1. Käte Hamburger Kolleg /
Centre for Global Cooperation Research
www.gcr21.org
2nd Käte Hamburger Lecture – 6 December 2012
Beyond 2015: Getting Serious about Global Justice
Prof. Dr. Thomas Pogge Grand City Hotel Duisburger Hof, Pfeiler Saal, 4:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks: Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel,
Managing Director, KHK / GCR21
Comments:
Prof. Dr. Jan Aart Scholte, Senior Fellow, KHK / GCR21
Margret Thalwitz, Senior Expert Fellow, KHK / GCR21
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Spitzley, Professor of
Philosophy, University Duisburg-Essen

2. Beyond 2015: Getting Serious Thomas Pogge Centre for Global Cooperation
about Global Justice Research
While the MDGs have focused attention on conti- Originally from Germany, Thomas Pogge received a The Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global
nuing severe deprivations suffered by poor people PhD in philosophy from Harvard in 1983. Since then, Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21) was established
worldwide, their impact was diminished by the lack he has taught philosophy, political science, and ethics in February 2012 in Duisburg. The Centre provides
of clearly assigned tasks and responsibilities. Beyond at universities around the world. His 2002 book, World a framework for internationally renowned scholars
2015 we should replace the MDG wishlist approach Poverty and Human Rights, offers proposals on how from different disciplines to pursue research on the
with specific institutional reform goals that highlight to achieve global economic equality. In 2008, he co- challenges and opportunities of global cooperation in
concrete responsibilities also for the affluent authored The Health Impact Fund, which lays out the a culturally diverse world society.
countries - in areas such as international tax justice plan to make life-saving medicines accessible for every- These questions are the focus of four research units
and illicit financial flows, odious debts, arms exports, one. He is currently Leitner Professor of Philosophy and that develop along specific issues of high global
greenhouse gas emissions, extraction of minerals, International Affairs at Yale. relevance. The Centre also seeks to transmit results
international labor standards, reduction of gender and promote discussions among the broader public.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Pogge
disparities, trafficking and migration, and excessive Besides numerous publications the Centre sponsors
Leitner Professor of Philosophy and
mark-ups on life-saving medicines. the quarterly public »Käte Hamburger Lecture« as
International Affairs
* MDGs: Millennium Development Goals well as the »Käte Hamburger Dialogues«.
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