ABOUT ASAP
Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) is an international professional association focused on helping poverty researchers and teachers enhance their positive impact on severe poverty. It does so by promoting... Read More
NEWS
ASAP Seeks Contributions for Impact: Global Poverty
Contribute to ASAP project sharing information and best practices from academic efforts at influencing poverty... Read More
Shue asks ASAP members to help protect access to generic medicines
Henry Shue, Oxford Professor of Politics and International Relations and member of the ASAP Advisory Board, contacted... Read More
Call for input: ASAP Oceania poverty audit of Australian political parties
ASAP Oceania’s first project is to conduct and disseminate a ‘poverty audit’ on the policy platforms of the... Read More
ASAP researchers identify 1,400+ academics to be surveyed about poverty consensus report
The conclusions of the Global Poverty Consensus Report (GPCR), an ASAP effort to identify academic consensus on... Read More
EVENTS
Job Posting: Global Ethics Center Deputy Director, U of Birmingham (UK)
Applications are invited for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Ethics in the Philosophy Department. The person appointed... Read More
FEATURED ARTICLES
Impact Stories: Canadian Team Supports Haitian Academics and Students in the Aftermath of Devastating 2010 Earthquake
April 27th, 2013
Articles in the Impact: Global Poverty Series have thus far focused on researchers seeking to have a more direct impact on aspects of poverty alleviation policy or practice. This article focuses on teaching as well... Read More
Why Join ASAP?
April 26th, 2013
In this article, we outline reasons why researchers and teachers should want to join Academics Stand Against Poverty, and we discuss the kinds of impact gains that might be realized through collaboration in the... Read More
Impact Strategy: Fred Carden Shares Insights from 23-Country Study of Academic Influence on Poverty Policy
March 2nd, 2013
When it comes to influencing government anti-poverty efforts, the policy climate matters, Fred Carden notes, but so does the researcher’s focus on actually having an impact.
“If you’re not trying to do it... Read More