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  1. The right to science | UN general comment | Ideas for collaboration

    …ant to inform you about two initiatives, in order of importance 1) our APPEAL FOR A GLOBAL SYSTEM OF QUICK RESPONSE TO PANDEMICS AND THE RIGHT TO SCIENCE, which I invite you to support, and 2) a first ‘research agenda’ on the right to science and human development, which I hope to disseminate in the form of a journal article soon. I would like to involve as many co-authors possible in it so to expand the scope of the article to different disciplin…

  2. Annual Members Meeting

    online through Whova or Zoom. Others can connect remotely by Zoom. Please calculate the time in your local time zone. https://zoom.us/j/95493567961 In Kolkata Auditorium 2, Science City Kolkata, India Local Time: 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm (UTC + 5.5) In the U.S. 101 Moss Ln Brewster, MA 02631 US EDT: 5:45 am – 6:45 am (UTC – 4) The agenda: 1) Message from HDCA President 2) Notification of elections to the Executive Council in 2024 3) Presentations by HDCA…

  3. RECORDING AVAILABLE: Exploring COVID from an Indigenous People perspective

    …30 PM – 7 PM UTC+01 View the recording: https://hd-ca.org/videos/hdca-webinar-exploring-covid-from-an-indigenous-people-perspective Download the list of panelists The indigenous experience is very different than that of the larger country where they live. Indigenous people often are marginalized, unseen, and forgotten – resulting in a very different experience of COVID than other groups. From a history of pandemics and indigenous beliefs, we will…

  4. HDCA WEBINAR: Children during the Pandemic: A View from the CA

    …ren living in a Covid-19 World: Reflections from England Kate Sollis (Australian National University): COVID-19 and its impacts on children and young people in Australia: An evidence review Graciela Tonon (Universidad de Palermo): Children`s views on the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study The event will take place through Zoom. Please register in order to receive the link to the meeting and further information. Link for Eventbrite registration…

  5. Work and Employment Group: Intro

    …rum for students, academics and practitioners to share their work with a wider audience. The Work and Employment thematic group generates a space for sharing your own contributions to the field with colleagues and for developing new national and international partnerships. If you wish to plan a local or regional event, then please share your news via this webpage. We welcome new and existing members to contribute ideas to take this new thematic gr…

  6. European Network: Introduction

    …apability Approach Subscribe to our mailinglist Sign up The European Regional Network cordially invites you to join our upcoming 2024 webinar series, focussing on sustainability from the perspective of the capability approach. The first webinar, “A conceptual review of the narrative on sustainability from the perspective of the capability approach”, will be presented by Philippa Shepherd on March 21st, 13:00-14:00 CET. Find more information here!…

  7. Call for Papers: Special Issue, Philosophies: “The Philosophy of Human Rights Obligations and Omissions”

    …ress these topics and the relationships between them. Despite the many formal political achievements in the form of declarations, bills and treaties, actual human rights implementation remains illusionary to the majority of humans. The reasons are manifold and include (1) deliberately vague terminology in legal documents, (2) a lack of national codification, (3) weak and failing states, (4) the inherently voluntary nature of commitments made by so…

  8. JHDC Call for Papers – Special Issue on Participatory Research

    …istemic justice in the long run. Such practices and engagement require a dialectal and dialogical process to explore and introduce the experiences of groups whose standpoint is seldom acknowledged, contribute to a counter-narrative, and confront a one-dimensional depiction of stories and ways of knowing. In addition, international development researchers may sometimes unknowingly reinforce and reproduce knowledge asymmetries, ignoring the knowledg…

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