Call-for-proposals: “Impact: Global Poverty” Academics Stand Against Poverty Launch Conference at Yale

Call for Proposals: “Impact: Global Poverty”Academics Stand Against Poverty Launch Conference at Yale (April 23rd, 11am-6pm) CFP yale asap

We invite you to submit your proposal for a project aimed at reducing world poverty.Selected proposals will receive a slot in the upcoming conference and be carried out with the support of the Academics Stand Against Poverty network and organization.

Background: Academics Stand Against Poverty, or ASAP, is a new organization in which academics collaborate in order to have a greater impact on issues of global poverty. Its aim is to help academics leverage their expertise on such issues by making effective interventions in public debates, by supporting good work by international agencies and non-governmental organizations, and by launching real-world projects aimed at realizing positive change. For more information go to: http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/globaljustice/ASAP.html

The conference: On April 23rd we will hold our launch conference at Yale University. In the conference we will present two ongoing projects, “Health Impact Fund” and “Climate Voices”, and discuss selected proposals for new ASAP projects. The discussion will be led by a panel of leading academic activists who will pass their experience and insight to the new ASAP project leaders. Among the confirmed speakers and panelists are: Anat Biletzki (Tel-Aviv University), Gerry Mackie (Princeton), Thomas Pogge (Yale), James Silk (Yale) and Mary Evelyn Tucker (Yale).

Call for proposals: This is an open call for contributions of up to 1,500 words outlining a project proposal that academics might initiate with good prospects of reducing world poverty. Guidelines and examples of proposals that are well on their way toward implementation are listed below. All proposals are due by April 10th (though the call has an Apr. 7 deadline listed so to be safe maybe submit by the 7th).