on issues that are considered taboo, such as early marriages and the impact of Russian occupation, she defends against the erasure of Georgian culture, history and borders.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/daro_sulakauri_a_lens_on_georgia_s_survival_in_the_shadow_of_a_superpower?referrer=playlist-ted_fellows_films_2024&subtitle=en" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Daro Sulakauri</span></h2><a href="http://www.darosulakauri.com/" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="http://www.instagram.com/darosulakauri/" class="footer_small-link">Instagram</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1eeeecfe22a316019037_Erika.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1eeeecfe22a316019037_Erika-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1eeeecfe22a316019037_Erika.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Erika Moore</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">US</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Equity bioengineer</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1eeeecfe22a316019037_Erika.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1eeeecfe22a316019037_Erika-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1eeeecfe22a316019037_Erika.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Equity bioengineer</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Erika Moore</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Biomedical engineer Erika Moore Taylor researches how ancestry and sociocultural data affect disease development. Unlike many researchers, she accounts for diverse populations when building regenerative tissue models to create more equitable disease models</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/erika_moore_why_do_some_bodies_respond_differently_to_disease?referrer=playlist-ted_fellows_films_2024&subtitle=en" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Erika Moore</span></h2><a href="https://www.erikamooretaylor.com/" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/erikamooretaylor/" class="footer_small-link">Instagram</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1f7f861c586d0e6fd438_Huiyi%20Lin.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1f7f861c586d0e6fd438_Huiyi%20Lin-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1f7f861c586d0e6fd438_Huiyi%20Lin.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Huiyi Lin</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Singapore + China</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Visual artist, poverty researcher </div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1f7f861c586d0e6fd438_Huiyi%20Lin.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1f7f861c586d0e6fd438_Huiyi%20Lin-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d1f7f861c586d0e6fd438_Huiyi%20Lin.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Visual artist, poverty researcher </p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Huiyi Lin</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Huiyi Lin is an economic policy researcher and one-half of Chow and Lin, an artist duo using statistical, mathematical and computational techniques to address food insecurity and poverty. Chow and Lin combine research, design and photography to raise awareness about global inequality in visually arresting ways.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/huiyi_lin_what_does_poverty_look_like_on_a_plate?referrer=playlist-ted_fellows_films_2024&subtitle=en" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Huiyi Lin</span></h2><a href="http://www.chowandlin.com/" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chow_and_lin/" class="footer_small-link">Instagram</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2068459b13a456759fdf_Joel%20Bervell.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2068459b13a456759fdf_Joel%20Bervell-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2068459b13a456759fdf_Joel%20Bervell.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Joel Bervell</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Ghana + US</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Medical mythbuster</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2068459b13a456759fdf_Joel%20Bervell.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2068459b13a456759fdf_Joel%20Bervell-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2068459b13a456759fdf_Joel%20Bervell.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Medical mythbuster</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Joel Bervell</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Joel Bervell is a medical student educating people about health care disparities and biases through viral social media content. By sharing stories and studies with his audience of more than one million about the neglect of marginalized groups, he advocates for change in the health care system. </p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/joel_bervell_a_medical_mythbuster_s_mission_to_improve_health_care" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Joel Bervell</span></h2><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joelbervell/" class="footer_small-link">Instagram</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d20e1408213585dbcea57_Lehua%20Kamalu.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d20e1408213585dbcea57_Lehua%20Kamalu-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d20e1408213585dbcea57_Lehua%20Kamalu.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Lehua Kamalu</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Hawaii + US</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Ocean navigator</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d20e1408213585dbcea57_Lehua%20Kamalu.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d20e1408213585dbcea57_Lehua%20Kamalu-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d20e1408213585dbcea57_Lehua%20Kamalu.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Ocean navigator</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Lehua Kamalu</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Lehua Kamalu is a captain and navigator of traditional Hawaiian ocean-voyaging canoes. She preserves and teaches these ancient sustainable navigation practices by integrating them into digital storytelling and daily life for future generations.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lehua_kamalu_what_you_can_learn_crossing_the_ocean_in_a_canoe?referrer=playlist-ted_fellows_films_2024&subtitle=en" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Lehua Kamalu</span></h2><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lehuakamalu" class="footer_small-link">Instagram</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2147d86a63e7b728b5ff_Mohamed%20Aburawi.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2147d86a63e7b728b5ff_Mohamed%20Aburawi-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2147d86a63e7b728b5ff_Mohamed%20Aburawi.