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  1. Martha Nussbaum awarded 2021 Holberg Prize

    …e Professor of Law and Ethics, is appointed in both the Law School and the Department of Philosophy. She is one of the founding members and a former President of the HDCA (2006-2008.) Find more details in this University of Chicago News article: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/martha-nussbaum-awarded-2021-holberg-prize And on the Holberg Prize website: https://holbergprisen.no/en#:~:text=The%202021%20Holberg%20Prize%20is,philosophy%2C%20law%20and%

  2. In Memoriam – Kotaro Suzumura

    …hoice as well as the theory of social choice and welfare economics. Kotaro read widely and his keen awareness of the historical background of modern normative economics was a distinctive feature of his work on social choice and welfare. Together with K. J. Arrow and A. K. Sen, Kotaro edited the Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Volume 1 (North-Holland, 2002) and Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Volume 2 (North-Holland, 2011), which cont…

  3. Commentary: What sets good and bad leaders apart in the coronavirus era

    …e main, democracies have fared better than non-democracies in handling the coronavirus pandemic. But the record is very varied indeed. What explains this? What can be done about it? Read the full article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/what-sets-good-and-bad-leaders-apart-in-the-coronavirus-era-140013…

  4. HDCA WEBINAR: Work in progress on developing measures using the CA

    …r help/ideas from the group (on possible approaches to problems, things to read etc.). That should leave us c.30mins for broader discussion, where other students can also ask for advice about their own work on capability-based measures. The idea is to have a collaborative open discussion on work in progress, rather than present results. Presentations: 1. Mateus Humberto – “Measuring the CA concepts into the domain of urban mobility: capabilities,…

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