Māori are tangata whenua or people of the land. The relationship that tangata whenua have with the natural environment (mountains, rivers, flora and fauna) has been shaped by experiences from and responsibilities to past, present, and future generations. This deep relationship and responsibility to the natural environment is exemplified in the way that Māori, when introducing themselves, do so by situating themselves within a particular landscape (in relation to a mountain, river, ocean, region, marae, people). It is also evident in the way that ‘whenua’ means not merely land but also placenta – highlighting the fundamental connection that people have to the natural environment.

Information About Local Maori Communities in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland

Te Tino O Kaipara – The Great Kaipara

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Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Information About Marae

Marae is centrally about people and the environment working together – or, in other words, about tangata whenua, people of the land. […] Marae (kin-community centres) remain the quintessential focus of tribal Māori identity. […] Prior to East Polynesians arriving in Aotearoa, marae had continuously evolved and developed in response to more than 2000 years of oceanic exploration and settlement. […]

However, many marae communities struggled under the pressures enforced upon them due to land wars and resulting laws that vastly diminished tribal land estates. And if those pressures were not significant enough, the economic recession of the 1930s – as well as other factors – has had cumulative, irreversible effects on marae. Since World War II, further major changes have occurred within marae communities. Perhaps the most significant is that Māori as individuals are no longer culturally, politically or economically dependent on their marae community or papakāinga to survive. This creates a dilemma: hapū and their marae cannot survive without kin support. The marae and their leaders are the primary means for transmitting cultural values and the language that symbolises tribal identity. […] The net effect of limited youth engagement, participation or even simply presence with elders in marae contexts is to reduce the sustainability of community cultural knowledge and values. […]

The major question facing many communities is, can tribal marae survive this silent crisis of human resource depletion? Can marae transform themselves again, as in the past, to remain relevant and vital to the new generation of Māori living in mostly distant urban environments? And how can those descendants living away (virtually) reconnect and support their local marae communities who keep the home fires alight? The outcomes of the decisions made today, especially about Treaty settlements, language and marae programmes, will have a ripple effect on the living of tomorrow.

_{(From: Tapsell, Paul [2014]. Tribal marae: Crisis? What Crisis? In Merata Kawharu [ed.] Maranga Mai: Te Reo and Marae in Crisis? Auckland University Press)}

	Reweti
	Puatahi
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	Araparera
	Kakanui
	Piritahi
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For all tribal marae throughout the country, see HERE.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

When modern Aotearoa New Zealand was founded in 1840, a partnership between two cultures and two systems of law and morality was forged. Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti), The Treaty of Waitangi, recognises this to be the case. It affirms and promises to uphold the mana (customary authority), tino rangatiratanga (leadership), and tikanga (law) of Māori, and commits to a relationship of equal partnership between Māori chiefs and the British Crown.

For further information about Te Tiriti, see:

Please note that some dates have recently been adjusted (compared to the original call for papers).

March 21, 2020: Announcement of acceptance/rejection

April 18, 2020: Deadline for scholarship applications

May 2, 2020: Announcement of scholarship recipients

May 16, 2020: Deadline for conference registration at early-bird rates

June 6, 2020: Final deadline for conference registration at standard rates

June 15, 2020: Submission of posters/videos

Following the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we had to change the set-up of the 2020 conference to a pure online format. In effect, presenters now have two different options to display their work:

In addition, our keynote speakers will address the audience live during various specific timeslots throughout the conference.

Presenter Requirements

The technical solution we will employ for option 1 is Zoom Meetings. The use of Zoom itself does not involve any cost for conference presenters. However, to ensure that all participants are satisfied with their experience of the papers (in terms of both delivery and reception), presenters will be allowed to participate in option 1 sessions only if they have access to appropriate technology of the following kinds:

(We will conduct a test run with each remote presenter prior to the event.)

The technical solution that we employ for option 2 is an online platform for posting materials and hosting forum discussions. It too does not involve any cost for conference guests, and the technical requirements for participation in this category are lower. Presenters who wish to display their material in the form of an online poster merely need to be able to produce their exhibit in PDF or high-resolution picture format. Presenters may post additional video or audio clips to accompany their display (10-minute maximum length). The latter require corresponding technology to produce such media (the organisers will not be able to produce these for them). We will arrange for the installation of all option 2 files on our online platform.

Audience Requirements

Technical requirements for our audience is significantly lower compared to those for presenters. To view and comment on option 2 materials, access to a computer with a standard up-to-date browser and a standard Internet connection suffice.

