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Capability Association

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  1. Call for Abstract / Papers for an Edited Volume: “Application of Capability Approach to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals”

    …s; deadline is 21 April 2021, and acceptance will be communicated by 05 May 2021. • Manuscript Format: The full draft of papers in English (10000-12000 words including references using foot-notes APA 6th format style) based on accepted abstract is 30 September 2021. Papers should be formatted as follows: Times new roman, 12 pt., double-spaced. Abstract and papers should be submitted to ac8172@coventry.ac.uk in word processing formats (Doc or Docx)…

  2. Call for Papers: “Linking social innovation and empowerment: A public policy role?”

    …eduled at the next IPPA Conference ICPP5 Barcelona, to be held 6th-8th July 2021. The panel wants to investigate the role of social innovation in fostering women’s empowerment, with a specific focus on public policies able to enhance citizens’ collective and individual capabilities. The panel is coordinated by Raquel Gallego-Calderón (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) and Lara Maestripieri (Politecnico di Milano/Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona)…

  3. Bouncing back or bouncing forward: social resilience, social rights and capabilities in the post-Covid19 Europe

    Date – 26 January 2021 Time – 1-2.30pm UTC DESCRIPTION Ongoing changes in European welfare states call for a new, dynamic and multifaceted understanding of social citizenship. On the one hand, the endorsement of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017 provides a framework to foster upward social convergence among the member states and increases the centrality of social policies in the European architecture. On the other hand, recurring shock…

  4. Book Launch: The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village

    Thursday, 22 April 2021, 12:00 pm London (GMT+1) Join us for a discussion about this new book by L.N. Venkataraman, including a Q&A with Dr Rosie Peppin Vaughan. There will also be a chance for the audience to ask questions. Is an equitable distribution of opportunities possible within a stratified social system in which caste-based socio-economic privileges are inherited and social mobility constrained? The Social Construction of Capabilities in…

  5. HDCA Undergraduate Workshop II: Exploring “worthwhile development”

    21st April, 2021, 1-2.30pm (UK time) For our second workshop for undergraduate students working with the capability approach, human development or development ethics, Stacy Kosko (University of Maryland, US) will present a simulation exercise for thinking about human development ethics. This workshop is aimed primarily at undergraduates so please sign up if you are an undergraduate working with the capability approach (this event is open to under…

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