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Mohamed Aburawi</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Libya + Canada</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Health systems entrepreneur</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2147d86a63e7b728b5ff_Mohamed%20Aburawi.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2147d86a63e7b728b5ff_Mohamed%20Aburawi-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d2147d86a63e7b728b5ff_Mohamed%20Aburawi.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Health systems entrepreneur</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Mohamed Aburawi</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Mohamed Aburawi is a surgeon and founder of Speetar, a digital health platform reshaping health care in conflict zones across the Middle East and Africa, especially his native Libya. Through this work, Speetar is helping to dismantle barriers to quality care and advocate for health care as a fundamental human right.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_aburawi_a_hospital_in_the_cloud_bringing_health_care_anywhere_in_the_world" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Mohamed Aburawi</span></h2><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d21c782ecd059aaa0b4ba_Norah%20Magero.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d21c782ecd059aaa0b4ba_Norah%20Magero-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d21c782ecd059aaa0b4ba_Norah%20Magero.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Norah Magero</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Kenya</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Mechanical engineer </div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d21c782ecd059aaa0b4ba_Norah%20Magero.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d21c782ecd059aaa0b4ba_Norah%20Magero-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d21c782ecd059aaa0b4ba_Norah%20Magero.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Mechanical engineer </p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Norah Magero</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Norah Magero is a mechanical engineer and creator of VacciBox, a cold chain solution saving lives in rural communities. She is working to build an Africa that manufactures and produces its own climate-health care technology.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/norah_magero_this_refrigerator_is_saving_lives?referrer=playlist-ted_fellows_films_2024&subtitle=en" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Norah Magero</span></h2><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/norah-magero-28b77344/" class="footer_small-link">LinkedIn</a><a href="https://dropaccess.tech/" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d221d78ac5efeff500f52_Paule%20Joseph.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d221d78ac5efeff500f52_Paule%20Joseph-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d221d78ac5efeff500f52_Paule%20Joseph.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Paule Joseph</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">Venezuela + US</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Chemosensory researcher, nurse</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d221d78ac5efeff500f52_Paule%20Joseph.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d221d78ac5efeff500f52_Paule%20Joseph-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d221d78ac5efeff500f52_Paule%20Joseph.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Chemosensory researcher, nurse</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Paule Joseph</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Taste and smell researcher Paule Joseph explores how conditions such as COVID-19, obesity, neurodegenerative disorders and substance abuse affect the chemical senses. Her lab combines clinical research, behavioral neuroscience, genomics and molecular biology, offering insights on how taste and smell affect our daily lives.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/paule_joseph_why_smell_matters_more_than_you_think" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Paule Joseph</span></h2><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr_paulejoseph" class="footer_small-link">Instagram</a><a href="https://irp.nih.gov/pi/paule-joseph" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d22a37f25ba099d9fd377_Ramin%20Hasani.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d22a37f25ba099d9fd377_Ramin%20Hasani-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d22a37f25ba099d9fd377_Ramin%20Hasani.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Ramin Hasani</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">US, Austria + Iran</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">AI scientist, entrepreneur</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d22a37f25ba099d9fd377_Ramin%20Hasani.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d22a37f25ba099d9fd377_Ramin%20Hasani-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d22a37f25ba099d9fd377_Ramin%20Hasani.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">AI scientist, entrepreneur</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Ramin Hasani</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Ramin Hasani is cofounder and CEO of Liquid AI, where he helped invent liquid neural networks: a new AI technology inspired by living brains and physics. These revolutionary networks are more flexible and efficient than current AI solutions, shaping the future of machine learning and artificial intelligence research.</p></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/ramin_hasani_how_a_worm_could_save_humanity_from_bad_ai" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Ramin Hasani</span></h2><a href="https://twitter.com/ramin_m_h" class="footer_small-link">X (formerly Twitter)</a><a href="https://www.raminhasani.com/" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><button wb-el="dialog-trigger" class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo w-condition-invisible"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d231c819ce76dd6ba4751_Royal%20Ramey.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 22vw, (max-width: 767px) 23vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 25vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d231c819ce76dd6ba4751_Royal%20Ramey-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d231c819ce76dd6ba4751_Royal%20Ramey.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div data-accent="" class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info cc-mobile-left"><div><div class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Royal Ramey</div><p class="input-label cc-all-caps">US</p></div><div class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Wildland firefighter</div></div></button><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2024 Cohort</div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d231c819ce76dd6ba4751_Royal%20Ramey.