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  1. WEBINAR: “Epistemic Injustice and the Capability Approach”

    …07, 2015) and its potential contribution to CA research. Providing a groundbreaking account of epistemic injustice (Catala, 2015: 425), Miranda Fricker claims that developing theoretical insights on epistemic injustice is fundamental in philosophy as epistemic injustice is the normal social baseline (Fricker, 2007: preface). Her work focuses on credibility attribution based on identity stereotypes and prejudices. More specifically, she studies how…

  2. Seminar: ‘Capabilitarianism and education’

    …e followed by comments from Elaine Unterhalter (Professor of Education and International Development, UCL Institute of Education) and Alejandra Boni (Associate Professor, Universitat Politècnica de València). If you would like to read the paper, ‘Capabilitarianism’ beforehand, it was published in 2016 in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol 17 Issue 3, pp 397-414. Please email Rosie Peppin Vaughan ahead of the event if you would…

  3. In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017

    …ensional and that monitoring non-income deprivation was a central task for international agencies. One would expect nothing less from a former President of the Human Development and Capability Association. Tony wore his stellar professional achievements lightly. He was Sir Tony Atkinson, a Knight; a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Fellow of the British Academy; former President of the Econometric Society, the Royal Economic Society, the European…

  4. In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017

    …ensional and that monitoring non-income deprivation was a central task for international agencies. One would expect nothing less from a former President of the Human Development and Capability Association. Tony wore his stellar professional achievements lightly. He was Sir Tony Atkinson, a Knight; a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Fellow of the British Academy; former President of the Econometric Society, the Royal Economic Society, the European…

  5. OPEN ACCESS: Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined

    …chievement: it reaches across philosophy and the social sciences, across research, policy and practice in the global North and South, and across many decades of debate and discussion within and outside the capability approach. It does so in a way which is readable and clear, and it manages to avoid on the one hand being too polemical, and on the other hand being too superficial. Ingrid Robeyns is uniquely well-placed to write such a book, being he…

  6. Call for Papers: Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population

    …age for the full description of the project: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/8000 About this Research Topic: In recent years we may observe increasing interest in the development of social innovation both regarding theory as well as the practice of responding to social problems and challenges. One of the crucial challenges at the beginning of the 21st century is population ageing. Various new and innovative initiatives, programs, schem…

  7. Special Issue of ‘Dimensions’: OPHI 10th Anniversary

    …Enjoy this special edition of ‘Dimensions’ which provides a 10-year retrospective on the impact of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Contributions by Amartya Sen, Michael Spence, Anthony Shorrocks and former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. Interviews with James Foster, Frances Stewart, and María Emma Santos. Click here to read online or download…

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