Isaiah Wellington-Lynn
Belonging - Education - Creative Expression
Isaiah's Story
Award-winning polymath,
born and raised in pre-Olympics Stratford, East London,
educated at UCL, Harvard, and Oxford,
and on a mission to cultivate spaces and design experiences
where all people feel they can truly belong and thrive.
Isaiah is a creative scholar, working across academia, pedagogical innovation, and creative and strategic consulting. Isaiah is part of the founding team of the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) a new university in London. He teaches anthropology, design, and qualitative research methods. He has presented keynote thought leadership on coaching and the future of education at the University of Cambridge, LSE, and the University of Derby. Isaiah is currently an anthropology PhD Candidate at the University of Oxford and formerly studied at UCL, LSE, and Harvard. Isaiah's research investigates notions of belonging, meritocracy, social mobility, plural identities, and courage. Outside of academia, Isaiah has worked with organisations such as Adobe, Airbnb, the British Royal Family, Depop, J.P. Morgan, TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, Airbnb, the NHS, and Hachette (Little, Brown imprint).

Belonging

Airbnb
Kleiner Perkins Design Fellow,
Anti-Discrimination Team

Redefining Boundaries
Founding Fellow, Class of 2018

Belonging Round Table
With HRH King Charles
Education

Harvard
Visiting Undergraduate 2017 - 2018

UCL
BSc Anthropology 2015 - 2020

Oxford
PhD 2021 - Present
Creative Expression
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Model
Fashion shows and Editorials

Creative Consultant
Writer, Curator, Artist, and Designer

Public Speaker
Keynotes, workshops, panels