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d231c819ce76dd6ba4751_Royal%20Ramey-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/661d231c819ce76dd6ba4751_Royal%20Ramey.jpeg 600w" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6a-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6b-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_84255350-1903-ab88-555e-c45400413f6c-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Wildland firefighter</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Royal Ramey</div><div class="w-richtext"><p>Royal Ramey is the cofounder of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP), a nonprofit providing career opportunities to formerly incarcerated firefighters in California. 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financial services research group at IBM Research Africa and the co-founder of Innovate Ventures, the leading startup accelerator and technology fund in Somalia. At IBM, Dr. Abdigani and his team design, develop and deploy innovative and commercially viable technologies to extend access to financial services in Africa. Dr. Abdigani co-founded Innovate Ventures in 2012, the first startup accelerator and technology fund in Somalia and Somaliland. He and his team train, mentor and invest in early stage tech startups. Dr. Abdigani has held research positions in industry and academia for some of the largest companies and institutions such as Fuji-Xerox Palo Alto Labs, The Open University, Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University and has previously founded a FinTech startup. Dr. Abdigani has published over 35 papers and patents in leading scientific outlets, and holds a Bachelors, Masters and PhD in Computer Science from the University of London. Dr. Abdigani Diriye is a TED Fellow, Next Einstein Forum Fellow and has been listed as one of 35 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review. His work has been featured in Forbes, Wired, Technology Review, Quartz, BBC Radio, CNN and Fast Company among others.</div><a href="#" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Abdigani Diriye</span></h2><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0df627c8cc70a9d7d763_156477.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Abigail Washburn</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Clawhammer banjo player</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2012</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2012 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0df627c8cc70a9d7d763_156477.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Clawhammer banjo player</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Abigail Washburn</div><div class="w-richtext">If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one’s model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition. She—a singing, songwriting, Illinois-born, Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player—is every bit as interested in the present and the future as she is in the past, and every bit as attuned to the global as she is to the local. Abigail pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody’s ever heard before. To put it another way, she changes what seems possible. Abigail has circled the globe performing at festivals, clubs, theaters and universities around the world including 10 tours of China in the past 8 years. She led the first and only official musical tour of Americans to Tibet in 2006, performed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the World Expo in Shanghai 2010, produced & released a record of healing from Sichuan's earthquake disaster zone in 2009 as well as leading a month-long State Dept and Chinese government sponsored tour of the Silk Road in winter 2011. She is a 2012 TED Fellow and will likely be performing somewhere near you soon with 2 tours of Europe, festivals in Canada and the US as well as tours of Indonesia and China in the near future. Her discography includes: 2011 City of Refuge (Rounder Records) 2009 w/ Shanghai Restoration Project - Afterquake (self-release charity CD) 2008 Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk Records) 2007 w/ all-g'earl stringband 'Uncle Earl' - Waterloo, Tennessee (Rounder Records) 2006 The Sparrow Quartet EP (Nettwerk Records) 2005 Song of the Traveling Daughter (Nettwerk records) 2005 w/ all-g'earl stringband 'Uncle Earl' - She Waits for Night (Rounder Records)</div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/abigail_washburn_building_us_china_relations_by_banjo" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Abigail Washburn</span></h2><a href="https://www.abigailwashburn.com" class="footer_small-link">Website</a><a href="https://www.abigailwashburn.com/website" class="footer_small-link">Home: abigailwashburn.com</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/abigailwashburn" class="footer_small-link">Facebook</a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0e2abe3d81ae634acf8f_1831516.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Adam Kucharski</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Epidemiologist</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2020, 2018</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">United Kingdom</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2020, 2018 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0e2abe3d81ae634acf8f_1831516.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Epidemiologist</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Adam Kucharski</div><div class="w-richtext">I'm an epidemiologist, mathematician, author, and a TED Senior Fellow. I’m co-director of the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where I use data-driven analysis to understand outbreaks, from immunity to human behaviour. I have advised multiple governments on major disease epidemics, as well as infodemics and social contagion. I regularly write about science, and my articles have appeared in places like Wired, Financial Times, and The Atlantic. I am author of 'The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread – and Why They Stop', which was named a Science Book of the Year by the Times, Guardian and Financial Times, as well as ‘The Perfect Bet’, about the relationship between science and games of chance. My new book ‘Proof: The Search for Certainty in an Uncertain World’ is out in spring 2025. I am also co-founder of wishidknown.co, a new platform for harnessing collective wisdom - we’ve already been growing a community for parents and will soon be launching one for founders.</div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_kucharski_how_can_we_control_the_coronavirus_pandemic" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Adam Kucharski</span></h2><a href="https://www.twitter.com/adamjkucharski" class="footer_small-link">Twitter</a><a href="https://kucharski.io" class="footer_small-link">Personal website</a><a 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src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0da1f10048be17154999_1429117.