Newspeak House

Fellowship Candidates 2026/27

This is the website of the 2026/27 cohort of fellowship candidates at Newspeak House, the London College of Political Technology. We publish a newsletter called Dispatches.

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Fernanda Munhoz

I'm interested in the politics and gender of innovation: who gets to shape it, who holds the power, and whose interests it ultimately serves.

Gender justice is a constant running through my work. For over a decade, I've worked on issues ranging from building feminist tech and advocating for women's rights to supporting the strategy and governance of organisations working towards gender justice.

Some of these projects have been initiated and driven by commercial and technological actors, others by communities and philanthropic organisations. Having worked across both, I've become fascinated by how differently they approach technology, what they prioritise, and ultimately what kind of change they set out to achieve.

I've been thinking about Tatiana Fraser's concept of Scaling Deep in the context of cross-sector collaboration. I find the idea of bringing together people and organisations with different kinds of expertise, resources and perspectives exciting. But I'm equally interested in the power dynamics that come with it.

  • How does an NGO maintain its agency and participate as an equal actor when it is often at a disadvantage in terms of funding, technical knowledge and resources?
  • How do we make sure that the organisations closest to the issues aren't simply brought in to implement someone else's vision?
  • As AI becomes more accessible, will nonprofits have more agency to shape and develop their own solutions, or will cross-sector collaboration remain essential?

These are real tensions the nonprofit sector continues to grapple with. If we are to build for good and build for impact, we need to talk about them.