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  1. CfP: On Poverty and Its Eradication

    …nd Measurement – Frontiers in Public Health: Public Health Policy (2020 Impact Factor: 3.709; 2020 CiteScore: 2.7) About this Research Topic: Today the world observes the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, first commemorated in Paris in 1987 and subsequently receiving official designation by the United Nations. It is a day for renewing commitment to the human project – to enable universal human development, making it possible for al…

  2. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective

    …iteScore 1.2) – Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Urban Ecology (2020 Impact Factor 4.171; 2020 CiteScore 3.6) About this Research Topic: This Research Topic addresses the ninth Sustainable Development Goal, which is to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.” Progress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators. As highlighted in the UN’s most…

  3. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty. A Sociological Perspective

    …cal findings. Potential issues include, but are not limited to: – New approaches to definitions and measurement of poverty in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. – Lived experience of poverty, inequality, and unfairness. – Measurement as well as social and political implications of the informal economy. – Interventions in marginalized communities and peripheral areas. – Qualitative or quantitative studies focusing on poverty. – Case studies and good…

  4. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. A Sociological Perspective

    …focus on how social stratification, geographical location, and culture impact communities’ health, but also on groups-specific health problems, availability, understanding, and reception of medications and treatment, and the functioning of primary health care as a service, aiming to influence and inform policymakers on the development of equal public health policies. A specific focus will be dedicated to how disparities in gaining access to healt…

  5. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. A Sociological Perspective

    …licies on social differences, and gentrification. Given the significant impact of the lack of decent work and economic growth on urban living, this year’s edition of the Research Topic will focus particularly on the challenges and complexities of sustainable urban planning and development in the context of decent work and economic growth and the associated crisis. This Research Topic welcomes papers that will provide both theoretical and empirical…

  6. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. A Sociological Perspective

    …icies in global unemployment challenges. – Evaluation of socio-economic impacts of active and passive labor market policies and other unemployment preventive measures (e.g., outplacement programs, professional reorientation schemes). Keywords: SDG8, Pay gap, Unemployment, Labor-market issues, Social insurance, Working poor, Precarity, Remote work Co-Editors: – Andrzej Klimczuk, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland – Minela Kerla, The Association…

  7. 2017 HDCA Conference – Cape Town, South Africa

    *THIS CONFERENCE HAS ENDED*

    HDCA 2017 Conference

    “Challenging Inequalities: Human Development and Social Change” 

    September 6-8, 2017

    Cape Town, South Africa

    Hosted by University of Cape Town

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    with University of the Free State, University of the Western Cape and the Human Sciences Research Council

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    The 2017 HDCA Program Committee cordially invites scholars, government policy makers, practitioners and other interested parties from all over the world to participate in the 2017 HDCA conference.  Original empirical research, theoretical issues, case-studies or reports of experiences, or findings from major research projects, and book panels relevant to conference theme or more broadly related to human development/capabilities approach will be presented.

     

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