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Motorcycle financing entrepreneur</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Adetayo Bamiduro</div><div class="w-richtext">Adetayo is a motorcycle financing entrepreneur and Cofounder of MAX, a mobility platform which provides Africans access to clean vehicles and is improving on the current gig economy model. </div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/adetayo_bamiduro_africa_s_path_to_clean_mobility_driven_by_motorcycles" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" 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cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Adital Ela</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2010, 2019</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Israel</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2010, 2019 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0ecb27c8cc70a9d8861a_198065.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Adital Ela</div><div class="w-richtext">Sustainability Designer and thought provoker incorporating indigenous knowledge into sustainable design. I am an industrial designer and impact driven entrepreneur specializing in the field of design for sustainability. I am founder and CEO of CRIATERRA EARTH TECHNOLOGIES (www.criaterra.com) I hold a BA in industrial design from the Holon Academic Institute of Technology (HIT) and a Masters of Design from the ‘Man and Humanity’ Masters program at the Design Academy Eindhoven. My company CRIATERRA develops eco-innovative materials that are as strong as concrete and yet create only 5% of its environmental imprint. CRIATERRA’s novel Earth Technologies are scientifically designed to perform in a wide range of applications, embody the vision of a circular economy and are 100% natural & recyclable. CRIATERRA is currently launching its biophilic collection of wall tiles (B2B). I am a TEDfellow, Switcher, Senior sustainability design lecturer, former Board Member of O2 Global Network. I regularly speak at sustainability related conferences as well as impact driven entrepreneurship events. Specialties: Design for sustainability, Impact driven entrepreneurship, Circular Products</div><a href="#" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Adital Ela</span></h2><a href="https://www.criaterra.com" class="footer_small-link">CRIATERRA Earth Technologies</a><a href="https://www.aditalela.com" class="footer_small-link">Adital Ela</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div 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cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Indigenous conservation champion</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Adjany Costa</div><div class="w-dyn-bind-empty w-richtext"></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/adjany_costa_lasting_conservation_led_by_indigenous_heritage" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Adjany Costa</span></h2><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adjanycosta" class="footer_small-link">Instagram: @adjanycosta</a><a 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fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Uganda</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2017 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0f319597dde8f3d8398f_488074.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Playwright, filmmaker</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Adong Judith</div><div class="w-richtext">In 2006, a T. A/Masters student at Makerere University, Adong returned to her war-ravaged hometown, Gulu, to study the use of theatre in the psychosocial therapy of the children who filled the ranks of Kony’s army, one of the largest child armies in human history. Adong knew then that a dissertation that would gather dust in academic shelves would be an injustice to these war-weary yet raw defiant powerful voices that needed to be heard by the world. So, she wrote Silent Voices, a play that depicts a former LRA slave-wife’s struggle to make sense of the justice she was dealt. While working on the play at Sundance Theatre Lab, Adong met her first openly gay person. The encounter challenged her to re-assess her understanding of homosexuality and she wrote Just Me, You and THE SILENCE, partly developed at the Royal Court Theatre in London and read at Makerere University and to 300 Ugandan LGBTQ & the Diplomatic community. Silent Voices’ acclaimed World Premiere at the National Theatre of Uganda amidst fear of Adong’s arrest for her daring portrayal of the government’s role in northern Uganda war crimes was described by many a Ugandan as, ‘the spiritual rebirth of theatre in Uganda since the decline of critical theatre due to political persecution of artists during the Idi Amin Regime’. It brought together victims, political, religious, cultural, Amnesty Commission and transitional justice leaders for critical, transformative conversations about issues of war crimes. For many in the Kampala audience, the atrocities in Gulu were unfamiliar and shocking, eliciting feelings of betrayal by their Government. Without a doubt, Adong had found her calling! However, a filmmaking dream nurtured since the age of 13 after watching her first African film, Consequences (Zimbabwe, 1987) still ate at Adong’s soul. Fall of 2012, she joined Temple University’s MFA Filmmaking and Media Arts under the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, where true to her calling, her 50mins thesis film, Right Song, Wrong C(h)ord, explores the journey of a young Ugandan woman’s search of home, recognition and respect in the face of racial prejudice and the burgeoning promise of true love in the world of the American Dream. In 2015, Adong returned home with an Acholi language production of the play whose journey started there, which this time around she directed and toured 3 towns of northern Uganda and yet again brought together stakeholders in a conversation and moved Acholi people to tears, christening Adong the ‘rebirth of Okot P’ Bitek’. “The way you captured the events of the war are so spot-on. The most truthful depiction of the war ever. So, I laughed because I recognized myself in the actors on stage. I saw the meaningless atrocities I committed and saw how stupid and meaningless it all was. So, mine was a laugh of recognition, not enjoyment”, explained a former LRA Soldier audience member when Adong expressed disappointment at a few inappropriate laughter. Adong, who is 1 of 12 global Theatre Influencer’ for the 2017 54th Berlin Theatre Meeting, has found a multiplier effect approach that blends her theatre influence goals through an annual summer Theatre Production Apprenticeship she designed that teams up 10 Aspiring Theatre Makers with Renowned Local and International Theatre Makers in a hands-on-on-the-job training under her non-profit production company, Silent Voices Uganda., whose 1st Edition commenced in 2016 upon her return from the ‘Get Lost Program’ Artists Residency in Amsterdam. She continues to write, direct and produce social change plays- Holy Maria (2017), a play that asks, ‘how free is the 21st century woman?’ & Blood (2017), Adong’s Modern Day Impression of Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs that exposes the hypocrisy of White American journalists that flock the African continent to cover stories of ‘barbaric’ acts, while ignoring the savagery unleashed on Black Americans back home. Adong uses a multi-layered storytelling approach that combines conventional and experimental styles with dark humor and a blend of music, dance and drama that exposes absurdities and layers of issues that make her plays accessible to diverse groups. Her plays have received Public Readings in New York, London, Toronto and Chicago and been studied at Ivy League Universities like Princeton, Dartmouth, NYU and UNC, where she has been invited as a visiting artist. Adong’s theatre directing style draws from her cinematic background creating stunning visuals on stage. Veteran Ugandan Art reporter, Wabweyo George described Adong’s 2016 directions of her play Ga-AD! as, “The Hand of God of Ugandan theatre, so reminiscent of Argentinian Diego Maradona's 1986 World Cup epic steal against England…” Adong recently signed a publishing contract with Methuen Publishers, UK for her play, Silent Voices and is currently in pre-production of her 2017 Summer Apprenticeship using the production of her LGBTQ Rights play, Just Me, You and THE SILENCE.</div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/adong_judith_how_i_use_art_to_bridge_misunderstanding" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" 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u-mb--25 u-text-black">Adrian Hong</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Advisor, strategist, Guest Host</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2010, 2009</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">United States</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2010, 2009 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div 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class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2011, 2009 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6615a0ec552ac836d5253990_c33983a93df199e7cac40e4acbe8e1011e9463d2_254x191.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Global health consultant</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Alanna Shaikh</div><div class="w-richtext">I’m a global health nerd, a poet, and a leadership coach. I write a substack about pandemics.</div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/alanna_shaikh_why_covid_19_is_hitting_us_now_and_how_to_prepare_for_the_next_outbreak" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Alanna Shaikh</span></h2><a href="https://tomorrowglobal.com" class="footer_small-link">Tomorrow Global</a><a href="https://www.thisworldneedsbrave.com" class="footer_small-link">Finding your brave</a><a href="https://twitter.com/alanna_shaikh" class="footer_small-link">@alanna_shaikh</a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0f9e2e669bb87395f665_225657.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Alasdair Harris</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Ocean conservationist, entrepreneur</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2014</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">United Kingdom</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 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id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Ocean conservationist, entrepreneur</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Alasdair Harris</div><div class="w-dyn-bind-empty w-richtext"></div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/alasdair_harris_how_a_handful_of_fishing_villages_sparked_a_marine_conservation_revolution" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Alasdair Harris</span></h2><a href="https://blueventures.org" class="footer_small-link">blueventures.org</a><a href="https://www.blueventures.org" class="footer_small-link">Blue Ventures</a><a href="https://twitter.com/BlueVentures" class="footer_small-link">@BlueVentures</a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0d755adcad51568d57ad_1537493.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Albert Fox Cahn</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Anti-surveillance advocate</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2022</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">United States</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2022 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0d755adcad51568d57ad_1537493.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Anti-surveillance advocate</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Albert Fox Cahn</div><div class="w-richtext">Albert Fox Cahn is the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project’s ( S.T.O.P.’s) founder and executive director. He is also a Practitioner-in-Residence at N.Y.U Law School’s Information Law Institute and a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center For Human Rights Policy, Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, Ashoka, and New Profit’s Civic Lab. Albert started S.T.O.P. with the belief that local surveillance is an unprecedented threat to public safety, equity, and democracy. Albert is a frequent commentator, with more than 100 articles in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Guardian, WIRED, Slate, NBC Think, Newsweek, and other publications. He frequently lectures at leading universities and speaks at leading technology governance forums. Albert previously served as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he advised Fortune 50 companies on technology policy, antitrust law, and consumer privacy. Albert also serves on the New York Immigration Coalition’s Immigrant Leaders Council, the New York Immigrant Freedom Fund’s Advisory Council, IEEE Standards Association P3119 AI Procurement Working Group, and is an editorial board member for the Anthem Ethics of Personal Data Collection. Albert received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School (where he was an editor of the Harvard Law & Policy Review), and his B.A. in Politics and Philosophy from Brandeis University.</div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/albert_fox_cahn_the_shift_we_need_to_stop_mass_surveillance" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Albert Fox Cahn</span></h2><a href="https://twitter.com/foxcahn" class="footer_small-link">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.stopspying.org" class="footer_small-link">STOP</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0d5aa4f1a037531a7540_819277.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Alex Odundo</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Director/Innovator</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2011, 2012</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Kenya</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2011, 2012 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0d5aa4f1a037531a7540_819277.