To view option 1 sessions and keynotes live (as they are produced), we recommend that guests have access to appropriate technology of the following kinds:

In addition, those who wish to orally participate in Q&A sessions need a microphone of sufficient quality. Anyone who wishes to provide their own video stream (such that can be seen by everyone else) requires a webcam of sufficient quality (as well as an Internet connection of slightly greater speed and capacity).

Note:

1. FOR GENERAL INTEREST

1.1 What are the time slots of live presentations in Zoom?

On each day of the conference (30 June to 2 July), we have three consecutive 1.5-hour slots in the morning between 8:00-12:30 and three consecutive 1.5-hour slots in the evening between 20:00-00:30 (New Zealand time). To convert these slots to your own local time, we suggest you use THIS TOOL.

1.2 If my paper has co-presenters, do we all have to register and pay the event fee?

Yes. The approach we take is the same one you would find in a traditional conference. Anyone who ‘comes to the conference’ (ie, dials into Zoom sessions and/or enters our online platform for prerecorded sessions) has to register and pay the corresponding event fee.

1.3 I’ve never used the Zoom app, can you teach me how to use it?

For basic information on how to install and use Zoom in Windows or Mac OS, please check out THIS RESOURCE. In addition, you can find Zoom video tutorials on a variety of issues HERE.

1.4 How do the two options — live presentation and prerecorded session — differ?

Please check out the Online Conference Formats and Technical Requirements section of this website.

1.5 How can I apply for a scholarship towards the conference fees?

Please check out the Scholarships and Prizes section of this website. That’s also where you find eligibility information.

1.6 If I have specific questions about registration payment or fees, whom can I contact?

Please message Kathy Rosenblum at admin@hd-ca.org.

1.7 What’s the deadline for participants to let the organisers know which session format they choose?

You need to contact us by 16 May at the latest.

1.8 Will there be any prizes for presenters during this conference?

For our newly instated online-conference awards, please check out the Scholarships and Prizes section of this website.

2. FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO PRESENT LIVE

2.1 I’ve never presented online in Zoom, can you teach me?

We will make resources on how to use Zoom during your live presentation available here soon, please check back in a few days. In the meantime, consider learning about general Zoom use by checking out item 1.3 above.

2.2 When will I be notified of the date and time of my session?

We are aiming to send out a draft schedule for live presentations at around 20 May (one week after early bird registration has closed).

2.3 How long are Thematic Panel Sessions?

Each session is 1.5 hours long. Panel organisers will be in touch with panellists to discuss in detail how best to use this time.

2.4 How much time will I have to present my individual paper?

Each session is 1.5 hours long and incorporates a maximum of three individual papers. Thus, you each have 25 minutes (including Q&A), regardless of whether you are an academic, practitioner, or young scholar. Chairs will be in touch to discuss in detail how you would like to use your time.

3. FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH PRERECORDED SESSIONS

3.1 How will I get feedback for my prerecorded contribution?

We will be encouraging members of the conference audience to visit our online platform where each prerecorded contribution is posted and engage with the author in the respective forum.

3.2 How long can my prerecorded session be?

If you wish to make your contribution a prerecorded audio or video session, we recommend you limit yourself to 15 minutes length. Otherwise, you will not be eligible for a viewers’ choice award.

3.3 What’s the deadline for participants to send the organisers their prerecorded materials?

You need to submit all of your files by 15 June at the very latest. We will make an inbox for uploads available in due course.

While ideas about well-being, human development, and justice have always been progressed, now more than ever is the time for us to push ahead. Problems like radical climate change and the many effects it has on the ability of communities to flourish worldwide leave us with little other choice.

The Capability Approach and Human Development Paradigm have been playing an important role in this progress. They provide a meeting point for diverse perspectives, in- and outside of academia; link the Global South and Global North; and place the lives that people are able to have at the heart of well-being, development, and justice. Sustainability and equity are two of the pillars of human development, and while much progress has been made in understanding these ideas, new challenges have emerged. The urgent need to face these new challenges requires even more inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural understanding and exchange. How do we meet the needs of the present generation without sacrificing those of future generations? Can capability concepts help to distinguish sustainable flourishing from damagingly excessive living standards? How might we reinvent our means of satisfying human needs, so that our planet’s population can still function well while reducing consumption? In the age of rising sea levels, what are the bases of community if territory and historical connections to places are no longer available? And in the face of worsening ideological conflicts, how might economic, social, and political frameworks be rethought?

