by Lina Le Bourgeois | Jul 10, 2024 | Announcements, Media, Uncategorized |
IPSP invite you to read Andrew Sheng’s recent article published in The Daily Star in which discusses global crises and the need for inclusive social progress. Drawing on the report written by 300 social scientists for IPSP in 2018 “Rethinking Society for...
by Lina Le Bourgeois | Jul 10, 2024 | Announcements, Media, Uncategorized |
First published in Le Monde on April 19, 2024, the article “Collective Action Can Save Us from a Dystopian Future” features twelve academics, social entrepreneurs, and activists discussing the International Panel for Social Progress’ (IPSP) new...
by Lina Le Bourgeois | Jun 17, 2024 | Announcements, Media, Uncategorized |
Monday June 17th, 2024 – The IPSP participated in UNESCO MOST Forum “Management of Societal Transformations” to discuss governance issues related to inclusive development, climate change and digital transformation. The MOST Forum 2024 stands at the...
by Lina Le Bourgeois | May 31, 2024 | Announcements, Media |
The four IPSP articles published in the french newspaper Le Monde (April 19, 2024) are now available in english ! « WE CAN AVERT A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE:A RENEWED AGENDA FOR GLOBAL SOCIAL PROGRESS », by Merike Blofield, university of Hambourg, Olivier Bouin, Fondation du...
by Lina Le Bourgeois | May 22, 2024 | Announcements, Media, Uncategorized |
IPSP participated in the final jury selection 2024 of social innovation projects for La France s’engage. 44 pre-selected projects – out of almost 400 eligible applications for the 2024 call– have been presented by their founders or managers. They offered...
by IPSP | Apr 19, 2024 | Announcements, Media |
Four articles by IPSP in Le Monde (April 19, 2024) ! « Pour éviter un avenir dystopique, engageons les transformations systémiques nécessaires », par Merike Blofield, université de Hambourg, Olivier Bouin, Fondation du réseau français des instituts d’études...
by IPSP | Apr 19, 2024 | Announcements, Media |
On April 16, 2024, Olivier Bouin, Marc Fleurbaey, Takyiwaa Manuh, Elisa Reis and Margo Thomas published this op-ed in Nexo: Podemos evitar um futuro distópico: por uma nova agenda global
by IPSP | Apr 2, 2024 | Announcements, Media |
Prof. Bahru Zewde, member of the Advisory Board, published an op-ed describing the launch of IPSP2.0, in the Ethiopian weekly Reporter. See here the English version and here the Ahmaric version.
by IPSP | Dec 29, 2023 | Announcements |
Social progress: a defining agenda, a broad outline, a potential coalition According to the first IPSP Report, social progress can be affirmed as a key moral compass for action, and forms a substantial actionable agenda, but important obstacles and uncertainty...
by IPSP | Dec 28, 2023 | Announcements |
Based on the first meeting of the Advisory Board (Sept. 27-29, Paris), the new Work Program of IPSP for the coming years has been finalized. While flexible and adaptable to future possibilities and opportunities, it defines a roadmap and answers the basic questions...
by Marc Fleurbaey | Nov 2, 2023 | Announcements |
We are sorry to share the sad news of the loss of Prof. Saleemul Huq, who had recently joined the new Advisory Board of IPSP. The director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD), he was a renowned academic and a relentless climate...
by IPSP | Oct 13, 2023 | Announcements |
The first meeting took place at Institute for Advanced Studies in Paris on Sept. 27-29. Intense, lively and very productive discussions in the most congenial and productive atmosphere, about : purpose and value-added of IPSP2.0 thematic focus in the coming years work...
by IPSP | Apr 17, 2023 | Announcements |
The first meeting of the Advisory Board of the International Panel on Social Progress to be held in Paris on September 27th-29th, 2023. The Coordination Council approved yesterday the organisation of the first meeting of the Advisory Board at the Institute...
by IPSP | Mar 23, 2023 | Announcements |
The composition of the Coordination Council of the new International Panel on Social Progress is now complete. Thanks to the diversity of international experience, thematic expertise and geographical origins of its 12 members, the Coordination Council will constitute...
by IPSP | Sep 30, 2022 | Announcements |
The First Report (Rethinking Society for the 21st Century) was published in 2018, and the Manifesto for Social Progress has been translated and made available to a wide audience since then. After dozens of presentations and debates around the report, the Manifesto and...
by IPSP | Nov 1, 2020 | Announcements |
We are deeply sorry to report the death on Oct. 27 of Stephan Klasen, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Göttingen, and coordinating lead author of the first IPSP report. His dedication to equality across nations, genders, social groups has...
by IPSP | Jun 11, 2020 | Announcements |
Professors Grace Davie, Nancy Ammerman, and Samia Huq, all IPSP lead authors are organizing a panel discussion via Zoom on June 19, from 14h00 till 16h00 CET, hosted by Friends of Europe. The panel will explore the role of Religion in the pursuit of social progress....
by IPSP | Mar 31, 2020 | Announcements, Video Spotlight |
As part of a partnership with the World College of the House of Human Sciences Foundation, Xerfi Canal received Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, Director of the School of Management and Innovation at SciencesPo, as part of the book Manifesto for Social Progress. An...
by IPSP | Feb 19, 2020 | Announcements |
The 2019 edition of Les Entretiens de Valpré (or “The Valpré Interviews”) took place on 15-16 Novembre 2019, in Ecully near Lyon, France. The French Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mr. Bruno Le Maire, was a guest of honor for this edition. Under the title of...