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Director/Innovator</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Alex Odundo</div><div class="w-richtext">ALEX ODIRA ODUNDO - BIO Alex Odira was a unique child. He was born a unique boy to a blind father the Late Gabriel Odundo in Rural Gembe Location, Suba District, Nyanza , Kenya; on an equally unique date on 25th December ! Even before joining primary school, the small Odira was already busy making motor vehicle and musical toys for fellow children using dry reeds, millet stems, milk plastic containers, cooking oil tins, wires and banana trunks. His curiosity would sometimes go too far and court some whipping from his father when the only radio in the village could not broadcast the news simply out of Alex curiosity who had dismantled the radio to see who could be talking inside! Hence goes the saying that the man was born a researcher since his childhood. Alex the man has continued designing and inventing simple tools for his community use in Agriculture, Water and Energy sector . His commitment to innovate and invent excellent mechanical solutions means that he produces simple affordable tools using basic technology for genuine solutions for use by the poor in the community in which he lives, in a competitive industrialized world. Alex is an Alumni of Kisumu Polytechnic,Kenya where he trained as a mechanical engineering technician. He also attended a training on engineering fabrication and design at the TECH SHOP, San Francisco in the United States of America and a TED Fellow member 2012. He successfully worked with the Hard ford University students in the construction of a motor bike trailer and a multigrain thresher machine. Alex has collaborated with the Ministry of Science and Technology, Kenya Sisal Board , Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labour, Lake Basin Development Authority , Kisumu Polytechnic and many more in the development of simple tools for agriculture. He has successfully invented both manual and electrical Sisal Decortication machine, Sisal Twinning machine , a Sisal Rope Spooling machine, Cycle water pump, Hyacinth Harvester, Solar Water pump, Gravity Power generator, Wind water pump, Gasifier stove ( Linda Jiko), a multigrain thresher machine, name it and many more!. The man is a genius extraordinary. Whenever he sees a problem in production of anything, he instinctively thinks of innovation or invention to solve the problem ! His major limitation is lack of resources and working capital to research and develop the ideas further. He has however developed a resilience. He never gives up ! In order to share his talent with humanity lest the Almighty asks him what he did with it at the end of times on Mother Earth, Alex is the founder member or Director of many institutions, a few of which are listed here viz Sifa Machinery Limited, Olex Technology Enterprises. Lake Basin Agrotech Limited ,Kartuoro Industries Limited,Equifarm Solutions Machineries Limited ,Angel Farm Solutions Limited, Kisumu Innovators Association , South Nyanza Sisal Association forum . Alex has received many awards from the following institutions and organizations in recognition of his efforts ,dedication and commitment as a Change Agent, Consultant, Explorer, Ideas generator, Innovator and Inventor : Ministry of Labour for Best Technology in Processing Agricultural products; 2011 Ministry of Science and Technology Kenya Expo- Kenya – for Best Agricultural Technology Award ; Best Dissemination of Research Results and Exhibition of Innovations 2010 ; Technical institutions for Vocational Training Kenya for Best Creative and Innovator; Kisumu Polytechnic for 2011 Overall Best Innovator; Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to Research and Innovation; 2010 University of Nairobi- the Makers Faire Africa Exhibition for Best in Technology Category: Nairobi International Trade Fair 2010 for Best Award in Driving Agribusiness in Attaining Food Sufficiency and Vision 2030 and second Best innovator in Africa Forum for science and Technology and innovation. Business Achievements: Alex has created direct and indirect Job opportunities to over two thousand people from his innovations and business enterprises. He has sold more than 200 Sisal Decorticator machines across the country and beyond the borders of our country Kenya. He has created a strong value on sisal plant amongst small scale farmers across the country. In order to sustain the emerging attitude change amongst these farmers,he has initiated, using his meagre resources a project whereby he would buy an ox and a plough for any farmer who has five acres of land or more and willing to start a sisal plantation. He would later sell them a decorticating machine at harvest to help boost their income. He is currently introducing an energy saving stove to the market where low income families, Orphanages, Primary and Secondary schools in poor rural areas which prepare meals for students are targeted. This is a type of gasifier stove that uses timber cut offs, carpenters saw- dust ,sisal and sugar cane waste, dried hycinth and brickets genera</div><a href="#" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Alex Odundo</span></h2><a href="http://sifamachinery.wordpress.com" class="footer_small-link">www.sifamachinery.wordpress.com</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6615a129f1ef73b9b3e33ce3_6eeb23750cbe5c6237be4ed076c13e19cee27c80_254x191.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Alexander MacDonald</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">Economist</div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2009, 2010</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">United States</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2009, 2010 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6615a129f1ef73b9b3e33ce3_6eeb23750cbe5c6237be4ed076c13e19cee27c80_254x191.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0">Economist</p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Alexander MacDonald</div><div class="w-richtext">Alexander MacDonald is the Chief Economist at NASA. He is also the Program Executive for the International Space Station National Laboratory. He was previously the Senior Economic Advisor in the Office of the Administrator and was the founding program executive of NASA's Emerging Space Office within the Office of the Chief Technologist. He is the author and editor of a number of NASA reports including Emerging Space: The Evolving Landscape of 21st Century American Spaceflight, Public-Private Partnerships for Space Capability Development, and Economic Development of Low-Earth Orbit. He is also a former executive staff specialist on commercial space at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a former research faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, and has worked for the Universities Space Research Association while at NASA’s Ames Research Center where he worked on small satellite mission designs and served as the center's first research economist. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Queen's University in Canada, his master's degree in economics from the University of British Columbia, and was a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford where he obtained his doctorate on the long-run economic history of American space exploration. He was also an inaugural TED Senior Fellow and received the AIAA History Manuscript of the Year Award in 2016.