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  1. In Memoriam – Hans Uwe Otto

    …tto, Senior Research Professor at Bielefeld University. Hans Uwe was a pathbreaking leader of work using the capability approach to research youth, work, and unequal societies through the Bielefeld Centre for Capability Research. Colleagues, former students, and friends recall his warm smile, his trenchant questions, and a tireless commitment to make projects work, even in the face of what seemed like insurmountable obstacles. The testament to his…

  2. 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
  3. 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…

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