This page lists news items relating to current and upcoming events. We also maintain a separate archive of past ASAP events, as a part of our online resources.
A Better Future for our Planet. International Panel on Social Progress, Academics Stand Against Poverty & Planetary Wellbeing: A Triple Encounter.
IPSP-ASAP Spain will be hosting a event in Barcelona on the 17th June 2019 hosted by UPF Planetary Wellbeing.
Planetary Wellbeing is a new project or rather a project of projects at Pompeu Fabra University to encourage researchers at UPF to focus on research that can improve the state of the planet and all those who live in it, and to facilitate collaboration between those already channeling their energy in this direction. It contains institutions inside UPF like IS Global (Institute for Global Health (https://www.isglobal.org/en ) and externally funded projects such as my own “Justice, Legitimacy and Global Institutions”.
The International Panel on Social Progress https://www.ipsp.org/ is a very large scale enterprise conceived (with the IPCC in mind) to gather information from hundreds of scientists on what is social progress, and what are the best ways to promote it and monitor it.
Sala Polivalent, Mercé Rodoreda Building, Carrer Wellington, Campus de la Ciutadella, UPF, Barcelona.
9.30-11.00: Panel – Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University, IPSP) presents the IPSP, Nicole Selamé (Valparaiso University, ASAP) presents ASAP and Josep M. Antó (UPF, ISGlobal, PW) presents Planetary Wellbeing. Chair: Jose Luís Martí (UPF, ASAP, PW).
Coffee & Fruit
11.30-13.00: Session on Social Progress. Do we Have a Compass? with Henry Richardson (Georgetown University-IPSP), Peter Wagner (University of Barcelona, IPSP) and Ted Lechterman (Frankfurt University, ASAP). Chair: Serena Olsaretti (UPF, ASAP, PW).
Lunch at UPF (lunch tickets provided for speakers and chairs).
14.00-15.30: Session on Global Health with Gustaf Arrhenius (Institute for Future Studies, IPSP), Julia Mosquera (Institute for Future Studies, ASAP) and Rafael Vilasanjuan (UPF, ISGlobal, PW) Chair: Anca Gheaus (UPF, ASAP, PW).
Coffee & fruit
16.30-17.30: Session on Planetary Resources with Chris Armstrong (University of Southampton, ASAP), Paula Casal (UPF, IPSP, ASAP, PW), and Paul Bou-Habib (University of Essex, PW). Chair: Andrew Williams (UPF, ASAP, PW).
17.30-19.00: Film on the IPSP A New Society and Q&A session with the film’s director, Sophie Wolthers (IPSP).
19.00-19.20: Performance by Dada Dance.
20.30 :Dinner by the beach at Xiroi Cala Nuri (14 min. walk from Hotel Marina H10, where the participants stay).
Redefining migration discourse: Learning from the past to create an inclusive economy at King’s College London on the 14th June
The symposium convened by ASAP, Global Justice Now and Club de Madrid aims to critically analyse the structural shifts and reorientation in attitudes and rhetoric that need to be taken regarding migration related policy decision making. The debate will use evidenced based research to challenge the underpinning assumptions currently driving migration related decision making processes.
Registrations to attend the event can be made through this link
Convening thought leaders in policy, research and civil society this discussion series challenges the wider framing of austerity politics and asks the question, where do we go from here?
This colloquium will be the first in a series and will explore the ways in which policy makers and other influential actors can shift negative attitudes towards migrants and migration, and identify what positive citizenship looks like in this context. The colloquium will be convened to determine what effective inclusive economy, migration policy and processes should look like in a shared societies context. We define an inclusive economy as one which there is better systems and opportunities for more broadly shared prosperity especially for those facing the greatest barriers to advancing their well-being.
Academics Stand Against Poverty and Global Justice Now are pleased to welcome members of World Leadership Alliance, Club de Madrid, Jigmi Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan from April 2008 to April 2013 and WLA-CdM NetPLUSS Member Kinga Göncz, Foreign Minister of Hungary from 2006 to 2009, and subsequently a member of the European Parliament to lead a discussion on what different countries can learn from each other about how to build a more inclusive society.
They will be joined on the panel by:
- Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS
- Frances Webber, Vice-chair of the Institute of Race Relations Council of Management and prosecutor at the Permanent Peoples Tribunal of the London Hearing “Putting the Hostile Environment on Trial”
- Yva Alexandrova-Meadway, Policy and Campaigns Manager with Consonant
The morning panel will be chaired by Myles Wickstead, Visiting Professor (International Relations) at King’s College London and Associate Professor at the University of Exeter.
The afternoon panel will be chaired by Helen Yanacopulos, Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
10th INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE: NATURE – HUMAN – CULTURE combined with the launch of the ASAP-Poland
Cracow | Poland | 13-16 June 2019
We are pleased to invite you to the 10th Interdisciplinary Conference on Nature–Human–Culture combined with the launch of the Polish Chapter of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), held in cooperation with Academics Stand Against Poverty and the support of the Pedagogical University of Cracow.
The event will be held in Cracow, Poland on June 13-16, 2019.
The launch of ASAP-Poland will be supported by the special panel Poverty and Development and a book publication
This Conference will bring together researchers from around the world who are engaged in a variety of different topics in a field of Humanities, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Health and Medical Sciences and Art
Official language of the Conference is English.
Basic Income as a Solution to Poverty: What should Civil Society Do?
A collaborative workshop between the Development Studies Association Ireland (Civil Society Working Group), Academics Stand Against Poverty-Irish Network, Basic Income Ireland. Hosted at Trinity College Dublin (10am-2pm), on 5th March 2019.
All are welcome. For more information email nitsamishra@yahoo.com
‘Connected Sociologies’ conference at NUI Galway
The ‘Connected Sociologies’ conference is being hosted at NUI Galway (Ireland) on the 10th and 11th May.
Nita Mishra (ASAP Ireland) will be hosting a panel.
https://www.sociology.ie/annual-conference-2019.html
Studies on how poverty is perceived would particularly be of interest – either theoretical studies or studies from the field.
Please can contact ASAP Global if you are interesting in contributing.
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