</div><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_macdonald_how_centuries_of_sci_fi_sparked_spaceflight" target="_blank" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Alexander MacDonald</span></h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/octstaff/macdonald" class="footer_small-link">NASA</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div><div role="listitem" class="directory-list-item is-current-cohort w-dyn-item"><div class="fellows-link"><div class="square-photo"><div class="u-img-cover cc-empty-photo"><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0d524e200d4dd5d9a74b_451397.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover cc-fellows-img"/><div class="fellows-img-color"></div></div><div class="fellows-link__info"><div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="name" class="type-article-title u-mb--25 u-text-black">Alexander McLean</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="occupation" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div><div data-wb-el="fields" class="u-d-none"><div fs-cmsfilter-field="year" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">2012</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="field" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="country" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0">United Kingdom</div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="affiliations" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="search-text" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div fs-cmsfilter-field="keywords" class="paragraph-0-9 u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></div></div></div></div><dialog wb-el="dialog" class="dialog-outer"><div class="flex-between-header cc-dialog"><div><div class="w-embed"><div class="h6 u-mb-0">TED Fellows 2012 Cohort</div></div></div><div class="u-flex-no-shrink"><button wb-el="dialog-close" class="navbar-cta_close cc-dialog-close"><div class="u-d-flex w-embed"><svg width="22" height="23" viewBox="0 0 22 23" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="m1 1.5 19.999 20m-.001-20L.999 21.5" stroke="currentcolor" stroke-width="2"/> </svg></div></button></div></div><div class="dialog-content cc-fellow-dialog"><div class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660f0d524e200d4dd5d9a74b_451397.jpeg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="u-img-cover"/></div><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba79-9b632c70"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7a-9b632c70" class="u-content-max cc-32"><div id="w-node-_2f9e750c-6e7b-2d56-12a5-6ee2c0a2ba7b-9b632c70" class="v-stack cc-small"><p class="eyebrow u-mb-0 w-dyn-bind-empty"></p><div class="h2 u-mb-0">Alexander McLean</div><div class="w-richtext">I am delighted to have been named by TIME magazine as one of their 30 under 30s changing the world. As a result of visiting death row in Uganda at the age of 18 I founded the African Prisons Project to bring dignity and hope to children, women and men in prisons in Africa through healthcare, education and access to justice. By training I am a barrister. I am an Ashoka Fellow as well as a Senior TED fellow. http://ideas.ted.com/how-african-prisoners-are-learning-to-fight-for-their-own-rights/</div><a href="#" class="icon-link u-mb-1 w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div>Watch talk </div><div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 8 11" fill="none" class="btn-icon cc-sm"><path d="M6.80139 4.67596L1.56653 1.07699C0.903027 0.620831 0 1.09585 0 1.90103V9.09897C0 9.90415 0.903026 10.3792 1.56653 9.92301L6.80139 6.32404C7.37935 5.92669 7.37936 5.07331 6.80139 4.67596Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></div></a><div><h2 class="h6 u-mb-1"><span>Follow </span><span>Alexander McLean</span></h2><a href="https://www.africanprisons.org" class="footer_small-link">African Prisons Project</a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a><a href="#" class="footer_small-link w-dyn-bind-empty"></a></div></div></div></div></div></dialog></div></div><div role="navigation" aria-label="List" 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src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6617da6f51178245790f7c44_48347532367_0dc5568fbb_k%20(1).webp" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 56vw, (max-width: 767px) 42vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 23vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6617da6f51178245790f7c44_48347532367_0dc5568fbb_k%20(1)-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6617da6f51178245790f7c44_48347532367_0dc5568fbb_k%20(1)-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6617da6f51178245790f7c44_48347532367_0dc5568fbb_k%20(1)-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6617da6f51178245790f7c44_48347532367_0dc5568fbb_k%20(1).webp 1279w" class="u-img-cover"/><div class="gradient-overlay"></div><div></div><div class="medium-stat">451M</div><div class="u-position-relative"><p class="results-slide_label">451M TED Talk views</p></div></div></div><div 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Fellows per year</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide w-dyn-item"><div data-accent="Yellow" class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660c6374c70cb2e592395aec_speaking.webp" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 56vw, (max-width: 767px) 42vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 23vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660c6374c70cb2e592395aec_speaking-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660c6374c70cb2e592395aec_speaking-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/660c6374c70cb2e592395aec_speaking.webp 1024w" class="u-img-cover"/><div class="gradient-overlay"></div><div></div><div class="medium-stat">1,303</div><div class="u-position-relative"><p class="results-slide_label">1,303 speaking engagements each year</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="swiper-slide w-dyn-item"><div data-accent="Green" class="square-photo"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6615367adfe548d6cb6096b5_TM21_20210802_1RL1823.webp" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 56vw, (max-width: 767px) 42vw, (max-width: 991px) 24vw, 23vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6615367adfe548d6cb6096b5_TM21_20210802_1RL1823-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632ba0/6615367adfe548d6cb6096b5_TM21_20210802_1RL1823.webp 659w" class="u-img-cover"/><div class="gradient-overlay"></div><div></div><div class="medium-stat">234</div><div class="u-position-relative"><p class="results-slide_label">234 businesses launched</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col col-lg-8 col-md-10 col-sm-12"><div class="slider-blurb-wrap"><div class="u-content-max cc-32 cc-margin-none"><p class="u-mb-0">The groundbreaking work of a TED Fellow does not stay in the shadows. Each year we study the impact Fellows have on their respective fields, as measured by tangible forms of recognition. Here are some highlights from the past few years.