Indigenous philosophies are highly relevant to sustainable and equitable development. They have been playing an increasingly prominent role in advancing social, economic, environmental, and cultural development around the world. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori philosophies ground the naming of Te Awa Tupua (the Whanganui river) and Te Urewera (previously a national park) as legal entities with rights. Similarly, Kaupapa Māori Theory has helped to pioneer a platform for indigenous knowledges globally, providing space to reimagine the role of communities in research and development. Beyond Aotearoa New Zealand, concepts such as aloha ‘āina (Hawai’i, ‘love of the land’), minobimaatisiiwin (Anishinaabe, ‘the good life’), and sumaq kawsay (Quechua, ‘good living’) are transforming environmental thinking. Within and beyond the Pacific region, calls for sustainability chart a renewed course for development, highlighting the urgency and centrality of environmental concerns for tackling poverty, the value of diverse knowledges, and the need for local and global solutions. We can use this momentum to prevent that governments worldwide continue to ignore indigenous people’s knowledge and values and refuse to give them effect in policy and law.

Cross-disciplinary dialogue and conversation among people with very diverse experiences provide us with exciting opportunities for discovering creative solutions to old and new problems and harnessing the potential of creative and often unexpected synergies. In this regard we ask: What new conversations involving the Human Development Paradigm and Capability Approach are currently underway? In which discussions should the approach participate in the future? What can we learn from perspectives that remain at the margins of current mainstream conversations? How, within the human development and capability space, can different values speak to each other? And how can we prevent that the silencing of differences and the monopolisation of discourses squashes innovation?

Under the theme New Horizons: Sustainability and Justice, the 2020 HDCA Conference aims to provide an enriching way to focus on fresh ideas, new directions, and different voices that take us into the future.

The following keynote speakers have been confirmed for our conference in its new all-online format (updates here soon):

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	Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Professor of International Affairs and Director of Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs, The New School Mahbub-ul-Haq Memorial Lecture: Rescuing Human Development from the HDI: A Human Development Agenda for the 21st Century
	Pedro Conceição Director of the Human Development Report Office and lead author of the Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme
	Kate Raworth Senior Research Associate at Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University / Professor of Practice, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
	Arunabha Ghosh Chief Executive Officer, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
	Linda Smith Professor of Indigenous Education, University of Waikato
	José Gabriel Palma Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (Emeritus) / University of Santiago Amartya Sen Lecture: What Went Wrong With European Social Democracy: On Building a Debilitating Capitalism, Where Even the Welfare State Subsidises Greater Market Inequality
	Sridhar Venkatapuram Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy, King’s College London
	Jay Drydyk Professor of Philosophy and Program Director of Ethics and Public Affairs, Carleton University

Mahbub-ul-Haq Memorial Lecture, by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

Rescuing Human Development from the HDI: A Human Development Agenda for the 21st Century

What would Mahbub be advocating today as the priority human development agenda? What are the most urgent challenges of the day and what can the human development perspective contribute?

Inspired by this question and Mahbub’s propensity to change his mind readily in response to new ideas or new realities, this lecture argues that human development is as relevant as it was in 1990 to bring new perspectives on the crises of contemporary society such as pandemics, climate change and inequality. But to do so requires rescuing the concept from the HDI – a highly imperfect, simplified representation of the complex and broad concept. The imperfections were recognized even at the origins but the index was developed as an important tool of communicating the new paradigm, capable of drawing attention to human ends of development and reframing development thinking. But as numeric indicators often do, the HDI began to redefine, not just represent, human development. This lecture will consider the origins of the concept of human development and its relationship to capability theory, and the evolution of the literature on human development. It will argue that the misalignment between HDI and human development has widened in terms of a discourse of development capable of presenting an alternative paradigm and shifting frameworks, and as an analytical framework for setting policy agendas.

