Book Launch: “Why Some Development Works. Understanding Success”
Why do some development projects succeed where others fail? Meera Tiwari’s new book, “Why Some Development Works: Understanding Success” looks [...]
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Spotlight Series 1
The Education Thematic Group is delighted to announce our forthcoming Spotlight series. About this event The Education Thematic Group is [...]
Professor Amartya Sen in conversation with Lord Patten of Barnes
November 8, 2021 from 13:30-14:30 EST Professor Sen will be in conversation with Lord Patten, Chancellor of the University of [...]
Use of Primary Data for Measuring and Operationalisation of the Capability Approach
Speakers: Dr. Paolo Raciti, Researcher (Social Inclusion Structure), National Institute for the Analysis of Public Policies (INAPP) Matteo D'Emilione, Researcher (Social [...]
SSGS research seminars series: The Capability Approach to Human Wellbeing
Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00 – 13:00 UK Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ssgs-research-seminars-series-the-capability-approach-to-human-wellbeing-registration-214557275587 Led by Professor Paul Anand, Professor of Economics at The [...]
Overcoming Linguistic Bias Against Non-native English Speaking Scholars in Academic Publication
December 16, 8.30 pm IST/ 6.30 pm UK/ 1.30 pm EST Registration: https://www.aclang.com/event/duke-university-december-16-2021/ Navigating the path to publication in peer-reviewed [...]
Measuring the Quality of Employment from a multidimensional perspective using the Alkire/Foster method
19th January, 2022, 2 pm GMT This webinar proposes a methodology for measuring the quality of employment from a multidimensional [...]
Global launch of the 2022 Special Report on Human Security “New threats to human security in the Anthropocene: Demanding greater solidarity”
Feb 8, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) UNDP’s Human Development Report Office will be launching a special report [...]
The integration of participatory approaches to SDG localization
15th February 2022 (11am CET) Register here This panel discussion will hear from scholars who have published in the recent Policy [...]
Seminar Series: Human development, capabilities and higher education in Global South contexts
2 March, 2022 from 12:30-14:00 SAST The SARCHI Chair in Higher Education and Human Development cordially invites you to our [...]
ENLIGHT Lecture: Migration & Climate Change
9 March, 6:00 -7:00 pm CET The fifth session of this semesters’ ENLIGHT Lecture series explores connection the connection between [...]
WEBINAR ON THE 2022 UNDP-HDRO SPECIAL REPORT ON HUMAN SECURITY
“New threats to human security in the Anthropocene -- Demanding greater solidarity” 12 April 2022, 1500-1700 CEST (0900-1100 EDT) HDCA [...]
Programa en Desarrollo Humano de FLACSO Argentina
Seminario Anual de Integración N° 15 AMÉRICA LATINA: CÓMO ENFRENTAMOS LA POSPANDEMIA DESAFÍOS PARA LOS ODS 9 al 20 de [...]
Book Launch: “Amarty Sen”
Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022 Time: 12pm (SA Time) Venue: WITS Senate Room 2nd floor, Solomon Mahlangu House Wits Campus East, Jorissen Street, [...]
A sustainable future for African higher education post-pandemic: Signifying well-being and capabilities for all
Platform: Microsoft Teams Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting Date: Friday 20 May [...]
WEBINAR: The role of the Capability Approach in measuring “good work”: Building a conceptual framework
Wed, 15 June 2022 13:00 – 14:30 BST Speaker: Thomas Stephens Presented by the HDCA Work & Employment Thematic Group [...]
CFP: “Desarrollo en tiempos de conflicto: caminos éticos hacia la paz y la justicia”
Duodécimo Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Ética del Desarrollo (IDEA) Congreso IDEA-UNAULA-REDETICA 2022 Colombia, 13 al 15 de julio [...]
Call for Papers: Migration Practicalities – Host Country Responses to Authorized and Unauthorized Migrants
Madrid, Spain October 25–26, 2022 Organizing committee: Douglas J. Besharov (University of Maryland), Douglas M. Call (University of Maryland), Neil [...]
