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  1. Special issue innovation/technology/design of HDCA e-bulletin Maitreyee

    … In March 2012 Maitreyee has published an issue on innovation/technology/design. Maitreyee, the e-bulletin of the HDCA, is a starting point for academics and practitioners who work in human development areas and who are seeking a brief introduction to research and work undertaken on a number of human development topics. Initially Maitreyee is only available to HDCA members, but after 6 months it becomes publicly available. …

  2. 2014 HDCA conference – Athens, Greece

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    The 2014 HDCA  conference will be hosted jointly by the University of Ioannina  and the Bielefeld Centre for Education and Capability Research.

    The 2014 HDCA Program Committee cordially invites scholars, government policy makers, practitioners and other interested parties from all over the world to participate in the 2014 HDCA conference.  Original empirical research, theoretical issues, case-studies or reports of experiences, or findings from major research projects, and book panels relevant to the 2014 theme, Human Development in Times of Crisis, or more broadly related to human development/capabilities approach will be presented.

  3. Groups & Networks

    … Early Career Researchers and Practitioners network Regional networks Thematic groups …

  4. Regional networks

    The HDCA does not have formal regional chapters. There currently exist, however, eight regional networks that maintain informal ties to the HDCA: Francophone Africa Network Latin American Network Asia-Pacific Network East Asia Network South-Asia Network Southern Africa Network North American Network European Network For a description see below. Francophone Africa Network Francophone Africa has a strong, but informal, regional network that extends…

  5. Updated bibliography on CA & Innovation/Technology/Design available

    … With input from members of the group, coordinator Ilse Oosterlaken has created an extensive bibliography on the topic of the capability approach and innovation/technology/design. The bibliography was shared on the group’s mailinglist and will be updated annually. …

  6. CfP for a CA session at ICT4D Conference

    Dorothea and Yingqin Zheng are organising a CA track in the next IFIP 9.4. conference to be held in Jamaica in May 2013. The track will be part of WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. The call for papers can be found here: http://www.ifipwg94.org/track-12-capability-approach-and-ict4d. Here is conference website where you could find out more about the conference and the IFIP 9.4 group: http://www.ifipwg94.org/ifip-con…

  7. Workshop critical realism, CA & social entrepreneurship/innovation/design

    On April 30, 2012 there will be a workshop in Berlin under the title “Philosophy of science & case studies – An exploratory workshop with a focus on critical realism and the capability approach” – so no technology or design in there. But if you read the description of the workshop, you will see that the area of application highlighted in the workshop will be social entrepreneurship / design / innovation. If you would like to register or have any …

  8. Editorial Staff

    Editor Alejandra Boni Aristizábal, Ingenio (CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València), Spain Book Review Editor Josh Platzky Miller, Sociology Department, University of the Free State, South Africa Policy Forum Editor Mario Biggeri, Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Italy Managing Editor Kathryn Rosenblum, Human Development and Capability Association, USA Associate Editors M. Niaz Asadullah, Faculty of Economics and …

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