We're happy to share the following announcements from our friends at other institutions around the country and the world
(listed in order of date/deadline):
Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies: Louis Lafosse Bicentenary PhD Scholarships
Application deadline: February 23, 2020
Details: Two (2) three-year scholarships to new, full-time PhD candidates in Catholic studies or Catholic theology within the Department of Theology & Religion
Website:https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/ccs/study/bursaries
The Economy of Francesco
Conference Dates: March 26-28, 2020
Location: Assisi, Italy
Pope Francis invites young economists, entrepreneurs, and change makers to Assisi to make a commitment, in the spirit of St. Francis, to make the economy of today and tomorrow fair, sustainable, and inclusive...with no one left behind. This is not your traditional conference but an experience aimed at triggering a process.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers include
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Amartya Sen (Indian economist & philosopher; 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics)
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Vandana Shiva (Indian scholar & environmental activist;
International Forum on Globalization board member)
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Jeffrey Sachs (economist, public policy analyst, former director of Columbia University's
The Earth Institute)
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Bruno Frey (Swiss economist & professor of political economy at University of Basel)
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Tony Meloto (social entrepreneur & founder of
Gawad Kalinga, Philippines)
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Kate Raworth (English economist at University of Oxford & University of Cambridge; Senior Associate,
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership)