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10th ANNUAL SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG CENTER 555 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WASHINGTON, D.C. OCTOBER 18-20, 2024 |
The conference is over! Please check out the photos, plenary videos, and the program, or sign up to join the Johns Hopkins Center on Global Poverty |
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SOLVING GLOBAL POVERTY
What would a sociological approach to solving global poverty look like? The economists suggest randomized controlled trials, but the limits of this approach are well-understood by now. The philosophers suggest effective altruism, but this approach will only work if global systems are well-functioning but under-capitalized, which does not seem to be the case.
Research shows that many of the challenges that keep people trapped in cycles of poverty are fundamentally social in nature. Therefore there is a critical need for sociologists to join the conversation about solving (not just describing and critiquing) global poverty. What happens if we bring sociological understanding of organizations, systems, governance, and collective action to try to bring about change? Join us for a conference hosted by the American Sociological Association Sociology of Development Section and Johns Hopkins University. While the theme is Solving Global Poverty, we welcome submissions on any topic relevant to the sociology of development. We are grateful to the National Science Foundation for funding this conference. |
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