Amartya Sen Lecture, by José Gabriel Palma

What Went Wrong With European Social Democracy: On Building a Debilitating Capitalism, Where Even the Welfare State Subsidises Greater Market Inequality

This presentation will elaborate on a proposition advanced in a previous paper: that the only sustainable progressive and enabling social and distributive agendas are those anchored in an economic agenda that already leads to low levels of inequality in the market. In other words, from the perspective of sustainability and economic efficiency, and also from that of functionings and capabilities, it matters whether low levels of inequalities have been achieved already in the market, or if they are achieved only subsequently via taxes and transferences. Yet European countries have let their markets reach Latin American levels of inequality (and have done so happily), while simultaneously attempting to sustain their traditionally low levels of disposable income inequality via taxes and transfers. As a result, the average share of ‘social protection’ in overall public expenditure among European Union countries stands at 40 per cent — and including health and education, this share jumps to two thirds. Meanwhile, they have given a generous new tax status to those who have benefited most from this increased market inequality; and as there are limits to how much they can tax everybody else, governments’ debts are mounting. The idea that inequality should be dealt with ‘at source’ (i.e., in the market) has become totally alien to the new social democratic ideology, which is stuck in the past twice over: in their social agenda, they just want to replicate the past, while in terms of their economic agenda, they seek to construct a future which is almost the exact opposite of that past. Such an inability to deal creatively with the inevitable “uncomfortable uncertainties” of change has deprived this ideology of most of its social imagination. This has led to a major political dilemma in the advanced as well as in the emerging worlds, because while this impoverished ideology has lost its legitimacy, more progressive discourses have so far been unable to generate sufficient credibility.

30 years of the Human Development Report

Since its introduction in 1990, the Human Development Report (HDR) has been one of the UN’s great success stories. It has redefined the global development debate in many countries while also broadening the conceptual scope of development by directing policymakers to the multidimensional nature of wellbeing.

Human development about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. It is an approach that is focused on people and their opportunities and choices.

One of the more important achievements of the human development approach, as embodied in successive HDRs, has been to ensure a growing acceptance of the fact that monetary measures, such as GDP per capita, are inadequate proxies of development. The first HDR s introduced the Human Development Index (HDI), which provides a measure of human development progress achieved by a given country.

Today, much has changed in the development world in the 30 years since the first report. Fundamental shifts are taking place in how we understand ourselves and our connections to local and global societies in the light of new technologies, socio-political realities and deep environmental changes, including the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Consequently, the opportunities, aspirations and choices of a person are also evolving rapidly.

In order to adapt to these changing times with a renewed commitment to illuminating the development landscape, UNDP is endeavoring to construct a New Generation of HDRs that, builds on the unparallel legacy of three decades of reports,  and engages in new ways with new ideas and new actors in the development world.

The HDRs in history

Overall, 26 HDRs and one statistical update have been published since 1990, covering a wide range of important themes including financing, human security, gender, human rights, and sustainability (find all reports here or link to individual reports below.)

1990: Concept and Measurement

1991: Financing

1992: Global Dimensions

1993: People’s Participation

1994: New Dimensions of Human Security

1995: Gender

1996: Economic Growth

1997: Human Development to Eradicate Poverty

1998: Consumption

1999: Globalization with a Human Face

2000: Human Rights

2001: Making New technologies Work for Human Development

2002: Deeping Democracy in a Fragmented World

2003: MDGs: A Compact among Nations to End Human Poverty

2004: Cultural Liberty in Today’s Diverse World

2005: Aid, trade and security

2006: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis

2007-8: Fighting Climate Change: Human solidarity in a divided world

2009: Overcoming barriers: Human Mobility

2010: The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development

2011: Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for all

2013: The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World

2015: Work for Human Development

2016: Human Development for Everyone

2018: Human Development Indices and Indicators: Statistical Update

2019: Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: inequalities in human development in the 21st Century

Moreover, National Human Development Reports, which apply the human development lens to development thinking at the country level, have complemented the findings and messages of the global HDR with local contexts and insights. With around 800 reports from 150 countries published since 1990, the NHDRs have promoted the concept of human development in national policy dialogues and spurred public interest for action and change.

Links to related videos are below:

The submission period has ended. The Call for Papers below is for the conference in its original format (on the ground in Auckland). Thus, some of the information is no longer applicable.

Conference Aims and Topics

To explore the role that the Human Development Paradigm and Capability Approach, in interaction with other perspectives, can play in navigating the opportunities and challenges ahead, we invite scholars, activists, policymakers, practitioners, and students working on the areas of human development and capabilities to Auckland, New Zealand. We especially welcome those who are new to the field introducing us to new ideas and perspectives. Recognising the need for diverse participants to engage in innovative conversations and explore the potential for new synergies, we look forward to seeing participants from a wide range of research themes, topics, methods, professions, and regions. Submissions that engage with the role of the humanities in partnership with other disciplines in advancing the core aims of the Human Development Paradigm and Capability Approach are encouraged. We would also like to expressly invite the participation from indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, and those from the global south.

