The Academics Stand Against Poverty (Journal ASAP) is an international multidisciplinary journal that was launched in 2020. Its mission is to publish high-quality work that can make genuine contributions to understanding and eradicating poverty and its effects in the real world.
For the latest news, reviews and publications check out the website – here.
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) – encouraging academic communities in all disciplines and countries to engage with their students and communities on climate change
The world’s poor have done the least to cause climate change, benefited the least from the causes of it, yet are the most vulnerable to its effects. Consequently it is vital for academics concerned about poverty to push for stronger action on climate change. Global Climate Change Week (October 9-15 in 2017) provides a focal point, resources, and support to help them to do so. This project is led by ASAP board member Keith Horton. Learn more and take part here.
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and Climate Change – a legal guide detailing the links between climate change and human rights
In 2014, ASAP contributed to the development of a legal reference guide that examined the connections between climate change and human rights. The guide, which can be downloaded here, was designed to be of use to policy-makers and advocates around the world. This project was led by Sebastien Jodoin and produced in conjunction with the Center for International Sustainable Development Law and the Governance, Environment & Markets Initiative at Yale University.
Oslo Principles on Climate Change – detailing the existing legal obligations of states to curb climate change
A group of legal experts from around the world has produced the Oslo Principles. The principles detail how international laws such as human rights law and tort law may already require states to reduce their emissions, irrespective of other specific treaties. Click here to download the Oslo Principles and here to download an accompanying commentary. The project is led by ASAP President, Thomas Pogge and involved a team of legal experts from around the world. A future extension of the project will examine the existing obligations of enterprises to prevent climate change. A short video on the Oslo Principles is available here.
Institutional Reform Goals (IRG) – reforming global institutions that maintain the status quo
IRG is an ambitious research and advocacy project that aims to help systemically reform the interrelated global institutions and regulations that are perpetuating global poverty. With an initial focus on the Sustainable Development Goals, which will replace the Millennium Development Goals, ten other areas are also targets: (1) illicit financial flows, (2) international resource and borrowing privileges, (3) intellectual property law, (4) democratization and accountability, (5) international labor standards, (6) international trade, (7) environmental sustainability and climate change, (8) global migration, (9) the arms trade, and (10) debt. The project launched in 2012 and is led by ASAP President Thomas Pogge and Mitu Sengupta. Read more here.
Global Poverty Consensus Report (GPCR) – a joint project of ASAP and CROP aiming to highlight existing academic consensus on the causes and remedies for global poverty.
Academics are often portrayed as being in disagreement with each other. However, digging deeper, this is often only disagreement on specific points rather than more general principles. In the run up to the end of the Millennium Development Goals, this project and subsequent report was designed to highlight the broad overlap of academic opinion regarding the best ways forward in terms of global poverty alleviation. Based on thirty-nine interviews done by Gilad Tanay in 2012, the analysis was written by Alberto Cimadamore and Lynda Lange. Read more about it and download it from here.
Global Colleagues – forming global partnerships between poverty researchers
The Global Colleagues project matches early career researchers in the Global South with more senior researchers at well-resourced universities in the Global North or South. Over a year, they form a partnership and develop activities that are tailored to the research goals of the pairing.
The programme has been been dormant for the last two years, and ASAP aims to reactivate the programme in 2019/2020. For expressions of interest please contact: global@academicsstand.org
Impact Interviews – sharing insights from global poverty experts
ASAPs Impact Interviews helps shares best practice and lessons learned for academics whose work has made an impact on poverty. This ongoing project consists of a series of interviews with academics who have helped achieve positive change through efforts such as policy consultations, civil society campaigns, and on-the-ground interventions. To read more and the interviews themselves, click here.
Health Impact Fund (HIF) – incentivizing the development of new medicines for the global poor
HIF proposes a new way to pay for the development and delivery of pharmaceutical innovation. Under HIF, pharmaceutical firms would have the option of registering their new medicines with HIF and agreeing to provide them at cost anywhere they are needed. Instead of profiting through drug sales, they would be rewarded based on the global health impact of their drug. The project is led by ASAP President, Thomas Pogge and economist Aidan Hollis. For more information, see here.
The Global Health Impact (GHI) Project – evaluating and comparing medicines’ Global Health Impact
The GHI Index is a rating system that evaluates the health impact of medicines for diseases around the world. Focusing particularly on TB, HIV/AIDS and malaria, GHI’s goal is to assess the need, effectiveness and accessibility of relevant medicines around the world. The project is led by Nicole Hassoun. For more information, see here.
