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  1. Ph.D. in International and Public Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainable Development

    The PhD Programme in Law, Ethics & Economics for Sustainability (LEES) is an interdisciplinary Program of the University of Milan, characterized by a large network of international cooperation worldwide. The LEES aims at the creation of a global interdisciplinary research community that shares a commitment to the goals of sustainability. With courses, seminars, and scientific research activities held entirely in English, it addresses the complexi…

  2. Call for papers – The Challenges of Future to the Social Sciences

    …, health care, or education. Presentations should be 15 minutes long and delivered in English. Who can apply? PhD students and doctoral candidates studying at universities in Hungary or elsewhere are invited to apply, preferably with a presentation within their dissertation topic, however, other proposals might be accepted, as well. Sections will be led and presentations will be reflected on by foreign and Hungarian experts of the particular resea…

  3. Education panel proposals for HDCA Athens conference

    …equality; provide quality education and lifelong learning; ensure healthy lives; ensure food security and good nutrition; achieve universal access to water and sanitation; secure sustainable energy; create jobs, sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth; manage natural assets sustainably; ensure good governance and effective institutions; ensure stable and peaceful societies; create a global enabling environment and catalyse long-term finance….

  4. WEBINAR: On Capability, Human Development and Their Measurement

    Friday, 22 June 2018, 9 am UK Key-Note Address of the Cambridge Capability Conference by Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York We invite you all to join us for a webinar where we will broadcast as a webinar the Key-Note address of the Cambridge Capability Conference which will take place this Friday, 22 June 2018 at 9:00am UK time. Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York, will address the conference on the topic ‘On Capability, Human Deve…

  5. Opinion piece: “Stop obsessing over GDP when talking about the pandemic recovery”

    …on our society and our understanding of recovery or progress. But most portrayals of the economic recovery from the pandemic focus almost exclusively on growth in GDP, with little consideration for the kinds of goods and services that are produced, the kinds of jobs people do, the lives people are able to lead, and the environmental effects on our world. … ” Read the full opinion piece published August 10 on Business Insider: https://www.busines…

  6. ZIF Summer School 2017 – Universität Bielefeld

    …ative to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. Experts in the field are recruited in order to provide the best knowledge and skills to the participants. This summer school introduces to a multi-disciplinary audience of early stage researchers (PhD students & postdocs) the Fuzzy Set Approach, a cutting-edge alternative to traditional means of poverty measurement which goes beyond binary and monetarist models of poverty and offers new perspectives a…

  7. HDCA WEBINAR: Children during the Pandemic: A View from the CA

    September 22, 2020 13.00-14.30 (UK time), 9.00-10.30 (Buenos Aires), 22.00-23.30 (Sydney) This webinar aims to shed light on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on children by looking at it through the capabilities approach. It brings together three scholars from different corners of the globe, who will discuss the situation of children in their own regions, and how this may speak to concerns about the effects that the pandemic has had on…

  8. Call for Papers: Third CAMBRIDGE CAPABILITY CONFERENCE (CCC) – 2018

    “ON CAPABILITY INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT” CALL FOR PAPERS Cambridge has been home to many researchers working on the Capability Approach. In 2016 we launched a new series of annual capability conferences along similar lines as the early capability conferences that we initiated back in 2001. The main objective was to recreate the intimate intellectual atmosphere, in-depth discussions and time for exchanges, having one hour per p…

  9. Webinar “Children’s feeling of Security: a view from the Capability Approach” July, 6th, 2018

    The Thematic Group “Children and The Youth” is happy to announce the first webinar of the TG “Children&Youth” Webinar Series! CHILDREN’S FEELING OF SECURITY: A VIEW FROM THE CAPABILITY APPROACH by Graciela Tonon, Denise Benatuil, Damián Molgaray and María Juliana Laurito CICS-UP, Master Program in Social Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina July 6th, 2018 10-11am New York, 11-12am Buenos Aires 3-4pm London, 7.30-…

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