</p></div></div></div><div class="col col-sm-12 col-sm-first"><div class="results-slider_btns"><button aria-label="Previous" data-js="results-prev" class="slider-btn cc-results-slider-btn"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 12 12" fill="none" class="arrow"><path d="M5.648 11.07.48 5.905 5.648.737l1.097 1.086L3.458 5.11h7.985v1.587H3.458L6.745 9.98z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></button><button aria-label="Next" data-js="results-next" class="slider-btn cc-results-slider-btn"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 12 11" fill="none" class="arrow"><path d="M6.67 10.394 5.573 9.308 8.86 6.02H.875V4.434H8.86L5.573 1.152 6.67.06l5.167 5.167z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></button></div></div></div></div></section><section class="section cc-sm"><div class="container"><div class="side-by-side cc-reverse"><div class="side-by-side_img"><div class="square-photo cc-align-bottom"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632b94/6602f2d7829c354c9b632c45_Editorial%20Image__01.webp" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632b94/6602f2d7829c354c9b632c45_Editorial%20Image__01.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632b94/6602f2d7829c354c9b632c45_Editorial%20Image__01.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632b94/6602f2d7829c354c9b632c45_Editorial%20Image__01.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632b94/6602f2d7829c354c9b632c45_Editorial%20Image__01.webp 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6602f2d7829c354c9b632b94/6602f2d7829c354c9b632c45_Editorial%20Image__01.webp 1860w" class="u-img-cover"/><div class="grain-overlay"></div></div></div><div class="side-by-side_content"><div class="u-content-max cc-32 slide-up"><p class="eyebrow slide-1">Our purpose</p><div class="rich-text w-richtext"><h2 class="slide-2">What makes a TED Fellow?</h2><p class="slide-3">TED Fellows are some of the brightest, most ambitious thinkers, future-shapers and culture-shakers from nearly every discipline and corner of the world. </p><p class="slide-4">Whether it’s discovering new galaxies, leading social movements or making waves in environmental conservation, with the support of TED, Fellows are dedicated to making the world a better place through their innovative work. In 2024 the program will shift to a nomination-based application process.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="qualifications" class="section cc-sm"><div class="container"><div class="row row-justify-center"><div class="col col-lg-10 col-md-12"><div class="section-header slide-up"><div class="u-content-max cc-62 cc-margin-none"><h2 class="h4 u-mb--5">Qualifications</h2></div><div class="u-content-max cc-44 cc-margin-none"><div class="u-content-max cc-32 cc-margin-none"><p class="u-mb-0">We look for the proximate emerging leaders working on-the-ground on world-changing ideas -- the doers, makers, inventors, technologists, filmmakers and photographers, musicians and artists, educators, scientists, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and human rights activists. Here is what we look for in a TED Fellow:</p></div></div></div><div class="w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="qualifications-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="qualifications-item w-dyn-item"><div class="qualifications-number">1</div><div class="rich-text paragraph-0-9 w-richtext"><p><strong>Emerging leaders.</strong> We focus our efforts on individuals who are in the earlier phases of their career, those who have a track record of excellence but have not received a numerous other fellowships and accolades. We search for those who are not already on the global stage.</p></div></div><div role="listitem" class="qualifications-item w-dyn-item"><div class="qualifications-number">2</div><div class="rich-text paragraph-0-9 w-richtext"><p><strong>Originality and authenticity.</strong> We look for proximate leaders with a unique approach to solving humanity’s greatest challenges. We look for the people working on-the-ground on world-changing ideas, putting ideas into action.</p></div></div><div role="listitem" class="qualifications-item w-dyn-item"><div class="qualifications-number">3</div><div class="rich-text paragraph-0-9 w-richtext"><p><strong>Kind, collaborative character.</strong> We look for individuals who have an early track record of great work in their field. We look for individuals from all disciplines, who have collaborative, kind personalities. Many Fellows claim that the community of other Fellows is the most valuable aspect of the fellowship. We try to nurture this collaborative spirit in the community.</p></div></div><div role="listitem" class="qualifications-item w-dyn-item"><div class="qualifications-number">4</div><div class="rich-text paragraph-0-9 w-richtext"><p><strong>Poised to grow.</strong> Since this is not a granting fellowship, we look for individuals who would best be able to use the TED community and this opportunity as a launching pad. 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// Add the "close" class before closing setTimeout(() => { dialog.close(); }, 500); // Adjust the delay to match your animation duration (in milliseconds) }); } // Close dialog when backdrop is clicked dialog.addEventListener("click", (event) => { if (event.target === dialog) { dialog.classList.add("close"); // Add the "close" class before closing setTimeout(() => { dialog.close(); }, 500); // Adjust the delay to match your animation duration (in milliseconds) } }); }); }); </script> <script> // Fix dialog modals on Finsweet Filters // by resetting dialog modals on each filter and pagination load window.fsAttributes = window.fsAttributes || []; window.fsAttributes.push([ 'cmsload', (listInstances) => { // The callback passes a `listInstances` array with all the `CMSList` instances on the page. const [listInstance] = listInstances; // The `renderitems` event runs whenever the list renders items after switching pages. listInstance.on('renderitems', (renderedItems) => { const teamMemberItems = document.querySelectorAll(".is-current-cohort"); teamMemberItems.forEach((item) => { const dialog = item.querySelector("[wb-el='dialog']"); const showButton = item.querySelector("[wb-el='dialog-trigger']"); const closeButton = dialog.querySelector("[wb-el='dialog-close']"); if (showButton) { showButton.addEventListener("click", () => { dialog.classList.remove("close"); // Remove the "close" class before opening dialog.showModal(); }); } if (closeButton) { closeButton.addEventListener("click", () => { dialog.classList.add("close"); // Add the "close" class before closing setTimeout(() => { dialog.close(); }, 500); // Adjust the delay to match your animation duration (in milliseconds) }); } // Close dialog when backdrop is clicked dialog.addEventListener("click", (event) => { if (event.target === dialog) { dialog.classList.add("close"); // Add the "close" class before closing setTimeout(() => { dialog.close(); }, 500); // Adjust the delay to match your animation duration (in milliseconds) } }); }); }); }, ]); </script></body></html>