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.
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.
GCCW Open Letter Calls on World Leaders to Implement and Strengthen Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) has published an open letter urging world leaders to ratify, implement, and strengthen the measures of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We call on all our supporters to sign the letter and help put pressure on leaders to take greater action. Global Climate Change Week is an initiative led […]
Global Climate Change Week 2016
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) aims to encourage academic communities – including academics, students, and non-academic staff at universities – to engage with each other, their communities, and policy makers on climate change. What could you do for GCCW 2016 (Oct 10-16)? Some activities are very simple and require little preparation. For example, you can […]
Effective Altruism Conference Recap
Academics Stand Against Poverty co-hosted the conference “The New Philanthropy: Effective Altruism and Beyond” held at Yale University on May 6 and 7. The event featured a keynote address by Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, in which he presented a critical analysis of effective altruism. Renowned philosopher Peter Singer […]
Job Opening: ASAP UK Seeks Coordinator
Are you passionate about rigorous, context-sensitive and nuanced information reaching the public discourse to inform political decision-making? Do you enjoy a solid project management challenge and can you hit the ground running? Then we’d love to hear from you! Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) UK are recruiting a short-term, full-time coordinator to help us make […]
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