by IPSP | Feb 17, 2020 | Announcements |
On Thursday, January 9, 2020, members of the IPSP Steering Committee presented at a half-day conference at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon. The conference had a twofold purpose: to mark the Portugese edition of the Manifesto for Social Progress and to...
by IPSP | Jan 4, 2020 | Announcements |
On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, Professor Elisa Reis (Professor of Political Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Member of the IPSP Steering Committee, and Vice President of the International Science Council) intervened in a panel discussion at the...
by IPSP | Nov 5, 2019 | Announcements |
A+Network continues its programme of in-depth analysis of themes projected to have firm and disrupting impacts on our future. In 2019 initiatives will be organized in collaboration with some relevant networks, approaching the same themes from different perspectives....
by IPSP | Oct 20, 2019 | Announcements |
We (a few of my friends and I) came to the idea after all our libraries in the town in and after the war ended up being taken by the people from nationalist parties, Croat and Bosniak respectively. Much of the literature on socialism in those libraries have been...
by IPSP | Oct 20, 2019 | Announcements |
IPSP is co-organizing with the “Groupe Bobigny” a debate on “The enterprise as a local agent of social and environmental progress”. Prof. Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, Member of the IPSP Steering Committee and Dean of the School of Management and...
by IPSP | Oct 2, 2019 | Announcements, Uncategorized |
The IPSP Manifesto has been translated into French and Dutch. You can read the French translation here and the Dutch translation here. Translations in Spanish and Greek to come soon!
by IPSP | Oct 2, 2019 | Announcements, Uncategorized |
Located in Paris, France, the Futuribles center is a leader in “foresight studies” about the long-term future of the world. In December 2018 Futuribles hosted a a round table discussion featuring Marie-Laure Djelic and Marc Fleurbaey and their work with IPSP. This...
by IPSP | Jul 2, 2019 | Announcements |
On Thursday, June 27, Prof. Marie-Laure Djelic delivered the keynote address at SASE’s 30th Anniversary Conference in New York City. The conference brought together leading academics to think about the way that “the future” can be incorporated into...
by IPSP | Jun 17, 2019 | Announcements |
The University of Bordeaux, France is to host an IPSP launch event on June 18, 2019 with Marc Fleurbaey, Steering Committee member and contributing author of the IPSP Report and Manifesto. The launch will be part of the Summer Seminar of the GREThA Reasearch...
by IPSP | Jun 17, 2019 | Announcements |
This year IPSP partnered with the Youth7 Group (Y7), along with the OECD, the IDDRI, the ESCP Europe, the OFCE and other main institutions. The Y7, is the G7 youth engagement group initiated by Open Diplomacy during the French presidency of the G20 / G8 in 2011. The...
by IPSP | Jun 12, 2019 | Announcements |
The Institut Louis Bachelier (France), will hold a conference on the theme of “GLOBAL WARMING, SOCIETY AND RESPONSIBILTY”, on 19 June, at 2pm – 6pm, at the Collège de France, in Paris. IPSP Author and member of the Steering Committee, Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic will...
by IPSP | Jun 9, 2019 | Announcements |
On Monday, June 10, IPSP authors will present at a day-long workshop at Nuffield College, Oxford, U.K. Titled “Debating Basic Income,” the workshop has a twofold purpose: to commemorate the work of economist Tony Atkinson, who pioneered the idea of a basic...
by IPSP | Jun 8, 2019 | Announcements |
by IPSP | Jun 6, 2019 | Announcements |
The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in Campo Grande is set to host the annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC) on July 21st to 27th. The event congregates academics and students from all disciplines around the world....
by IPSP | Jun 6, 2019 | Announcements |
The Brazilian Congress of Sociology is hosting an IPSP film screening at the Federal University of Santa Carina. The university is located in Florianopolis, the capital of the South State of Santa Catarina and the event is set to take place from the July 9th to 12th,...
by IPSP | Jun 6, 2019 | Announcements |
The Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain is to host an IPSP launch event with Marc Fleurbaey, Steering Committee member and contributing author of the IPSP Report and Manifesto. The event is part of a 2-day event for the Planetary Wellbeing Project. The project...
by IPSP | Jun 6, 2019 | Announcements |
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) is set to hold a conference on June 27-29, 2019 at The New School in New York City. This year’s theme is “Fathomless Futures: Algorithmic and Imagined.” This event seeks to address the current socio-economic...
by IPSP | May 31, 2019 | Announcements |
The annual congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Boston on May 24-27, 2019. LASA is the largest professional organization for researchers who study Latin America, and the congress brings together thousands of experts from across the...
by IPSP | May 29, 2019 | Announcements |
On June 4th, IPSP authors and steering community members Marie-Laure Djelic and Marc Fleurbaey will speak about the IPSP report and its main conclusions during a session of the Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics Seminar (SDDEE) as part of the 2019...
by IPSP | May 29, 2019 | Announcements |
On June 24 IPSP author Dr. Marc Fleurbaey will travel to São Paulo, Brazil to give a lecture about the IPSP Report and the Manifesto for Social Progress to the “Centro de Estudos da Metrópole,” a Brazilian research institute. The event will NOT be...
by IPSP | May 29, 2019 | Announcements |
Between May 24 and May 29 La Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LASA) gathered in Boston to discuss the experience of “Latino/a-Americans” in the context of a globalized world. Topics discussed included justice systems, labor, corruption, and...
by IPSP | May 1, 2019 | Announcements |
In July, the G20 “Insights Platform,” part of a new initiative of the “Think 20 Engagement Group,” published four new policy proposals to the G20. The policy briefs produced describe both recommendations and visions in various policy areas. Three of the briefs...
