Copenhagen Fellowship on Climate Change, Human Rights and Democracies in Crisis

Through workshops, discussions and presentations by experts, politicians, NGOs, activists and other actors in these fields, the purpose of this Fellowship is to equip Fellows with knowledge of how to engage with society’s greatest challenges of today, and to explore concrete ways of action.

The 2024 the Copenhagen Fellowship will focus on climate change, democracy and human rights in a world in crisis, and explore how they can strengthen active citizenship and inspire continued action.

The Structure of the Program

• The International Program | June 3 and 4, 2024 (virtual)
  • They will virtually join the entire international 2024 Human in Action cohort of about 100 Fellows to discuss community building, relevant human rights issues and courses for civil engagement (expect full day or evening program).
• The Copenhagen Fellowship | June 6 – 28, 2024 (in-person in Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • About 25 Fellows from around the world will gather in Copenhagen to learn from local experts, activists, politicians, community members, and each other (expect full day program, and some evening and weekend program).
• Action Projects and Community Support Hubs | August 2024 – May 2025 (virtual)
  • After the Fellowship, all Fellows are tasked with developing an Action Project within the next 11 months of the Fellowship. During this time Fellows meet virtually for the Community Support Hubs, an online training program designed to assist Fellows implement their projects and to keep in touch with their peers and the Humanity in Action community. (The workshops will not exceed 2 hours).

What they Offer?

• The program offers you a unique opportunity to study and learn with an international group of (future) change makers. And to connect with the global network of Senior Fellows, who have already initated change.
• The program provides a country and context-specific curriculum that examines historical and contemporary challenges to human rights, pluralism and equality. The topics are illuminated by a wide range of experts, workshops, site visits, Fellow presentations and discussions.
• After the Fellowship, Fellows embark on developing civil society initiatives in their own communities, the Action Projects. The Fellowship comes with an ongoing virtual training program from August 2024 to May 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Apply from Europe
  • You speak English fluently (all programs are conducted in English)
  • You must fit one of the below:
    • You are a current student in a college or university located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, or Ukraine.
    • You graduated no longer than two years ago from a college or university in any of the above mentioned countries.
    • You grew up in or are a citizen or resident of any of the above-mentioned countries and study at or recently graduated from a college or university in any country of the world.
• Apply from the USA
  • Applicants to the Humanity in Action Fellowship must be one of the following:
    • currently enrolled undergraduate students from the US or at US-based colleges and universities (sophomores, juniors, and seniors); or
    • recent graduates (for the 2024 Fellowship, they define recent graduates as individuals from the undergraduate or graduate classes of 2022 and 2023. For undergraduates, they define recent graduates as individuals who attended accredited, four-year undergraduate colleges or universities in the United States, having graduated in spring 2022 or later); or
    • currently enrolled, second-year community college students who plan to continue their secondary education; or
    • currently enrolled Masters and PhD students at US-based universities.

For more information, visit Humanity in Action Denmark.