TASC (think tank)

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{{infobox organization

|name = Think tank for Action on Social Change

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|abbreviation = TASC

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|formation = 2001

|type = Public policy think tank

|headquarters = 101 Baggot St. Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland

|website = {{official website|http://www.tasc.ie/}}

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TASC ("Think-tank for Action on Social Change") is a think-tank based in Dublin, Ireland.

Activities and events

File:2018 FEPS-TASC Annual Conference.png

The organisation's outputs include an annual "Inequality Report";{{cite web|url = https://www.tasc.ie/download/pdf/cherishing_all_equally_2017.pdf | website = tasc.ie | title = Cherishing All Equally 2017 Economic Inequality in Ireland | date = 2017 }} research on tax, pay and working conditions in Ireland;{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/ireland-vulnerable-due-to-over-reliance-on-corporate-tax-tasc-1.3136436 | website = The Irish Times | title = Ireland vulnerable due to over-reliance on corporate tax – TASC | date = 28 June 2017 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/living-wage-ireland-is-an-outlier-in-terms-of-its-high-levels-of-low-pay-4116976-Jul2018/ | publisher = Journal Media Ltd | website = thejournal.ie | title = Living wage: 'Ireland is an outlier in terms of its high levels of low pay' | date = 14 July 2018 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.tasc.ie/download/pdf/living_with_uncertainty_final.pdf | website = tasc.ie | title = Living With Uncertainty – The Social Implications of Precarious Work | date = 2018 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/precarious-employment-has-a-negative-impact-on-mental-health-838169.html | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Precarious employment has a negative impact on mental health | date = 19 April 2018 }} development of best practices for deliberative democracy forums,{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} and a "Toolkit for Open Government".{{Cite web|url=https://www.tasc.ie/opengovtoolkit/| website = tasc.ie| title = Open Government Toolkit | Home Page|date = 29 July 2014}}

TASC hosts a number of events, including an annual conference which is held in association with the Brussels think tank, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tasc.ie/news/2018/06/22/fepstasc-conference-addresses-inequality-and-irela/|website = tasc.ie | title = Latest News & Events|date = 18 April 2018}} Former speakers at TASC events have included the social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson,{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/inequality-breeds-anxious-boastful-depressives-conference-hears-1.3540701 | website = The Irish Times | title = Inequality breeds anxious, boastful depressives, conference hears | date = 22 June 2018 }} and economists Ann Pettifor and Thomas Piketty.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.tasc.ie}}

Category:Think tanks based in the Republic of Ireland

Category:Socialist think tanks

Category:Think tanks established in 2001

Category:Organisations based in Dublin (city)

Category:2001 establishments in Ireland