by IPSP | Apr 19, 2019 | Announcements |
The IPSP’s Manifesto for Social Progress is now available in Dutch! On May 7th, the Center for Economics and Ethics at KU Leuven, Belgium, hosted a launch event for the new translation. Titled “For Social Progress: Professors on the Barricades,” the...
by IPSP | Apr 19, 2019 | Announcements |
The IPSP is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of Responsables, the quarterly review of the Mouvement Chrétien des Cadres et Dirigeants (MCC). The MCC is a lay Catholic organization dedicated to helping professionals in the business world to live their Christian...
by IPSP | Apr 11, 2019 | Announcements |
The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition, a UK civil society coalition, held their annual meeting in London on February 13. The expert presentations at the meeting covered a wide range of aspects of corporate responsibility, particularly pertaining to human...
by IPSP | Mar 20, 2019 | Announcements |
On Saturday, March 16, a TEDx event was held at HEC Montréal, Quebec, Canada. With the theme of “Beyond Horizons,” the conference brought together a diverse array of people and big ideas for rethinking society. IPSP author Marc Fleurbaey was one of the...
by IPSP | Mar 15, 2019 | Announcements |
The Global Solutions Summit will take place in Berlin on Monday and Tuesday, March 18-19, 2019. The Summit is a policy forum organized by the Global Solutions Initiative, dedicated to making sustainable policy recommendations for the T20 Japan conference and the G20...
by IPSP | Feb 25, 2019 | Announcements |
On Saturday, March 2, the Tucson Festival of Books will hold a discussion and debate of the IPSP’s new book A Manifesto for Social Progress. Written by members of the IPSP Steering Committee, theManifesto for Social Progress summarizes and engages with the...
by IPSP | Feb 20, 2019 | Announcements |
You can now download the slides from the presentation (in French) here. From February 20th to 26th, a “consensus conference” will take place in Paris, France. Organized in response to the gilets jaunes protest movement, the conference aims to give...
by IPSP | Feb 18, 2019 | Announcements |
An IPSP discussion event was held at the University of Vienna on January 28th. Several media reports about the event are now available. Die Presse, a major Austrian newspaper, announced the event in print and online. (“The Word of the Week: Social...
by IPSP | Jan 21, 2019 | Announcements |
On Tuesday, January 22, the Comité 21 will hold a debate on the topic of “Humanity, Humanism, and the Climate.” The Comité 21 is a non-profit organization that advises decision-makers on sustainable policies to implement the Agenda 21 and COP 21 climate...
by IPSP | Jan 16, 2019 | Announcements |
Click here to view this announcement in English. You can watch a video of the event here. Venerdì 1° febbraio, l’Università Roma La Sapienza ospiterà un evento dedicato alla discussione dei risultati del rapporto IPSP. Ospitato in collaborazione con il Forum...
by IPSP | Jan 11, 2019 | Announcements |
On Thursday, January 17, the Mouvement Chrétien des Cadres et dirigeants (MCC) will hold a discussion about social progress with IPSP author Marc Fleurbaey. The MCC is a lay Catholic organization dedicated to helping professionals in the business world to live their...
by IPSP | Jan 10, 2019 | Announcements |
On Monday, January 14, an IPSP discussion event will take place at the Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian in Paris, France. Co-hosted by the Collège d’études mondiales (FMSH), the event will include a round table discussion of the findings of the IPSP report as well...
by IPSP | Jan 7, 2019 | Announcements |
On Wednesday, January 9, Sofie Wolthers, the director of the new documentary about the IPSP, will show her film in a screening at The Impact Hub, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The showing will be accompanied by drinks and a talk about the film. For more information,...
by IPSP | Jan 5, 2019 | Announcements |
On Wednesday, January 9, an IPSP launch event will take place in the town of Montaut, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Marc Fleurbaey, a member of the IPSP steering committee and a resident of the town, will present the IPSP’s small book, A Manifesto for Social...
by IPSP | Jan 4, 2019 | Announcements |
On January 9-12, 2019, the Les Napoleons summit will be held in Val d’Isere, France. Les Napoleons is an “Innovative Communications Network” that aims to be a driving force for progress in the communications industry. The summit will bring together a...
by IPSP | Dec 11, 2018 | Announcements |
On Wednesday, December 19th, a national colloquium on social progress will be held in Bobigny, France. The theme of the event is: Is social innovation capable of effectively and massively addressing the most crucial social and environmental challenges? How can we...
by IPSP | Dec 9, 2018 | Announcements |
On Monday, December 8th, the Princeton Public Library will hold a screening of the new documentary about the IPSP. After the screening, the director of the film, Sofie Wolthers, will join Marc Fleurbaey (a member of the IPSP Steering Committee) in leading a discussion...
by IPSP | Dec 3, 2018 | Announcements |
An article presenting the IPSP initiative and the Report, touching major issues regarding the environmental dimensions of social progress, has been published in “La Nuova Ecologia”, the official monthly magazine of Legambiente, an Italian association. Legambiente...
by IPSP | Dec 3, 2018 | Announcements |
The IPSP has been featured in a November special issue of the journal Economics & Philosophy. The issue includes an introduction by IPSP authors Marc Fleurbaey and Matthew Adler, commentary on several IPSP chapters by outside authors, and a response by Profs....
by IPSP | Nov 29, 2018 | Announcements |
On Tuesday, December 4, two social progress-oriented entrepreneurship events will begin in Helsinki, Finland. Slush Global Impact Accelerator is a world-renowned startup and investment conference aimed at promoting new companies with a positive global impact. The...
