…Those of you who were at the recent 2011 HDCA conference will probably know that there was a pre-conference workshop on ICT4D and the CA. It was hosted by IICD, a Dutch NGO specializing in ICT4D. The workshop provided great interaction between academics and practitioners. To see a description of the topic on which discussions were convened, plus a photo impression of the workshop, please visit the workshop’s webpage….
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New Book: “The Creation of the Human Development Approach”
By Tadashi Hirai, Project Researcher in the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a supervisor specializing in the human development approach and the human development index at the University of Cambridge, UK. Summary This book examines the main reasons and challenges for the success of the human development approach both in theory and practice as an alternative to the economic growth model. Unlike the preceding research which has typically been either…
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Webinar: Children’s Feeling of Security – A View from the Capability Approach
July 6th, 2018 10-11am New York, 11-12am Buenos Aires 3-4pm London, 7.30-8.30pm New Delhi Featuring 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 This webinar shares the results of a research project conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UP) of Palermo University (Argentina) dedicated to understand…
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TERI University – BLISS School 2016 on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
…ards Resource Efficient Urban Habitats: Planning and Management for Infrastructure, Energy, and Waste Innovation and Technology for SCP: Cleaner and Safer Production, Sustainable Food Systems, Tourism, Lifestyles and Education Mainstreaming SCP through Stakeholder Engagement and Policy–making The sessions will also present case studies on leading SCP practices as well as showcase innovative policies promoting SCP both at the regional and national…
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Seminar at Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College London
…ns Matter?” Paper presented by Dr. Caroline Sarojini Hart The seminar will run from 1-2pm and will be held in room G/8, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building (SE1 9NH). Please see the abstract below. Refreshments will be served, please feel free to forward this invitation to any interested parties. Abstract Drawing on the capability approach, this presentation aims, first of all, to situate education in relation to the global post-2015 a…
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Oxford 2015 International Health Congress – Call for Papers
…Oxford 2015 International Health Congress: St Hugh’s College 25-7 June 2015 Call for Abstracts: www.ihcoxford2015.org…
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March 4th, 2015 – Special Issue on “Indigenous Education”
The Creative Education (CE, Google-based Impact Factor: 0.98), a peer-reviewed open-access journal, is seeking papers for the upcoming special issue on “Indigenous Education”. We would like to invite you to submit or recommend original research papers to this issue through our Paper Submission System. Aims & Scope (not limited to the following fields) Indigenous education and its role in individual transformation Indigenous higher education units…
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Book on “The Capability Approach and Sustainability”
…issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities published in February 2013, it starts with a contribution by Amartya Sen on the “Ends and Means of Sustainability”. All contributions focus on the difficulties that arise from a freedom-oriented view of sustainability. The introduction by the editors Felix Rauschmayer and Ortrud Leßmann has been adapted and the article on “Human Development and Sustainability” written by Eric Neumayer has…
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HDCA welcomes applications to host 2015 conference
…Applications to host 2015 HDCA Conference are due by November 1, 2013. For more information or to send completed applications, please contact Kathy Rosenblum at admin@hd-ca.org….
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Book Launch: The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village
…privileges are inherited and social mobility constrained? The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village answers this question by analysing the intersections between caste, class and education, and argues that capabilities—that is, the competence or life skills one acquires through education—are socially constructed and not an inherent trait of the individual. L. N. Venkataraman is a Faculty at the Department of Policy Studies in TERI…