Contributions to our conference on New Horizons: Sustainability and Justice may explore, among others, the following topics:

In addition to papers on the conference theme, papers on all core HDCA topics are welcome, including, but not limited to:

For information about thematic groups, visit https://hd-ca.org/thematic-groups.

Keynote Speakers and Plenary Panels

We’re lining up an exciting list of speakers for you. Detailed information on keynote topics and presenters will be provided here on our conference website as it becomes available.

Conference Timeline and Sessions

The main conference takes place from 30 June to 2 July 2020 (Tuesday to Thursday). It will be preceded by a summer school for graduate students (27 and 28 June, weekend) and a day of pre-conference events (29 June, Monday).

In addition to keynote lectures and other plenaries, the conference will accommodate seven types of session:

Please note:

The main criteria for evaluating the various kinds of submissions are:

While the papers may come from any discipline and may be theoretical, applied, or policy-based, every paper must engage with, apply, extend, criticise, or offer insights specifically relevant to the capability approach and/or the human development paradigm.

Stream Proposals

This year, we would like to invite stream proposals made up of two or more panel sessions that are scheduled sequentially. We especially invite streams on a single theme that are: multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural, and/or that bring scholars, practitioners, and members of the wider community into conversation.

If you envision that multiple panel sessions could be arranged in a dedicated thematic stream, please contact the organisers by email (2020HDCA@massey.ac.nz) to discuss your proposal. Please also consider discussing the session with the coordinators from one or more of the thematic groups (see https://hd-ca.org/thematic-groups).

HDCA Summer School

During the weekend that precedes the conference (27 and 28 June 2020), the HDCA will be holding a two-day summer school for graduate students working with the capability approach. Senior HDCA academics will present the basics of the capability approach and discuss cutting edge topics and developments. There will also be opportunities to get group feedback on research projects. Further details will be communicated closer to the event (please check back online here).

HDCA Journal

We encourage papers presented at the conference to be submitted for publication in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. This HDCA-owned journal is a peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal for people-centred development. For more information on the journal and on how to submit your paper, please see the journal webpage (https://hd-ca.org/publication-and-resources/journal-of-human-development-and-capabilities).

Conference Sustainability

Not only to live up to the theme of the conference, but we will also make special efforts to run the 2020 events as sustainably as possible. For example, conference programmes will be supplied through an app; meals will be plant-based and made from locally sourced ingredients; we strongly encourage all participants to bring their own reusable drinking cups or bottles; we ask attending students in particular to bring reusable containers (e.g., stainless steel or plastic lunch boxes) to take away leftover foods at the end of the day; we very much encourage participants to consider offsetting their CHG emissions (as the HDCA is committed to doing); and we suggest that guests combine their conference visit with an extended stay in beautiful New Zealand, thereby preventing further flight emissions for additional holiday trips. We will also offer options to participate in practical conservation activities that demonstrate first-hand the efforts made in New Zealand to become more sustainable.

If you have ideas about how we can make the 2020 HDCA Conference more sustainable, we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible (2020HDCA@massey.ac.nz). During the conference itself, we will also host a workshop to discuss the future of annual mass-conference events like ours in the age of radical climate change.

Conference Accessibility and Inclusiveness

We aim to make our conference as inclusive and accessible as possible, not only in terms of physical space and materials provided (e.g. programmes, presentations, and nametags) but also with regard to presentation pedagogy and session design (e.g. we encourage presenters to think about how they plan to interact with the audience and to think about what audiences at this particular conference may be able to contribute to conference sessions).

In addition, we are exploring options for accommodating families during the event by providing a dedicated family space and offering options for childcare. You will be able to indicate your interest in these facilities in the online registration form.

For further suggestions how we can make the 2020 gathering more accessible and inclusive, please contact us by email (2020HDCA@massey.ac.nz). Conference-goers with special requirements are especially encouraged to get in touch.

How to Submit Your Proposal

Please submit your proposed poster, paper, or panel online from 1 November 2020 (http://www.conftool.org/2020hdca) using the appropriate form.

If you encounter any problems, please contact the conference organisers by email (2020HDCA@massey.ac.nz.

To ensure academic quality, all submissions will be assessed by two reviewers, at least one of whom is an HDCA Fellow or a senior researcher in the field.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Due to the change of format, the conference registration fees have been adjusted as follows:

Early Bird Rates – Through May 16

The conference registration fee provides a one-year HDCA membership, including a year’s subscription to the Journal of Human Development & Capabilities.