Amartya Sen and Paulo Freire – What can emancipatory development learn from them?
Talk by Dr. Bill Walker July 19, 3 pm AEST Hosted by the HDCA Asia-Pacific Regional Network (APRN) The Zoom [...]
WEBINAR: The capability approach, linguistics, and language policy: resolving language-based social divisions in Sri Lanka
Dr. Donna Vaughan Aug 3, 2022, at 2:30 pm AEST Presented by the Asia-Pacific Regional Network Dr. Donna Vaughan, President [...]
Facing the climate crisis: International experiences of university action
Monday, 12 September 2022, 14:00 – 16:30 BST Room TBC IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, Institute of Education, London, WC1H [...]
International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) 2022
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 16,17,18, 2022 The theme for 2022 is Leading Change Through Capacity Building for Social Innovation [...]
HDCA Writing Workshop
19 SEPTEMBER, ANTWERP 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM FACILITATORS Melanie Walker and Melis Cin WHO IS THE WORKSHOP FOR? Early [...]
Assissi 2022
22-24 September, 2022 After three years of life, work, waiting, projects, proposals, desire; after two years of a pandemic that [...]
Social Equity and Care for the Earth: Tensions and Synergies in Latin America and Beyond
Oxford Development Studies online symposium September 29-30, 2022 14:00-17:00 London time (GMT+1) The pursuit of human flourishing for all in [...]
Recalibrating Global Justice Philosophy
14th October 2022 (online and in person) Register Here Free to attend Jointly Hosted by the YTL [...]
Global Launch of the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Report
Monday 17 October, 10:00 am US EDT The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is jointly produced by UNDP’s Human Development [...]
WEBINAR: Cambodian schools as a space and place for capability formation, enhancement, and deprivation – ongoing debates and implications from the pandemic
Brief on Cambodia's education system and learning outcomes (pre-pandemic) by Dr. Chea Phal, Senior Research Fellow, Cambodian Development Resource Institute [...]
Book Launch: ‘Cities for Human Development: A Capability Approach to City-Making’
21 October 2022, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm Room 403, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Join us for the launch [...]
ASF-UK Challenging Practice seminar
10am–5pm on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd October 2022 University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Registration [...]
WEBINAR: Lessons learned from COVID-19 when protecting people’s capabilities. The role of the Cash Transfers
October 24th, 11:30 am Santiago / 9:30 am Bogota / 10:30 am Washington DC Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lessons-learned-from-covid-19-when-protecting-peoples-capabilities-tickets-441603165957 Agenda: 10:30 am. - [...]
WEBINAR: Mental Wellbeing and Human Development in Uncertain Times
November 17, 2022 09:00-11:00 AM, Eastern Time (US and Canada) The 2021/22 Human Development Report Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping [...]
Conferencia “Bienestar Sostenible y Derecho al Futuro”
17 de Noviembre del 2022 en el Aula F0.6, Facultad de Economía, Empresa y Turismo, Campus de Guajara, de la [...]
CFP: ‘Give man a fish, but control him’. Philosophical perspectives on conditional social protection
November 22, 2022 - November 23, 2022 University of Salzburg Salzburg, Austria The Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research (CEPR) [...]
WEBINAR: A Larger We: Spirituality, Identity, Human Rights, and Social Change
Thursday, December 1, 16h00 UTC; 8 a.m. San Diego; 11 a.m. New York; 5 p.m. London; 9:30 p.m. Delhi. The [...]
WORKSHOP: ‘Critical reflections on the Indigenous voice for self-determination in contemporary Australia’
The coordinators of the HDCA Indigenous Peoples Thematic Group would like to invite you to our workshop series on the [...]