by IPSP | Nov 27, 2018 | Announcements |
The OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy will be held from Nov. 27-29 in Incheon, South Korea. With the theme of “The Future of Well-being,” this conference brings together thousands of policy makers, researchers, and civil society...
by IPSP | Nov 26, 2018 | Announcements |
2On Friday, November 30, a panel discussion and debate about the IPSP will be held at the House of Lords in Westminster, U.K. Co-sponsored by the IPSP, Queen Mary University of London, Cambridge University Press and the Review of Social Economy, the event will...
by IPSP | Nov 25, 2018 | Announcements |
The Hanken School of Economics (Helsinki, Finland) hosted a unique week of events centered on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, from November 13–21, 2018. The week included a poster exhibition co-organized with the IPSP, consisting of three collaborative...
by IPSP | Nov 19, 2018 | Announcements |
On Monday, November 26, an IPSP panel discussion will be held at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values, the event will be focused on the...
by IPSP | Nov 9, 2018 | Announcements |
On Thursday, November 22, a special forum on cities and social progress will take place in Bogotá, Colombia. Entitled “Cities for People: Social Progress in Colombian Cities,” the event will focus on the Social Progress Imperative (SPI)’s 2018...
by IPSP | Nov 4, 2018 | Announcements |
On Sunday, November 11, a forum discussion and dialogue will take place between members of the IPSP and researchers at Hitotsubashi University (HU), Tokyo, Japan. Prof. Koichi Tadenuma, the President of Hitotsubashi University, will open the event. Five speakers will...
by IPSP | Oct 31, 2018 | Announcements |
On Monday, November 5, the Sciences Po School of Management and Innovation (Paris) will host a discussion and debate to mark the publication of the IPSP report and accompanying book. Leaders and authors of the IPSP will join highly renowned speakers to discuss the...
by IPSP | Oct 28, 2018 | Announcements |
On Thursday, Nov. 1, an IPSP launch event will take place in New Delhi, India. Hosted by the Institute of Economic Growth and Cambridge University Press, the event will include a presentation and panel discussion about the newly-published IPSP report. Several IPSP...
by IPSP | Oct 28, 2018 | Announcements |
On Monday, Oct. 29, the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Center for Economic Research and Teaching) in Mexico City will host a seminar on the IPSP report. Marc Fleurbaey of the IPSP Steering Committee will present the IPSP report. The title of the...
by IPSP | Oct 20, 2018 | Announcements |
On Thursday, October 18th, Dr. Ravi Kanbur gave a seminar at the National University of Singapore, entitled “Addressing the Anxieties of Our Time: The Work of the International Panel on Social Progress.” Dr. Kanbur is a member of the IPSP Steering...
by IPSP | Oct 13, 2018 | Announcements |
On Monday, October 15, the University of Indonesia will host a seminar about the IPSP report. Part of a series of Seminars and Workshops on Current Economic Thinking with the Indonesia Bureau of Economic Research, this event is entitled “A Manifesto for Social...
by IPSP | Oct 12, 2018 | Announcements |
On Saturday, October 20th, a special IPSP launch event will be held at GREP (Groupe de Recherche pour l’Éducation et la Prospective) in Toulouse, France. The event will feature a screening of A New Society, the new documentary about the IPSP directed by Sofie...
by IPSP | Oct 10, 2018 | Announcements |
The European University Institute and the University of Florence, Italy, have co-organized a special event devoted to social progress and the recent IPSP report. On Thursday, October 18th, the University of Florence will host a discussion entitled “The...
by IPSP | Oct 2, 2018 | Announcements |
On Tuesday, October 16, the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) will host an event focused on the recent IPSP report. At 1:00 p.m. there will be an open seminar, entitled “Research and ideas for a brighter future.” This will include two panel discussions,...
by IPSP | Sep 28, 2018 | Announcements |
The World Social Science Forum (WSSF) is taking place this week in Fukuoka, Japan, bringing together social scientists from all around the world to solve global priority problems. This year’s Forum is dedicated to the issue of security. Several IPSP authors...
by IPSP | Sep 23, 2018 | Announcements |
On Tuesday, October 9th, Cumberland Lodge will host a launch event for the newly published IPSP report. Cumberland Lodge is an educational charity located in Windsor, England, devoted to tackling social divisions by promoting creative thinking and inclusive dialogue....
by IPSP | Sep 17, 2018 | Announcements |
The T20 (Think 20) Summit is currently underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Every year, the T20 makes recommendations to the G20 group to promote global cooperation and welfare. Several IPSP authors submitted policy briefs for the summit earlier this summer. On...
by IPSP | Sep 6, 2018 | Announcements |
Chapter 13 of the IPSP report was featured in a special issue of the journal Global Media and Communication (Volume 14, Issue 2, August 2018). The issue includes a summary of the chapter as well as comments by Anita Gurumurthy, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Gustavo Gómez, and...
by IPSP | Jul 21, 2018 | Announcements |
The vision of the International Panel on Social Progress has attracted the interest of the Editorial Board of an Italian magazine, “I Martedì.” It is published in Bologna, an old city in Northern Italy, by a catholic cultural association, and aims at supporting...
by IPSP | Jul 12, 2018 | Announcements |
Every year, the G20 group of nations holds a summit for national leaders to discuss pressing global concerns. The 2018 summit will be held in November in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The T20 (Think 20) is a global group of think tanks and research organizations around the...
by IPSP | Jun 20, 2018 | Announcements |
On May 15, 2018, an IPSP launch event was held at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex, U.K. A summary of the event is now available on the SPRU website. In addition, video from the event is now available and can be viewed below:...
