Category: News

Center collaborates to pursue question of labor rights in Bangladesh October 28, 2022 In mid-October the center sponsored a global convening of academics, practitioners, and activists to consider questions of labor justice in Bangladesh––the second largest exporter of ready-made garments. Hosted by the Congregation of Holy Cross and Notre Dame University Bangladesh, the gathering brought […]

Center hosts international symposium on children and integral human development October 28, 2022 SPIRE: The Global Catholic Social Tradition Network gathered for a symposium on Children and Integral Human Development, at the Institute for Social Concerns October 6-8, 2022. The symposium convened more than 30 researchers, non-profit practitioners, and young people for three days to explore the […]

Research leads to reduced risk of local mosquito-borne diseases September 30, 2022 On a hot summer day, most people avoid mosquitoes. But in June, a group of Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate student researchers instead headed toward the swirling swarms around Spicer Lake. These students worked with three Notre Dame professors to study the spread […]

New prison education initiative joins Institute for Social Concerns By: JP Shortall September 30, 2022 A new prison education initiative will bring five local, state, and national prison education programs together in one effort to be housed at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Social Concerns. Notre Dame Programs for Education in Prison (NDPEP) will […]

Center welcomes new postdoctoral fellow September 6, 2022 This fall, Wes Siscoe, Ph.D. is joining the Institute for Social Concerns as a postdoctoral fellow with Virtues & Vocations, a national forum for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. The fellowship is a year-long opportunity […]

Upcoming symposium to develop social theology of the child September 6, 2022 Human dignity is central to Catholic social tradition, so what does it mean to apply that teaching to children? Clemens Sedmak, Ph.D., director and professor of social ethics at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and faculty fellow at the Institute for Social […]

Institute for Social Concerns launches new graduate fellowship September 6, 2022 The Institute for Social Concerns has launched a new graduate fellowship program designed to engage graduate students from around the University and from any disciplinary perspective on questions of justice. Like students nationally, graduate and professional students at Notre Dame are increasingly interested in […]

Program introduces incoming students to South Bend with focus on community, justice By: Erin Blasko August 23, 2022 A group of 20 incoming University of Notre Dame students spent the week leading up to the start of the fall semester exploring issues of justice both on campus and in the surrounding community as part of RISE: […]

Center partners with FADICA to pilot Catholic social tradition course for philanthropists July 29, 2022 This spring, the Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA) partnered with the Institute for Social Concerns’ director of Catholic Social Tradition (CST), Bill Purcell, M.Div., to develop an online course on CST and philanthropy. The 9-week pilot course […]

Study examines correlation between college student community engagement and prosocial behavior July 29, 2022 Does involvement in community engagement impact college students’ moral development and sense of responsibility to others? Recent research published by Tara Hudson, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration at Kent State University and Jay Brandenberger, Ph.D., professor of the practice […]