Globalization: Good or Evil?

Date: August 28, 2015
Time: 18.30
Place: santralistanbul Campus

Speakers: 
Akeel Bilgrami  (Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University)
Saskia Sassen (Professor of Sociology, Columbia University)
Prabhat Patnaik (Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

The first general gathering of the lead authors of the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP), comprised of more than 200 social issues experts across the world. The meeting aims at restoring hope in social progress while stimulating intellectual and public debates about the long-term evolution of societies over the world. 

There will be two public lectures during the conference. A lecture will be given on an economic topic. The other discussion will be on the topic: “Globalization: Good or Evil?”, by Akeel Bilgrami and Saskia Sassen, both professors at Columbia University and members of the Committee on Global Thought. 

For more information: http://www.ip-socialprogress.org/en/conference

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About IPSP:
The International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP) gathers more than 200 world-leading experts from the five continents to explore how we can make our world a better place in the 21st Century by improving economic, political and social institutions, eliminating injustices and conflicts, and enhancing social cohesion. Supported by the Foundation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Princeton University and several other academic institutions and foundations, it will release its report in 2017.