by IPSP | Jun 10, 2018 | Announcements |
On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, an IPSP launch event will take place at the Bergen Summer Research School in Bergen, Norway. The event will feature a presentation of the upcoming IPSP report along with comments and discussion. Speakers include IPSP authors Marc Fleurbaey...
by IPSP | May 24, 2018 | Announcements |
On June 8, 2018, the London School of Economics (LSE)’s Department of Philosophy will hold a workshop on the upcoming report of the IPSP. Several IPSP authors will participate in the event, including Marc Fleurbaey, Matthew Adler, and Nick Couldry. The event...
by IPSP | Apr 22, 2018 | Announcements |
On May 15th, a special event at the Science Policy Research Unit (University of Sussex) marked the release of a special issue of Technology’s Stories. Published by the Society for the History of Technology, Technology’s Stories explores the ways in which...
by IPSP | Apr 2, 2018 | Announcements |
On Thursday, April 5, Mustapha Nabli will present the work of the IPSP at a talk hosted by the Department of Social Sciences at the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts. Professor Nabli is a Lead Author of Chapter 6 of the IPSP report. The talk will address...
by IPSP | Feb 21, 2018 | Announcements |
On February 2-3, a Conference on the Freedom of Religion and Belief was held at Cumberland Lodge, an educational institution near Windsor Castle, Berkshire, U.K. Grace Davie, a Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 16 of the IPSP report, presented at the conference...
by IPSP | Jan 18, 2018 | Announcements |
On Monday, January 22, 2018, IPSP author Ravi Kanbur (Steering Committee) will give a seminar at the World Bank office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The talk is part of the World Bank’s Development Research Seminar Series, and is entitled “Addressing the...
by IPSP | Dec 27, 2017 | Announcements |
On Dec. 9-10, the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) held a conference in Beijing, China. Hosted by the Chinese Academy of Science, the conference was an initiative of the IAP’s Committee on Science for Povery Eradication and Inequallity Reduction (SPEC). The...
by IPSP | Dec 16, 2017 | Announcements |
On Wednesday, Dec. 20, IPSP author Gianluca Grimalda (Ch. 8) held a seminar at the Sapienza University of Rome. The event was part of a seminar series on inequality coordinated by Michele Raitano and Maurizio Franzini. It was titled “An egalitarian way to...
by IPSP | Nov 24, 2017 | Announcements |
On Dec. 1, 2017, the Department of Political Science of the University of the Republic, Uruguay, will host an event with the title “Citizen’s Income: a dream or a possibility?” The event is co-organized by the IPSP and the Centro de Informaciones y...
by IPSP | Nov 24, 2017 | Announcements |
On Nov. 20, 2017, the E.U.’s Directorate‑General for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN) held its Annual Research Conference in Brussels. The theme was “Fostering Inclusive Growth: Inequality and Fairness in Integrated Markets.” Andreas Peichl, a...
by IPSP | Nov 8, 2017 | Announcements |
On Monday, October 30, IPSP author Ravi Kanbur spoke at the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy. He presented the findings of Chapter 22 of the IPSP report, on the contributions of the social sciences to social progress. For more...
by IPSP | Nov 2, 2017 | Announcements |
On November 4th and 5th, just before the COP23 climate chance conference in Bonn, Germany, a group of influential thinkers and high-level actors will hold a conference with the theme of “Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads: Historical...
by IPSP | Nov 2, 2017 | Announcements |
On October 5th, IPSP authors from Chapter 13 held a launch event at the University of Pennsylvania. Nick Couldry, Marwan Kraidy, and Clemencia Rodríguez spoke about media infrastructures, inequalities in media access, and social progress in an event at the Center for...
by IPSP | Sep 21, 2017 | Announcements |
This week, as the U.N. General Assembly meets in New York, an “NGO Expo” will be held as a Global Event for Social Good. NGOs from the U.S. and around the world will meet to discuss sustainability, business responsibility, and how to advance the agenda of...
by IPSP | Sep 16, 2017 | Announcements |
The Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network (PEGNet) recently held its annual conference at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. The conference theme was “Understanding national inequalities and how to address them.” IPSP author Stephan Klasen was invited to...
by IPSP | Sep 15, 2017 | Announcements |
What will be the next social contract? How can we handle the rise and fall of the city? And what do we do when there’s nothing left to do? Hard questions like these are the focus of an event called Q Berlin Questions, coming up on October 19-20, 2017. One of the...
by IPSP | Jul 11, 2017 | Announcements |
IPSP author Christiane Spiel (chapter 19) has recently made several presentations on the topic of education and social progress. “Education beyond teaching: Third mission of universities” May 10, 2017. This was the keynote address at “Erasmus+...
by IPSP | Jun 29, 2017 | Announcements |
On June 28-30, 2017, the International Public Policy Association held the 3rd International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP) at the National University of Singapore. Speakers included IPSP author Vivian Lin (ch. 11), who presented the work of the IPSP with a...
by IPSP | Jun 14, 2017 | Announcements |
On July 16-20, 2017, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold their annual conference in Cartagena, Colombia. The conference theme is “Transforming Culture, Politics & Communication: New media, new territories, new...
by IPSP | Jun 3, 2017 | Announcements |
IPSP author Nora Lustig (ch. 3) has been appointed a member of the newly-formed G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance. This group of experts from around the world will review the challenges and opportunities facing global financial institutions...
by IPSP | May 24, 2017 | Announcements |
IPSP members Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee), Gianluca Grimalda (ch. 8), and Ottmar Edenhofer (ch.4) will participate in a summit of the T20 group in Berlin on 29–30 May. The T20 (or Think20) is an international network of research organizations dedicated to...
