2015

A ground-breaking paper, “Beyond Poverty: Social Justice in a Global Marketplace”, written by an international team of researchers including Dr Hilary Downey, lecturer in Management within Queen’s University Management School, has been selected, out of 71 nominations, as the recipient of the 2015 JPPM/Kinnear Award for Best paper published in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. 

The paper states that the basket of goods necessary to realise human potential can be categorised as the six S’s: Subsistence; Sound health; Safety; Sociality; Sovereignty; and Spirituality. While these categories may seem straightforward, the paper looks at the complexity and inherent contradictions within them. The paper concludes that “Only by attempting, without self-righteous judgments, to devise a program that preserves dignity and identity, while feeding the body and educating the mind, can the global community move beyond poverty.” 

Dave Stewart, editor of the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing said of the award, “This is a high honour and reflects the esteem with which your colleagues regard your work”. 

For further details, contact Dr Hilary Downey.

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