Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,663
Selected8,924
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,498Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute736Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament551LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar255Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent873CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist2,011
Why the others are excluded
People
27,729 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdi Nor Iftin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdirahim Saeed BBC Arabic · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at BBC Arabic. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdon Pallasch | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdou Bouzerda Midden-Oostenexpert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdul El-Sayed | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic primary candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdulkhaleq Abdulla أستاذ العلوم السياسية · University of United Arab Emirates | Selected | Academic | Professor UAE University. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdullah Al-Majid rais majlis idarat sharika nadi al-nasr · nadi al-nasr | Excluded | Business executive | President of Al-Nasr sports council. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdullah Anas | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdullah Hammoud | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Al-Rashid إعلامي وصحافي | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and editorialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Abdulrazak Gurnah Premio Nobel de Literatura 2021 | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 author. | 1 | 1 |
| Abeba Birhane Cognitive scientist · Trinity College | Selected | Academic | Cognitive scientist at Trinity College. | 3 | 3 |
| Abel Boyi éducateur | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Educator. | 1 | 24 |
| Abel Mestre journaliste · Monde | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at Le Monde. | 2 | 5 |
| Abel van Gijlswijk rapper/zanger | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abelardo Linares librero, poeta y editor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Bookstore owner, poet, editor, poet. | 1 | 1 |
| Abena Christine Jon'el model | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abha Bhattarai Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Economics correspondent for Washington Post. | 1 | 1 |
| Abhi Nag Balasubramanya former Northvolt worker, microgreens company entrepreneur · Northvolt | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abhijit Banerjee | Selected | Academic | Economist and professor at MIT. | 1 | 1 |
| Abhishek Thakore founder · The Blue Ribbon Movement | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Blue Ribbon. | 1 | 1 |
| Abid Raja | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abigail Disney Disney heiress · Disney | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Abigail Marsh Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · Georgetown | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University. | 6 | 6 |
| Abigail Shrier author | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist analyst. | 12 | 17 |
| Abnousse Shalmani commentatrice · LCI | Selected | Commentator | Commentator for LCI. | 2 | 22 |
| Abou Djaffar ancien analyste de la DGSE, auteur · DGSE | Selected | Former official et Commentator | Former DGSE analyst, author. | 1 | 2 |
| Abraham Christie | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Abraham Foss konsernsjef · Avinor | Excluded | Business executive | Avinor CEO. | 2 | 3 |
| Abraham Sallah fondateur de Tennis AI · Tennis AI | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Tennis AI startup. | 1 | 2 |
| Abraham Verghese auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of fiction novels. | 1 | 1 |
| Abubakar Hussain | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aby Gaye joueuse de basketball | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ace Collins auteur | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Acha Leke senior partner · McKinsey Johannesburg office | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner McKinsey. | 1 | 1 |
| Achim Truger | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ad Verbrugge filosoof, schrijver, hoogleraar · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Philosophy professor at VU Amsterdam. | 6 | 85 |
| Ad Visser | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ada Hegerberg striker · Olympique Lyonnais | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ada Limón poet laureate | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ada Wikdahl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Alter psychologist · New York University Stern School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern. | 8 | 9 |
| Adam Balcer | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and professor at University of Warsaw. | 3 | 12 |
| Adam Becker astrophysicist | Selected | Commentator | Astrophysicist and non-fiction author. | 10 | 12 |
| Adam Ben-Shabbat | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Bencard lektor · Medicinsk Museion | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Medicinsk museum. | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Bergsten reporter · Göteborgs-Posten | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Göteborgs-Posten, reporter | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Bielan poseł · PiS | Excluded | Serving politician | PiS deputy in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Bodnar senator, były rzecznik praw obywatelskich · PO | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator PO, senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Bogoryja-Zakrzewski reportażysta · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polish Radio, reportage | 1 | 5 |