by IPSP | May 24, 2017 | Announcements |
On February 1–2, the T20 Group held a high-level conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss the G20’s relationship with Africa. The T20 (or Think20) is an international network of research organizations dedicated to advising the G20 group ahead of...
by IPSP | Apr 4, 2017 | Announcements |
On April 3–4, five IPSP authors met to present and to discuss Chapter 19 of the IPSP report. They met at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), an IPSP partner organization in Mexico City, Mexico. On the 3rd, they discussed final revisions to the...
by IPSP | Mar 13, 2017 | Announcements |
On March 22, the German Development Institute (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DIE) will hold a roundtable discussion on the topic “World in Turmoil: How to address global challenges in times of nationalism.” Participants will include IPSP...
by Marc Fleurbaey | Feb 22, 2017 | Announcements |
We regretfully announce the death of Kenneth Arrow, member of our Honorary Advisory Board. His contribution to economics has been enormous and spanned all areas of the discipline, starting with a PhD on collective choice that already announced his deep interest in the...
by IPSP | Feb 8, 2017 | Announcements |
Last month, Professor Nico Cloete, one of the Lead Authors of Chapter 19 of the IPSP report, led a seminar to discuss the IPSP at the University of Oslo (UiO). The title of the seminar was “How Can Education Promote Social Progress?”, and the event was held in...
by IPSP | Jan 26, 2017 | Announcements |
The second meeting of IPSP Lead Authors is underway at the University Institute of Lisbon. You can follow it live at @IPSProgress! Click here for more information about the meeting.
by IPSP | Jan 14, 2017 | Announcements |
A few months ago, IPSP authors Nancy Ammerman and Grace Davie issued a wide-ranging call for comments on the first draft of the IPSP report. As the Coordinating Lead Authors of Chapter 16, entitled “Religions and Social Progress,” they invited the...
by Marc Fleurbaey | Jan 2, 2017 | Announcements |
We regretfully announce the death of Sir Anthony Atkinson, member of our Honorary Advisory Board. His work on inequalities, poverty and many dimensions of public policy has had considerable impact and will remain a reference. His encouragements to the work of IPSP...
by IPSP | Dec 18, 2016 | Announcements |
On January 11, a seminar on inequality and unemployment will be held at the European Commission, in Brussels. Participants will be mainly members of the EU’s Directorate-General of Employment, Social Affairs, & Inclusion (DG-EMPL). Presenters will be from...
by IPSP | Dec 9, 2016 | Announcements |
On December 7th, IPSP member Olivier Bouin (Steering Committee) will present at the Commissariat Général à l’Egalité des Territoires, near Paris. Dr. Bouin will discuss the work of the IPSP, particularly the main points of Chapter 5 of the report. Click here for...
by IPSP | Dec 3, 2016 | Announcements |
This week, on December 1-2, the OECD held a conference titled “The squeezed middle class in OECD and emerging countries – myth and reality.” One session of the conference featured IPSP author Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Commitee). The session was entitled...
by IPSP | Dec 3, 2016 | Announcements |
This week, on December 1-2, the T20 group held a “kickoff” conference in Berlin to prepare for the shift of the presidency of the G20 group from China to Germany. The T20 (or Think20) is an international network of research organizations dedicated to...
by IPSP | Dec 3, 2016 | Announcements |
The 38th meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society will take place from Tuesday, December 13 to Friday, December 16. There will be a special session on Wednesday the 14th featuring several IPSP authors: Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee), André Portela de Souza...
by IPSP | Dec 3, 2016 | Announcements |
On Tuesday, December 6, IPSP member Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee) will present at the Festival de l’incertitude (“Festival of Uncertainty”) at the Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris. Dr. Fleurbaey will talk about the possibility of a utopian future...
by IPSP | Nov 27, 2016 | Announcements |
The IPSP is now a member of the Council for Global Problem Solving (CGP), a consortium of major research institutions from around the world. The CGP aims to find concrete, fair, and sustainable solutions to major transnational issues, including pressing economic,...
by IPSP | Nov 27, 2016 | Announcements |
On November 23, Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee) presented the IPSP at a Development Policy Seminar of UN-DPAD, the United Nations Development Policy and Analysis Division. The DPAD is a research arm of the UN secretariat, aimed at strengthening economic and social...
by IPSP | Nov 8, 2016 | Announcements |
On November 10-12, the annual meetings of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) and Latin American Econometric Society (LAMES) will be held in Medellin, Colombia. The conference will feature a session by IPSP authors André Portela de Souza (Ch....
by IPSP | Nov 2, 2016 | Announcements |
On Monday, November 14th, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, will hold a panel discussion entitled “International Poverty, Inequality and Well-Being.” The panel will be moderated by Marc Fleurbaey (Steering...
by IPSP | Oct 18, 2016 | Announcements |
On Thursday, October 13, IPSP author Doris Tarchópulos (Ch. 5) presented at the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, in Bogotá, Colombia. Organized by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the summit was attended by mayors, governors, local officials and...
by IPSP | Oct 17, 2016 | Announcements |
On October 20th, the World Bank will hold a discussion of the first draft of the IPSP report. Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee) will provide an overview of the panel and discuss “Narratives about social progress,” based on Chapters 4 and 8 of the report;...
by IPSP | Oct 16, 2016 | Announcements |
The annual conference of the the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) will take place on November 7-8 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The conference will include a “Panel Discussion on Growth and Human Development,” led by IPSP author Dr....
