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Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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  1. EXTENDED DEADLINE, REDUCED FEE FOR MASTER STUDENTS! “Energy Justice and the Capability Approach – Interdisciplinary Perspectives”

    …. Topics that have been discussed are, for example, questions about availability and affordability of energy and questions about the negative environmental impacts of energy production. The capability approach is today one of the most influential theoretical frameworks for analyzing issues of justice, and there have been a few attempts to employ it within the field of energy justice. The purpose of the conference is to explore further the potentia…

  2. ALCADECA Conference – Submission Deadline Extended to March 17

    …different disciplines and fields interested in human development, the capabilities approach and other approaches to normative and development issues, with particular focus in Latin America. Previous conferences have taken place in Mexico (2006), Montevideo (2008), Porto Alegre (2010), Buenos Aires (2012) and Lima (2014). The rapid economic growth recently experienced in most Latin American countries has generated a significant increase in househol…

  3. “Happiness Explained” published by Oxford University Press

    …Explained by Professor Paul Anand, an HDCA fellow and director of the capabilities measurement project. This accessible, non-technical book suitable for lay readers as well as as students and academics provides a novel overview of some of the operationalisation work Paul has conducted with colleagues in Oxford, LSE and elsewhere. In addition the greater part of the book is given over to situating the capability approach at the very centre of multi…

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