Dignity & Development
In-depth analysis of global challenges through the lens of integral human development.
Outside the box, inside a bubble?
January 11, 2021One of the more beautiful aspects of moving to another place of the world is the acquisition of new words. Words are telling not only […]
Sobering lessons for American democracy and the road ahead
January 2, 2021Over the past few years democracy has eroded rapidly in many parts of the world, including the United States. Well-regarded global democracy indexes such as […]
Old cathedral fires and burning issues in integral human development
December 16, 2020Integral human development, which stands at the center of the Keough School’s mission, affirms that the dignity of the human person is not only expressed […]
Overcoming metropolitan bias: prospects for a new urban paradigm
December 10, 2020The year 2020 has brought unrelenting crises: a raging COVID-19 pandemic, a worsening climate emergency, and a media environment that dangerously amplifies our differences. In […]
What can a chicken nugget from Russia tell us about technology, agriculture and human development?
December 2, 2020In July, the global fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken announced a partnership with a Russian company, 3D Bioprinting, for the purpose of producing chicken […]
Integral human development and Christian mission
November 19, 2020Phil Klay’s celebrated 2020 novel Missionaries has, despite its title, almost no missionaries in it. Set in conflict-ridden Colombia, with flashbacks to Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
Being-for-others and integral human development
November 12, 2020“Hell is—other people!” Thus, Jean-Paul Sartre dramatically summarizes the predicament of those condemned in the afterlife through one character in his play, No Exit. No […]
Lessons from Puerto Rico: inter-country relationships, crises, and human thriving
October 29, 2020The relationship between inter-country integration and economic crises depends on how integration is implemented. Economic integration, understood as a high degree of ease in the […]
To defend democracy and advance racial justice
October 22, 2020Amid the present political turmoil and the heightened risks of civil violence, we feel called to take action to protect our democratic freedoms and the […]
Rethinking independence, adulthood, and dignity amid a pandemic
October 22, 2020In my years conducting fieldwork on and with families in north India, interlocutors often ask me if parents in the United States really kick their […]
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