by IPSP | Oct 6, 2016 | Announcements |
On October 17th, the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) will host a seminar to discuss Chapter 7 of the IPSP report, entitled “The Future of Work: Good Jobs for All?” Speakers at the event include Andre Portela and Werner Eichhorst, the Coordinating Lead...
by IPSP | Oct 4, 2016 | Announcements |
On Oct. 19, 2016, Ingrid Woolard, Lead Author of Chapter 3 (Inequality and social progress), talks about IPSP and her work on cash transfers at the Johannesburg conference on Comprehensive Social Protection in the Southern African Development Community,...
by IPSP | Sep 30, 2016 | Announcements |
On June 16, 2016, Marius Busemeyer presented the chapter on „How education promote social progress“ at a Symposium sponsored by the OECD entitled „From Inclusion and Equity in Education to Social and Economic Prosperity“. The Symposium brought together current and...
by IPSP | Sep 20, 2016 | Announcements |
On September 29-30, the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, will host a conference in honor of the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia as well as the 25th anniversary of UCL’s Hoover Chair of...
by IPSP | Aug 26, 2016 | Announcements |
At the SPRU 50th anniversary conference organized by Johan Schot on Sept. 7-9 at the University of Sussex, a special session on IPSP will gather several IPSP authors. More details can be found here. IPSP Newsletter Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and...
by IPSP | Aug 25, 2016 | Announcements |
Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Developing a Science and Technology Studies Perspective Panelists: Johan Schot, Introduction to the IPSP and the STS contribution Saurabh Arora, Social Progress a Compass Eden Media, Supranational Organizations and Technologies...
by IPSP | Aug 25, 2016 | Announcements |
On Sept. 22 at 20:00, at Collège des Bernardins, 20 rue de Poissy, in Paris, Simon Deakin (CLA, Chapter 6) and Marc Fleurbaey (Steering Committee) will present IPSP work on “the future of capitalism”. Discussants are Christian Chavagneux (Alternatives...
by IPSP | Aug 25, 2016 | Announcements, Media |
Download the slides At the OECD headquarters in Paris, on Sept. 9, authors from chapters 3,4,6,7,8 present their work on the following topics: Growth and planetary welfare Inequalities Markets, finance and corporations The future of work Redistribution and well-being...
by IPSP | Aug 25, 2016 | Announcements, Media |
Download the slides Download the minutes At the Graduate Institute, on Sept. 7, 2016, Authors from Chapters 3, 7, 8, 12 and 18 meets international organizations in four round-tables on the following topics: inequalities, labor, health, global governance. Experts from...
by IPSP | Jul 30, 2016 | Announcements |
On July 30, at the University of Leicester, UK, the 2016 congress of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH holds a session with IPSP authors Gerard Goggin, Ingrid Volkmer, Herman Wasserman: Global Media Policy, Governance, and Rights...
by IPSP | Jul 29, 2016 | Announcements |
IPSP, in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Centre de Recherches en Ethique (University of Montreal), organizes two round-tables at the World Social Forum on Aug. 12, Université McGill – Pavillon Leacook (Local 110), 855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest Montréal. 9:00...
by IPSP | Jun 22, 2016 | Announcements |
From June 22 – 26, the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is holding its annual meeting in Singapore. The purpose of the society is to facilitate an interdisciplinary discussion on the relationship of technology to politics, economics, science, the...
by IPSP | Jun 7, 2016 | Announcements |
On May 17 and 18, CD Links – a collaborative research project linking climate and development policies – held an expert workshop on multi-disciplinary dialogue on poverty and inequality in climate modeling. Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 4, Ottmar...
by IPSP | Jun 3, 2016 | Announcements |
From April to May, Lorenz Lassnigg visited the University of Tampere’s School of Education (EDU) in Finland. A member of EDU’s academic group on equality and justice in education, he spent his time conducting research, engaging in conversations, and also...
by IPSP | May 31, 2016 | Announcements |
From June 2 – 5, the Law and Society Association will convene in New Orleans for its annual meeting. Under this year’s theme of “At the Delta: Belonging, Place and Visions of Law and Social Change”, the meeting will also feature a roundtable...
by IPSP | May 14, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 9, on democracy and the rule of law, and Chapter 14, on democracy and equality, will hold their chapter workshops at the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm, Sweden. The workshops will take place on May 17 and 18 and will be an opportunity for the...
by IPSP | May 12, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 12, under coordination from Gopalan Balachandran (Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland) and Grégoire Mallard (Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland), will be meeting at the Graduate Institute Geneva in Switzerland later this week. The chapter is...
by IPSP | May 10, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 5, focused on cities, met at FMSH in Paris, France this past weekend. The chapter is led by CLA Edgar Pieterse (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and CLA Saskia Sassen (Columbia University, USA) as well as eight other lead authors. We thank FMSH for their...
by IPSP | Apr 14, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 15 on Social Progress and Cultural Change and Chapter 20 on Belonging and Solidarity will both hold their chapter workshops this month. The authors will convene at the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm, Sweden on April 28 and 29. The chapter workshop...
by IPSP | Apr 13, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 1 on Social Trends and New Geographies is scheduled to meet at Dublin City University for their chapter workshop at the end of this month. From April 28 to 29, the two coordinating lead authors and twelve lead authors will meet to discuss their work and make...
by IPSP | Apr 12, 2016 | Announcements |
On April 25 and 26, Chapter 8 on Social Justice, Well-Being and Economic Organization will meet in Stockholm, Sweden. The chapter consists of two coordinating lead authors, Karl Ove Moene (University of Oslo, Norway) and David Schkade (University of California – San...