Scholarships

The HDCA has a limited number of scholarships to attend the annual conference. They will be awarded based on merit and need to either

To apply for one of these scholarships, please download and complete the scholarship application form after you have received the referees’ review of your abstract in mid-February. All scholarship applications must be received by the Chair of the Scholarships Committee by 18 April 2020.

2020 Conference Prizes

Kuklys Prize for Best Paper from a Graduate Student

At the conference, the HDCA will award the annual Wiebke Kuklys Prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student. All graduate students who have not been awarded their degree before 30 June 2020 and are presenting a paper at the 2020 HDCA conference under their sole authorship are eligible to be considered for this prize. If you wish your paper to be considered, indicate so on the online submission form.

To compete for this prize, the full paper must be submitted by 15 May 2020. The winner of the 2020 Wiebke Kuklys Prize will be awarded a cash amount (the purpose of which is to contribute to the student’s graduate work, for example, in the form of equipment or book purchases or conference attendance). The name of the winner will be announced at the closing plenary session of the conference, which the author must attend.

Other Prizes

Following the change of format from traditional conference to all-online event, the HDCA offers the following prizes for best contributions:

Best Live Presentation as voted by viewers $300
Runner-up $150

Best Prerecorded Session as voted by viewers $150
Runner-up $75

Local Organising Committee

Kerry Taylor (School of Humanities, Massey University, New Zealand)
Krushil Watene (Philosophy, Massey University, New Zealand)
Marco Grix (Philosophy, Massey University, New Zealand)
Siautu Alefaio (Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand)
Fiona Te Momo (Te Pūtahi a Toi, Massey University, New Zealand)
Vanessa Schouten (Philosophy, Massey University, New Zealand)
Sharon Bell (Development Studies, Massey University, New Zealand)
Negar Partow (Security Studies, Massey University, New Zealand)
Mandy Yap (CAEPR, Australian National University, Australia)
Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan (Institute of Rural Management, Anand, India)
David Schlosberg (Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney, Australia)
Tom Eats (Maritime New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand)

Programme Committee

Jay Drydyk (Carleton University, Canada [Chair])
Ann Mitchell (Pontifica Universidad Católica, Argentina)
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (The New School, USA)
Reiko Gotoh (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
Krushil Watene (Massey University, New Zealand)
Kerry Taylor (Massey University, New Zealand)
Marco Grix (Massey University, New Zealand)

Massey University Albany Māori Advisory Group

Fiona Te Momo (Ngāti Porou [Convenor])
Messina Shaw (Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Te Ata)
Apirana Pewhairangi (Ngāti Porou)
Pita King (Te Rarawa)

Organising Institution

College of Humanities and Social Sciences: School of Humanities
Massey University Auckland
Private Bag 102904
Auckland 0745
New Zealand

Contact the Organisers

Preferred: email 2020HDCA@massey.ac.nz
Optional: call +64 (0)9 414 0800, ext. 43495

Due to the unprecedented circumstances around the coronavirus pandemic, the HDCA has decided that this year’s Summer School will not be held.

Instead, the association’s Education Officers are working to review and revise the resources available on the HDCA website, and look forward to the face-to-face Summer School at the 2021 conference.

Below is the list of currently confirmed presenters, with more names and details being added in our conference platform at Whova.com on an ongoing basis. Any changes made in Whova will automatically appear here right away.

To see a world map showing the locations of our presenters, please click HERE.

Below is the current schedule of events as they are planned in our conference platform at Whova.com (in New Zealand time). Up until the conference, this schedule remains a work in progress. It may also be updated during the event, if necessary. Any changes made in Whova will automatically appear here right away.

Below, you’ll find a number of guides that we’ve been putting together for you.

2020 HDCA Conference: Audience Guide for Whova (click to download)

This guide is directed toward all conference guests. It explains how you get access to our conference content through Whova (which is the online platform we use), and how to operate within Whova through both its dedicated Android / Apple iOS apps and the Internet browser interface.

2020 HDCA Conference: Chair and Speaker Guide (click to download)

This guide is directed toward those conference guests who are also presenters and/or chairs in our regular live-streamed sessions. It explains how to access Zoom meetings, what the process of our live-streamed sessions looks like, and various other important details.

2020 HDCA Conference: Whova Session Q&A Add-On to Chair and Speaker Guide (click to download)

This add-on is directed toward presenters and/or chairs in our regular live-streamed sessions. It explains how to monitor items in Whova’s Session Q&A while being active in Zoom.