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ASAP Update
Internships, Global Climate Change Week, Sen Prize, and More
June 17, 2015
Academics around the world are pledging to hold teach-ins and other campus events to draw attention to climate change. Meanwhile, ASAP is celebrating the launch of a new chapter in Romania and holding its first-ever regional conference in Brandenberg, Germany. The organization is also recruiting a new Vice President and interns for number of its programs. Read about these developments and more in this issue of ASAP Update.
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ASAP Seeks New VP. ASAP is seeking a dynamic, experienced academic volunteer to serve as the organization’s Vice President. The Vice President works closely with ASAP’s Global Board of Directors and President Thomas Pogge (Yale University) to provide vision and operational leadership. For details on the role and to apply, click here. Applications are due Friday, August 14.
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Internships Available. ASAP is recruiting for a variety of intern roles: Global Colleagues, Website, Communications, Advocacy, Ethics and International Relations, Social Media, and Health Impact Fund. Our remote, part-time internships are a great way for students and professionals to learn about sustainable development and support innovative poverty interventions. Please note that all ASAP internships are unpaid. For details, click here. Applications are due Wednesday, July 1.
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ASAP Conference in Brandenberg. ASAP chapter leaders are gathering June 17-19 at Schloss Wartin, a beautiful and historic castle in Brandenberg, Germany, to discuss the Chapter Network, forge new collaborations, and examine our collective duties to people in poverty. To read more about the conference, click here.
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Sen Prize Competition. ASAP, the Yale Global Justice Program, and Global Financial Integrity invite submissions of original essays on illicit financial flows for the second annual Amartya Sen Prize competition. Essays should be 7,000-9,000 words and should discuss intelligent use of incentives toward curtailing tax abuse. Prizes of $5,000 and $3,000 will be awarded to the top two essays. Submissions are due August 31. For details, click here.
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Global Climate Change Week. The ASAP-supported project Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) was launched on May 26. GCCW is a new initiative designed to encourage academics in all disciplines and countries to engage with their students and communities on climate change action and solutions. During GCCW (to be held this year on October 19-25) academics will alter their programs to coordinate their teaching on some aspect of climate change. To learn more or launch an event on your campus, click here.
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ASAP Romania Launch. ASAP Romania held its official launch on May 25, in partnership with the European Commission, the UNDP and others. Titled Combating Poverty and Inequalities: New Perspectives for Romanian Academics and Practitioners, the event featured a lecture by Thomas Pogge on the SDGs. For event details and photos, visit the ASAP Romania Facebook page.
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Introducing the First Global Colleagues Cohort. The first cohort of ASAP’s flagship program Global Colleagues has been matched. Global Colleagues aims to foster collaboration between earlier-career scholars working on poverty-related research who are based in the Global South and more senior scholars working on similar topics at well-resourced research institutions in the South and North. To read about the colleague pairs, click here.
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SOFI Report Masks Failure to Address Hunger. A new essay by Thomas Pogge critiques the FAO's State of Food Insecurity Report for vastly overstating progress against hunger. Pogge argues that unjustifiable changes to hunger measurement account for most of the reported success. To read the essay in full, click here.
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