WORKSHOP: Professional Development Workshop: Assessing multiple-enterprise social impacts and stakeholder values: the benefits of a Human capabilities lens for social entrepreneurship
Tue, 6 December 2022, 16:00 – 18:30 CET/ 15.00 – 17.30 GMT/ 10.00 – 12.30 EST (US/CA East coast)/ 07.00 [...]
WEBINAR: “Development” matters in “sustainable development”: the human development and capabilities approach and sustainable development
Date & Time: 9am Tokyo on 7th December (7pm in EST, the US on 6th December) presented by Prof Haruo Miyata A former Professor [...]
WEBINAR: Can Community Based Rehabilitation Programs improve wellbeing and improve access to services for persons with disabilities in conflict? The case of Afghanistan
Monday, January 9, 2023, 15:00 - 16:30 CET Presenter: Jean-Francois Trani, Brown School, University of Washington in St. Louis The [...]
Foro de Ética del Desarrollo
28 de enero 2023 - 11 am - 12:30 pm EST (online, Zoom) ¿Eres un professional en desarrollo internacional o [...]
HDCA Abstract Writing Workshop
Workshop dates (choose one): February 6, 2023, 12 pm UK time February 7, 2023, 4:30 pm UK time February 8, [...]
WEBINAR: Engaging Communities in Case-Study Research to Transform Institutions––and How Spiritual Capabilities can Contribute
Thursday, February 23, 20:30 UTC/ 12:30 p.m. San Diego/ 3:30 p.m. New York/ 8:30 p.m. London The Human Rights Thematic [...]
WEBINAR: Improving how we understand and measure sexual wellbeing to capture human flourishing and social justice
May 24, 2023 at 2pm UK time (3pm CET, 9am EST) Presentation by Dr Karen Lorimer Co-Coordinator, HDCA Thematic Group [...]
Webinar: “Procesos de autonomía en pueblos indígenas de América Latina”
Three speakers from Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia will share their experiences. Presentations in Spanish. Thursday June 15th, 2023 at 01:00 [...]
ANGEL Conference 2023
The Academic Network for Global Education & Learning (ANGEL), in partnership with UNESCO, will be organising its fourth international conference on 19 (10:00-16:30 CET) & [...]
Call for Papers: 1st International Conference on Aporophobia
30-31 October, Barcelona Deadline for submission of papers: July, 31 of 2023 https://aporophobia.iqs.url.edu ‘Aporophobia’ is a neologism created by the [...]
Webinar: ‘Engaging with decolonisation to value Indigenous people’s self determination as a key human capability: Some reflections’
AUGUST 4, 2023 1pm Brisbane Australia time zone Presenter: Dr. Vinathe Sharma-Brymer, Lecturer in Social Work University of the Sunshine [...]
Measuring Wellbeing in a Multicultural World: An Interdisciplinary Workshop
FRIDAY, 11 AUGUST 9 am–5 pm, Room 6.71 School of Philosophy Australian National University Register at Measuring Wellbeing in a [...]
CfP: 35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Leeds, UK 13-15 September 2023 Call for Papers for Research Area Gender Economics and Social Identity Coordinators: Melissa Langworthy Ladysmith [...]
Global Innovation Coop Summit
Montreal, Canada The Alphonse-et-Dorimène-Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives of HEC Montréal will host the Global Innovation Coop Summit, from September 27-29 in [...]
BOOK LAUNCH: Human Development and the University in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Tanzania
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10 am UTC; 12 pm South Africa Author: Dr. Bertha Kibona The book launch will be [...]
Webinar: Community Energy Toolkit (COMET). Simulation software for assessing electricity demand to empower community investment in mini-grids
When: Wednesday 18 October 2023, 14:00 CET (UTC+2), check your time here https://time.is/compare/1400_18_Oct_2023_in_CET Where: Zoom, register to join https://bit.ly/hdca_tech_webinar About: Over 770 million people [...]
GLOBAL DIALOGUE WEEK 2023
Global Dialogue Week (GDW) is a free online event open to everyone. It features parallel sessions and webinars that bring [...]