Join us for a lecture with Tara Clerkin, who leads the climate resilience global research and innovation portfolio at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a multidisciplinary team focused on developing innovative solutions to increase climate resilience for agropastoral communities in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. About the Speaker Clerkin supports the development of a climate resilience

Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D., is an economist, professor, and media contributor with expertise in a variety of economic fields. He is a jack of all trades whose research focuses on international growth and development and the economics of pop culture. Join us in welcoming our beloved Fordham faculty member as a guest speaker for the 2023–2024

Sophie Mitra is a professor of economics, founding director of the Research Consortium on Disability at Fordham University, and principal investigator of the Disability Data Initiative. Her research agenda has documented economic insecurity and evaluated policies that try to reduce it. Her work seeks to produce evidence to document disability inequalities through disaggregated statistics and

Tony Zinicola is the founding member of Prometheus Insurance Consulting. He has worked in various roles, identifying and managing the risks multinational companies and nonprofit organizations face. He has traveled, worked, and established companies in more than 40 countries during his 30-year career. Zinicola attended Fordham and received a B.A. in economics and a master's

The Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) has reduced Guinea worm transmission by more than 99.99% since 1986, successfully eliminating it in 16 countries. The GWEP remains working to fully eradicate Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) in Mali, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Angola. The goal of program completion is now set for 2030. Giovanna Steel first joined

A growing chorus of economists and politicians is demanding a new paradigm to create a global economy for the common good. In his recent book Cathonomics, Anthony M. Annett unites insights in economics with those from theology, philosophy, climate science, and psychology, exposing the failures of neoliberalism while offering us a new model rooted in

Marc N. Conte is an associate professor in the economics department at Fordham University and a faculty research fellow at New York University. He was a visiting associate professor at the Yale School of the Environment in the spring of 2020. Prior to his arrival at Fordham, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford

We are kicking off this year’s lecture series with heroic tales from some sophomores’ summer internships. Please come and learn about their adventures and what opportunities are available for students. This summer, our students interned at the United Nations Development Program, Santander, the International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and more!

Chris Hardy is the director of programs and partnerships for Justice and Mercy International, where he has served for three and a half years. He is responsible for the oversight of international programming and staff, as well as the development of partnerships with organizations and churches around the world. Hardy is an ordained minister and,

Come discuss the findings of the 2022 Pope Francis Global Poverty Index.