Below we list all ASAP news updates. If you want, you can also choose to see only the specific news updates concerning our upcoming events or our Impact Interviews.
New Book on Global Inequality by ASAP’s Jason Hickel
ASAP’s Membership Director Jason Hickel has written a new book titled The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions. For decades we have been told a story about the divide between rich countries and poor countries. We have been told that development is working: that the global South is catching up to […]
ASAP UK Poverty Audit Mentioned on Channel 4
ASAP was recently cited on Channel 4 in a segment titled “Poverty ‘neglected’ in party manifestos“. The segment echos the conclusion of ASAP UK’s audit of the major parties’ manifestos in the 2017 UK General Election: that political parties are failing to address growing levels of poverty across the country. Presenter Jackie Long then visits […]
ASAP UK Publishes 2017 Election Manifesto Audit
An audit of the major UK political parties’ manifestos by a group of leading academics and ASAP (Academics Stand Against Poverty UK) has revealed a failure to grasp the key issues behind growing levels of poverty in the UK and the lack of a realistic path for a sustainable and prosperous future. Using a scoring […]
ASAP Ireland’s Nita Mishra to Speak at Two Events in Dublin
Nita Mishra, PhD scholar at University College Cork and Convenor of ASAP Ireland, will speak at two events in Dublin this month. The Poverty of Lives: Women and Abuse across India and Ireland at Kimmage Development Studies Centre, 18 May 2017 Lucy Kurien, a Catholic nun from Kerala in India, will deliver the keynote address, […]
IVR World Congress in Lisbon July 17-21: “Peace Based on Human Rights”
The XXVIII World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal from July 17 to July 21, 2017. The Congress theme will be “Peace Based on Human Rights”. The languages of the Congress will be English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Special Workshops […]
Call for Papers on Global Tax Fairness
The increasing prominence of growing inequality around the world has intensified the interest in global tax fairness. In most countries, the tax burden has shifted from large multinational corporations (MNCs) and wealthy elites to ordinary citizens and smaller firms. This problem has been exacerbated by the inability of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) […]
Call for Contributions: Academic Policy Briefs for the Compact on Migration
ASAP is mobilizing its network to produce a series of expert policy papers on migration. In September 2016 there was a High-level Summit Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. It brought States together to discuss how the global community should be responding to the larger numbers of people moving in the world. The impetus […]
Call for Submissions: Fourth Annual Amartya Sen Essay Prize
This year, Academics Stand Against Poverty and Global Financial Integrity will be awarding the fourth annual Amartya Sen Prizes to the two best original essays on the moral assessment of tax dodging. Contributed essays should be of ca. 7,000 to 9,000 words. There will be a first prize of $5,000 and a second prize of […]
What We Achieved in 2016
2016 was a dynamic year for the ASAP network, with exciting developments at the global level and among our growing network of chapters. ASAP Global ASAP Global held two successful conferences at Yale University: “The New Philanthropy: Effective Altruism and Beyond” (May 2016) and “New Topics in Global Justice” (October 2016). These conferences convened many […]
Connect with ASAP at the 2017 International Studies Association Conference in Baltimore
ASAP would like to invite those attending the 2017 ISA Conference in Baltimore to join us for dinner and discussion on Thursday, February 23rd at 7:00 pm at the Baltimore Hilton. Please contact Kathleen (admin@fromoverhere.co.uk) if you’d like to attend.
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