For more than 60 years, the Bellagio Center Residency Program has brought global leaders together to connect, collaborate, and create breakthrough solutions that change the world. During this time, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center has hosted some of the most ambitious, innovative, and committed leaders of our time — including more than 85 Nobel Laureates. Previous guests include economists Amartya Sen and Milton Friedman, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa Dikgang Moseneke, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, renowned author Maya Angelou, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, and more.
“The Bellagio Center Residency Program has a long, proud history of spurring action and impact to address our most pressing global challenges,” said Eason Jordan, The Rockefeller Foundation’s Senior Vice President for Connected Leaders. “The Program brings together leaders from different backgrounds and perspectives to learn from one another and advance breakthroughs that are stronger as a result of their connections.”
Every year, approximately 100 artists, authors, policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and scientists from around the world participate in the month-long residency program at the Bellagio Center, located in Bellagio, Italy. By providing access to focused, uninterrupted work time in a unique environment, the program aims to help residents, who have a wide range of perspectives and experiences, advance their breakthrough projects. By forging new bonds that cross professional sectors, political affiliations, and national borders, residents stay connected to each other and to The Rockefeller Foundation long after their residency ends as members of the Bellagio Network.
