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Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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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

    …butions to the association, including as a keynote speaker at the 2012 HDCA conference and as an advisor to the Tokyo conference organizers in 2016, where he was also a featured speaker in a plenary panel. He generously taught at the 2016 Summer School for young researchers. Kotaro’s death is an enormous intellectual loss for the community of scholars working in areas of his research interests; it is also a great personal loss for his numerous col…

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

    …of the Witwatersrand Crises bring out the best and worst of politicians and populations. Folly, fear and fortitude are on display everywhere. In the 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-corona…

  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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