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Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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  1. Welcome to the HDCA

    CHECK OUT THE NEW PODCAST SERIES ON THE CAPABILITY APPROACH! The Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) is a global community of academics and practitioners that seeks to build an intellectual community around the ideas of human development and the capability approach, and relate these ideas to the policy arena. The association promotes research within many disciplines, ranging from economics to philosophy, development studies, healt…

  2. About

    The Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) is a global community of academics and practitioners focused on people-centred development and the capability approach. The mission of the association is to promote both research and policy in the area of human development and well-being. The HDCA consists of members from many disciplines and professions, including economics, philosophy, development studies, health, education, law, governmen…

  3. What are HD & the CA?

    While there is no single interpretation of the Capability Approach (CA) – even founders Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum hold divergent views – the text below provides a short introduction. The standard of living lies in the living, and not in the possession of commodities. This is the basic intuition of the Human Development (HD) paradigm, which builds on decades of work in growth with equity, basic needs and welfare economics. The HD paradigm em…

  4. HDCA History & Mission

    Watch the HDCA’s 15th Anniversary slideshow, with photos and statements from HDCA members about what the association has meant to them Mission The main aim of The Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) is to promote high quality research and scholarship, including among early career researchers, in the field of human development and the capability approach. Themes include justice, poverty, gender, education, environment, and measurem…

  5. HDCA official documents

    … HDCA Bylaws HDCA Book of Regulations Guidelines for organizing an HDCA conference HDCA Executive Council meeting minutes (viewable by members only) For HDCA thematic group coordinators: Guidelines for HDCA thematic groups Guidelines for applying to affiliate an event to the HDCA Manual HDCA mailing lists …

  6. Contact

    … The HDCA has an office located in Massachusetts, USA. For more information about the Association please contact: Human Development and Capability Association Attn: Kathy Rosenblum, Administrator P.O. Box 1051 Brewster, MA 02631 USA Email: admin@hd-ca.org …

  7. Thematic Groups

    The HDCA thematic groups are meant to serve as ongoing fora for interchange in thematic fields, and establish links to ongoing disciplinary debates. Their aim is to advance intellectual debate, promote research collaboration related to the theme, and foster interaction between academics and practitioners, as well as between members and non-members of HDCA. The HDCA encourages researchers who share common interests to organize thematic groups. At …

  8. Annual HDCA conference

    2024 HDCA Conference in Kolkata, India 24-26 September, 2024 Watch the video: “How to Write an HDCA Conference Abstract” About the HDCA conferences The annual HDCA conferences aim to promote high-quality, policy-oriented academic research, advance intellectual debates and promote collaboration between academics and practitioners. It is hoped that the rigorous academic studies presented during this conference will contribute to policy-making, not …

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