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The 13th Amartya Sen Essay Prize winners have been announced.
Discover the 2026 winners and their work:
globaljustice.yale.edu/senpr…
A celebration with the winners is being planned for 7 November at the Yale Global Justice Conference.
academicsstand.org/events/ya…
Applications are open for ASAP Fellowship!
Whether you are an early-career researcher, PhD student, or seasoned academic, the ASAP Fellowship offers a unique space to transform your work into real-world impact.
Join the 2026 Yale Global Justice Conference to explore how AI and data are reshaping power, democracy, and global justice.
November 5–8, 2026 | Online
November 6 | Hybrid at Yale University
Learn more: academicsstand.org/events/ya…
Meet our featured speakers at the 2026 Yale Global Justice Conference!
Join leading voices exploring AI, data, power, and global inequality.
📅 November 5–8, 2026 | Online
📍 November 6 | Hybrid at Yale University
🔗 academicsstand.org/events/ya…
Past winners of the Amartya Sen Essay Prize can now be found in one place, with direct links to their published essays in Journal ASAP. They’re free to read and download.
Take a look here:
globaljustice.yale.edu/senpr…
Hot off the press. New Special Issue: “Africa Rising.”
Beyond the Seat at the Table by Michal Apollo and Thomas Pogge opens the ASAP Journal special issue exploring structural justice, academic agency and the reality of “Africa Rising.”
journalasap.org/journal/arti…
Join the 2026 Yale Global Justice Conference to explore “The New Infrastructure of Power: AI, Data & Global Inequality.”
📣 Call for participation: Submit your abstract by October 5, 2026 to [email protected].
Before paying someone to arrange a journey to Europe, know the risks. Fisayo Soyombo’s FIJ investigation reports confinement, violence and forced labour on the route to Libya.
Read:
fij.ng/article/undercover-eu…
Only one week left to submit your abstract for the 2026 Yale Global Justice Conference.
📅 Conference: November 5–8, 2026
📍 Hybrid at Yale, New Haven + Online
⏳ Abstract deadline: October 5, 2026
📩 Submit to: [email protected]
📅 Save the date and time!
Professor Luciano Floridi will speak on 6 November 2026 at 10:00 AM EST (UTC−5) at the Yale Global Justice Conference 2026.
His talk: “What is the impact of AI on Democracy?”
Swipe to read the full abstract →
#YaleGlobalJusticeConference2026
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The glacier's collapse was caused by global warming which in turn is caused by fossil fuel consumption, mostly in the more affluent parts of the world. They pay a lot more for the fuel we burn than we do.
In our last post, we shared photographs and reflections from our board member Mihai Lupu’s visit to Nepal. This video offers a closer look at the affected area and his time working at a school alongside local volunteers through EduCaB and local partners.
academicsstand.org/news/beyo…
In our last post, we shared photographs and reflections from our board member Mihai Lupu’s visit to Nepal. This video offers a closer look at the affected area and his time working at a school alongside local volunteers through EduCaB and local partners.
academicsstand.org/news/beyo…
These photos show a few moments from the work Mihai joined through EduCaB and local partners in Nepal.
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A great privilege to read so many bright and constructive essays and to meet all the finalists!
🏆 The results are in! Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Nelson Mandela Essay Prize Competition.
This year’s winning essays explore climate justice, women’s economic rights, emergency healthcare, service continuity, and state responsibility for children with disabilities in Africa.
🥇 First Prize · $2,000 per essay
Shapil Blessings Ngutwa (Malawi) & Yusra Patel (Mauritius)
Wakjira Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
🥈 Second Prize · $1,000 per essay
Dr. Abigail Afful (Ghana)
Jeremiah Thoronka (Sierra Leone)
🥉 Third Prize · $700
Dr. Papa Kwasi Opare (Ghana)
The competition recognised nine finalist essays. Judging was anonymous, with each essay read by 6–12 readers from a panel of 24.
Congratulations to all finalists, and thank you to the readers for their time and careful consideration.
Over the coming posts, we’ll introduce the winning essays and the ideas behind them.
🏆 The results are in! Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Nelson Mandela Essay Prize Competition.
This year’s winning essays explore climate justice, women’s economic rights, emergency healthcare, service continuity, and state responsibility for children with disabilities in Africa.
🥇 First Prize · $2,000 per essay
Shapil Blessings Ngutwa (Malawi) & Yusra Patel (Mauritius)
Wakjira Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
🥈 Second Prize · $1,000 per essay
Dr. Abigail Afful (Ghana)
Jeremiah Thoronka (Sierra Leone)
🥉 Third Prize · $700
Dr. Papa Kwasi Opare (Ghana)
The competition recognised nine finalist essays. Judging was anonymous, with each essay read by 6–12 readers from a panel of 24.
Congratulations to all finalists, and thank you to the readers for their time and careful consideration.
Over the coming posts, we’ll introduce the winning essays and the ideas behind them.
Meet Julia Angwin at the Annual YGJP-ASAP Conference 2026! ✨
An award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, and founder of Proof News and The Markup, Julia investigates the impacts of technology. Swipe to explore her books, from Dragnet Nation to On Courage, co-authored with Ami Fields-Meyer.
📅 Conference: November 5–8, 2026
📝 Abstract deadline: October 5, 2026
📩 Submit to: [email protected]
#YGJP #ASAP #JuliaAngwin
