Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Michaela Becconsall is the program officer of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. She previously served as a project specialist at the International Development Group, LLC, and as the co-founder of the St. Ann DC Catholic Church ARK Young Adult Community. Michaela is a graduate of the master’s program in international development from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Her dissertation focused on “Comparative Understandings of Justice within Catholic Social Teaching and the Just Transition Movement: Policy Implications for Development.”