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  1. WEBINAR: Framing Research and Innovation for Transformative Change Towards Sustainable Development in the European Union

    Therefore, we live in times urging deep structural transformations towards new ways of structuring our economies and production systems, new social dynamics and more sustainable and inclusive forms of development. Within an inevitable revamping of attention on the need for public action and government intervention, the importance of Research and Innovation (R&I) policies to simultaneously deal with economic competitiveness as well as with public h…

  2. In Memoriam – Hans Uwe Otto

    …collaboratively organised the 2014 HDCA conference on Human Development in Times of Crisis in Athens. He coordinated and conducted numerous interdisciplinary and international research and training projects based on the capabilities approach in the fields of education and welfare. For nearly fifty years Hans Uwe was among the most renowned and influential academics and intellectuals in Social Work. He lectured in many countries and was the recipie…

  3. Rethinking Participatory Research in the Pandemic Era

    …College London, and Melanie Walker, University of the Free State In these times of the pandemic, for us as academics, researchers and practitioners who are carrying out our work using participatory approaches, the lockdowns, restrictions on travel, connectivity problems, and the declining availability of stakeholders has serious implications for the quality and the validity of the participatory inquiries and outcomes of our projects. Through this…

    HDCA Webinar Participatory Methods HDCA Videos
    122 minutes
  4. Exploring COVID from an Indigenous People perspective

    the world the impact of the illness will play into existing inequalities. In the midst of the crisis, some of the largest protests seen in the US in half a century have flared up over police violence towards black citizens. Many consider this a potential moment for change towards more just structures. Demands for a more just environment have been called of, and a reconstruction of social systems which many argue reproduces injustice. This discuss…

    HDCA Webinar 2020 Indigenous Peoples HDCA Videos
    90 minutes
  5. COVID-19 Reflections: A Global Capability Crisis

    …ould last for many years. It may and should also be an opportunity for the world to reassess the freedoms we should value and the steps we need to make development truly sustainable and inclusive but in either case, the themes of the capability approach (Nussbaum and Sen (1993), Anand and Piketty (2011)) provide a rich source of ideas on which researchers and policy-makers can draw. What consumers and workers can do has been subject to a tremendou…

  6. Call for Presentations: IDEA-UNAULA – Ibague 2021 Congress

    …onflict: ethical pathways towards peace and justice Medellin, Colombia, February 1st – 3rd, 2021 The UNAULA (Universidad Autónoma LatinoAmericana), Universidad de Ibagué and International Development Ethics Association (IDEA) invite scholars, practitioners, policy makers, and other interested parties to submit proposals for presentations at a conference. The conference will be held in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Find the full Call for Presen…

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