von IPSP | Jan 23, 2019 | Unkategorisiert |
On Monday, January 28th, an IPSP discussion event will be held at the University of Vienna, Austria. IPSP authors Christiane Spiel (Ch. 19), Ulrike Felt (Ch. 14), and Wolfgang Lutz (Ch. 18) will present the findings of their chapters of the report. There will then be...
von IPSP | Jul 6, 2017 | Unkategorisiert |
IPSP authors Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee), Gianluca Grimalda (ch. 8), and Ingrid Woolard (ch.3), along with Romina Boarini and Orsetta Causa of the OECD, wrote a policy brief for the G20 meeting this summer (see announcement here). You can read the following...
von IPSP | Mrz 13, 2017 | Unkategorisiert |
This excerpt from Chapter 3 (Inequality and Social Progress) discusses the role that government policies can play in reducing inequality and improving economic opportunities for all. Policies can affect inequality through various mechanisms. An adaptation of the...
von IPSP | Dez 7, 2016 | Unkategorisiert |
This weekend, UN diplomats from 37 countries will gather for the 2nd Annual Friendship Group Retreat in Hamilton, Bermuda. The retreat is organized by the International Women’s Health Coalition and The International Planned Parenthood Federation, and speakers include...
von Johan Schot | Jun 22, 2016 | Unkategorisiert |
Authors: Johan Schot, Cian O’Donovan1 The role of science and technology in social progress will be drawn out as a special cross-cutting theme in the final ‚Rethinking Society for the 21st century‘ report. Uniquely, this theme has been subject to special...
von Pelin Tan | Mrz 25, 2016 | Unkategorisiert |
Op-Ed by Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pelin Tan, Sociologist Lead-Author of „Towards the Urban Society“ – International Panel on Social Progress – Turkey A 17 year old Syrian refugee named Mohammed follows me to my...
von IPSP | Dez 11, 2015 | Unkategorisiert |
This text is drawn from a longer speech given at the World Public Forum on ‘the dialogue between civilisations and the idea of a world order’. We speak much today of Islam, indeed do so obsessively, and we speak of its relations to the West, and when we do, we do so...
von Michel Wieviorka | Nov 18, 2015 | Unkategorisiert |
A recent book by Sudhir Hazareesingh is entitled „A country that loves ideas: History of a French passion“ (Flammarion ed.). But this passion only applies unevenly. And in times of crisis more than ever, it is prompt to rely on categories that deserve more...
von Ingrid Robeyns | Aug 29, 2015 | Unkategorisiert |
Over the last three days, the first meeting of authors of the International Panel of Social Progress (IPSP) was held in Istanbul. The IPSP is to some extent modeled after the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but one important difference is that it is not...