by IPSP | Apr 12, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 10 on Violence, Wars, Peace, Security will be meeting in Paris, France later this month. The chapter workshop, held at FMSH on April 22 and April 23, will allow the two coordinating lead authors, Peter Wallensteen (University of Uppsala) and Michel Wieviorka...
by IPSP | Apr 8, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 3 on Inequality and Social Progress, under the leadership of Rebeca Grynspan and Stephen Klasen, will be meeting this weekend April 8th and 9th. The chapter workshop allows the coordinating lead and lead authors to come together face-to-face and make progress...
by IPSP | Mar 31, 2016 | Announcements |
Cécile Laborde will present the work of the International Panel on Social Progress at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford April 13-16. This will be a great opportunity to make the world of global social entrepreneurship aware of the work of the IPSP and build synergies as...
by IPSP | Mar 19, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 13 on Media and Communication, led by Nick Couldry and Koichi Iwabuchi, will meet at the University of Melbourne for a three-day chapter workshop. The workshop will take place from April 13 to April 15. A public lecture and panel will open the workshop: In...
by IPSP | Mar 15, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 7 (The Future of Work: Good Jobs for All?) will meet in Paris, France on April 11th and 12th. Our gratitude extends to Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the University of Manchester for their generous support of this workshop. We would also like to thank Didier...
by IPSP | Mar 7, 2016 | Announcements |
Chapter 11, “Supranational Organizations and Technologies of Governance”, meets on March 14-15 at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. Program for March 14 (open to the public): Organizer: Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne...
by IPSP | Feb 17, 2016 | Announcements |
On March 5 and 6, Chapter 6 (“Markets, Finance and Corporations: Does Capitalism Have a Future?”) will meet for their chapter workshop at ESSEC in Paris. The workshop is hosted by Marie-Laure Djelic and supported by ESSEC as well as the Swedish Research...
by Grace Davie | Feb 15, 2016 | Announcements |
The meeting for “Religions, Communities, Ideas, and Practices” (working title for Chapter 16) will take place at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, in Uppsala, from 17-20 March, 2016. We are grateful to SCAS for supporting this venture. Categories...
by IPSP | Feb 14, 2016 | Announcements |
The Lead Authors of Chapter 2 (“Social Progress, A Compass”) hold their workshop on Feb. 19-20, hosted by the University Center for Human Values. Categories Announcements Blog Forum Media Uncategorized Video Spotlight Recent Posts Video Spotlight: A...
by IPSP | Jan 31, 2016 | Announcements |
The authors of the Chapter “How Can Education Promote Social Progress?” meet at the University of Vienna on Feb. 10-13 for a workshop hosted by Christiane...
by IPSP | Jan 31, 2016 | Announcements |
The IPSP Chapter on Global Health and the Changing Contours of Human Life meets on February 5-6, 2016, at the Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, hosted by Gustaf Arrhenius, Director of the...
by IPSP | Jan 28, 2016 | Announcements |
The IPSP Chapter on Families gathers for a workshop on Jan. 29-30, 2016, at the University of Miami, hosted by Merike Blofield, Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies...
by IPSP | Jan 8, 2016 | Announcements |
The STS cross-chapter group meets in Hannover, on Jan. 13-15, 2016, to brainstorm about the role STS can play in Rethinking Society, and the notion of Social Progress. The participants of the workshop are authors spread over all the chapters of the IPSP report to...
by IPSP | Jul 24, 2015 | Announcements |
IPSP Report to be Co-Authored by 220+ Academics The International Panel on Social Progress will be publishing its first report in 2017. Composed of 22 chapters and three key sections – Socio-Economic Transformations (I), Political Regulation, Governance and...
by IPSP | Mar 1, 2015 | Announcements |
IPSP now available in Chinese Today we are introducing the IPSP website in Chinese – the sixth translation following the English, Spanish, German, French, and Russian version. There are about 1.2 billion people who are native speakers of Chinese and we are...
by IPSP | Feb 28, 2015 | Announcements |
Princeton University Center for Human Values now supports IPSP The Princeton University Center for Human Values, dedicated to fostering ongoing inquiry into important ethical issues in private and public life, now supports the IPSP. Recent Posts IPSP in Le Monde IPSP...
by IPSP | Feb 15, 2015 | Announcements |
IPSP Steering Committee adds five members Ernest Aryeetey, Katsuhito Iwai, Elisa Reis, Leela Visaria, and Xiaobo Zhang have joined the Steering Committee: Ernest Aryeetey, Professor of Economics and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana Katsuhito Iwai, Professor...
by IPSP | Feb 2, 2015 | Announcements |
IPSP now available in Russian Today we are introducing the IPSP website in Russian – the fifth translation following the English, Spanish, German, and French version. There are more than 250 million people who are native speakers of Russian and we are looking...
by IPSP | Feb 1, 2015 | Announcements |
Social Media Presence Launched A few days ago, the IPSP officially launched its Facebook and Twitter channel, increasing its public outreach and allowing people to stay up to date on the panel’s progress. You can like/follow us here: IPSP on Facebook IPSP on...
by IPSP | Jan 27, 2015 | Announcements |
New Partner: Institute for Futures Studies The Institute for Futures Studies – an independent research organization focused on the development of society – has become the newest partner of the IPSP. Take a look at their work here: http://www.iffs.se/en/...
by IPSP | Oct 3, 2014 | Announcements |
Margot Wallström appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström, member of the Advisory Committee, was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Swedish government on Oct. 3, 2014 Recent Posts IPSP in Le Monde IPSP in Nexo IPSP in the Ethiopian Reporter...
