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  1. Remembering Tammy Chen Fenaiche

    …CA who continue to work tirelessly to change the conditions of most of the world, what Tammy lived for should serve as a model of what a human being and an HDCA scholar should be. As HDCA president Ravi Kanbur recently wrote, Tammy’s work “embodied the ideals and aspirations of the Association.” For those who are interested and have the means, a contribution to Tammy’s legacy can be made to a legacy fund created by her sister, Tiffany Chen. Please…

  2. Conference: The Sociology and Economics of Public Goods, Commodification and Rising Inequality: An Interdisciplinary Conversation

    …on and intensify the other? If this is the case, what are the options for breaking the downward spiral? Sociologists and Economists have of course been aware of these trends and spirals, and have been engaged in research on these topics. However, these are quite separate literatures and engagements, with little interaction between them. Economists have developed the theory of “voluntary provision of public goods”, which explores outcomes when ind…

  3. Call for Papers: The Sociology and Economics of Public Goods, Commodification and Rising Inequality: An Interdisciplinary Conversation

    …on and intensify the other? If this is the case, what are the options for breaking the downward spiral? Sociologists and Economists have of course been aware of these trends and spirals, and have been engaged in research on these topics. However, these are quite separate literatures and engagements, with little interaction between them. Economists have developed the theory of “voluntary provision of public goods”, which explores outcomes when ind…

  4. HDCA’s Health & Disability Thematic group’s Webinar on: “Recovery in Social Contexts: Applying the Capabilities Framework to Public Mental Health Research”

    …School of Medicine. In the Center, Dr. Alexander co-directs the Research Core and is an investigator of the projects “Operationalizing Capabilities Framework for Mental Health Services Research”, “Social Contexts of Parenting” and “Silent Wisdom”. She is a social psychologist whose research in the public mental health systems since 1980 has included research and policy collaborations with users of public sector mental health services aimed at und…

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