Welcome to the current edition of the Bellagio Bulletin!
At The Rockefeller Foundation, our mission is to make opportunity universal and sustainable. Facing crises of climate, inequality, democracy, and health, humanity has never needed institutions more. This newsletter highlights efforts to build innovative institutions that are fit for purpose in today’s world – and the people leading those efforts. You will read about leading institutions with Bellagio origins, including the Self-Employed Women’s Association, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Impact Investing Network.
You’ll also learn about new ways of understanding today’s institutions, what can be done to make them more equitable, and the institutions we need for our future. Reuben Jonathan Miller, a MacArthur Fellow, discusses his groundbreaking research on global emancipation and its connection to incarceration and poverty. You’ll discover how Nils Gilman’s and Jonathan Blake’s forthcoming book was completed at Bellagio. The book explains the limitations of our current systems of governance in managing challenges that go beyond borders, like climate change and pandemics. You’ll also hear from Maria Ivanova, who describes a convening that mapped out the design for global environmental governance in the 21st century while creating critical connections between leaders in the community. In a similar vein of collaboration, you’ll read about how the governments of Ukraine and Estonia, whose representatives connected at a Bellagio convening, are working together to streamline government services in the digital era.
These are just a few of the stories you can look forward to in this newsletter.
The People and Ideas of Bellagio
Reuben Jonathan Miller is an American writer, sociologist, and criminologist who teaches at the University …
Since 2010, the Berggruen Institute has been developing ideas about reshaping political and social institutions in …
Maria Ivanova is an international relations and environmental policy scholar. She is a Professor and …
From the Archives
Seth Berkley is an American medical epidemiologist, and the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. …
Impact investing refers to investments that are “socially conscious” or “socially responsible,” but go beyond …
Although founded in 2002, the International Alliance of Street Vendors (Streetnet International) traces its origins …
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (now known as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance) was …
Bellagio Library
Liz Ševčenko organized and facilitated two Bellagio convenings, in 1999 and 2001. Her book Public …
William J. Jackson participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2000. During this residency, he …
David Bacon participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2004. During this residency he worked …
James T. Richardson participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2001. During this residency he …
Michael K. Honey participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2004. During this residency, he …
Frederica Perera participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2018. During this residency, she worked …
Gregory Mitchell participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2022. During this residency he worked …
Patricia Mechael participated in a Bellagio convening in 2008. During this convening, she made many …
Patty Mechael participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2015. During this residency, she began …
Erynn Masi de Casanova participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2017. During this residency, …
Githa Hariharan participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2001. During this residency she worked …
Kenneth Gross participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2007. During this residency he worked …
Donald R. Wright participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2003. During this residency he …
Subarno Chattarji participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2017. During this residency, he worked …
Michael Meyer participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2011. During this residency, he worked …
Jeff Bingaman participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2017. During this residency, he worked …
Manil Suri participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2016. During this residency, he worked …
Leila Aboulela participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2018. During this residency, she worked …
Tanya Zack participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2014. During this residency, she worked …