Global Inequality Conference

The Global Inequality Conference is envisioned as a three-day program open to the Washington University community.

The goals are:

To facilitate productive dialogue between the students and both academic and seasoned practitioners who are experts in global inequality and interventions
To consider the structural and social causes of inequality as well as how different groups and individuals experience it and what we can do to mitigate its effects
To incorporate a variety of perspectives, thereby leaving conference participants with a transdisciplinary understanding of this wicked problem
To discuss the history and current research of interventions in order to align them with the framework of evidence-based practice
To engage students in a practical exercise of conflict resolution among stakeholders through an environmental justice case competition
To foster collaboration and connection among Washington University undergraduate and graduate students as well as alumni and other professionals in the field

Format: Thursday October 26th: Keynote, Brown Lounge

5:30 – 7:00pm Interventions to Address Global Inequality
- Professor James Midgley, University of California – Berkeley
7:30 – 9:00pm Dinner for panelists and organizers (invite only), Goldfarb 132

Friday October 27th: Panel Conversations and Poster Session, Women’s Building Formal Lounge

10:00-11:30am Roots of Global Inequality: Structures, Processes and Practices Student Moderator from IAS Panelists:
- Joana Breidenbach, Founder, Betterplace Lab
- Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Researcher, IFPRI
- Nancy Jernigan, Executive Director, Partners in Sustainable Development
11:45-12:45pm Student Poster Presentations of Research and Practice
- Lunch provided
1:00-2:30pm Social Identities and the Experience of Inequality Student Moderator from Brown Panelists:
- Anne Toba, CEO, Ripples Foundation
- TBC, Caitlin Collins, Assistant Professor, Sociology/WGSS – TBC

Saturday October 28th: Environmental Justice Case Competition, Goldfarb 132