Yale GJP members to help establish global justice program in Delhi
Global Justice Program Director Thomas Pogge and Senior Fellow Ashok Acharya, along with Luis Cabrera of the University of Birmingham, were recently awarded a grant by the British Council’s UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) to develop a global justice program at the University of
Postdoctoral Fellowship Available at GJP
The Global Justice Program at Yale University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow position to strengthen the Program’s intellectual work on global justice, world poverty, human rights, and global health. The successful candidate will develop his/her research project and teach one course
The Structural Roots of Global Poverty: Theory Meets Practice
The Yale MacMillan Center’s Global Justice Program and Global Financial Integrity proudly present “The Structural Roots of Global Poverty: Theory Meets Practice.” This three-day conference, held at Yale University on February 14th, 15th, and 16th, will bring together academic, advocacy, and policy
Students and scholars gather to honor Rawls's work and life
The event that for the last few months we have been calling “Rawls Fest” took place last Friday, November 30, 2012, in the Faculty Room of Yale’s Connecticut Hall. This one-day workshop was held in honor of the 10th anniversary of John Rawls’ passing (November 24, 2002).
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Krishen Mehta of GFI speaks to Global Justice Fellows
Krishen Mehta, Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board of Global Financial Integrity at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC (http://www.gfintegrity.org/), and former partner with PwC recently shared his insights on the relationship between global taxation and social justice. In a fast-
Pogge Co-edits Special Issue on Global Tax Justice
Concerns over extreme poverty and inequality have led to a number of proposals for the reform of global taxation policy. Such proposals are enjoying serious analysis and, in some cases, implementation. While issues concerning national taxation have long concerned philosophers—invoking core
Health Impact Fund praised in NYTimes op-ed on drug resistance
The Health Impact Fund was mentioned in a New York Times op-ed as having the potential to limit the growth of drug resistance. Carl F. Nathan, the chairman of the department of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College and author of the opinion piece, writes that growing drug
