…Keynote speaker: Melanie Walker, HDCA President Higher Education & Human Development, University of the Free State, South Africa Chair: Jay Drydyk, Professor of Philosophy Carleton University, Canada…
HDCA Conference 2023…na Alkire (University of Oxford, UK) Paul Anand (The Open University, UK) P.B. Anand (University of Bradford, UK) Elizabeth Anderson (University of Michigan, USA) Kaushik Basu (World Bank, USA) Mario Biggeri (University of Florence, Italy) Alejandra Boni (Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia, Spain) Jean-Michel Bonvin (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Andrea Brandolini (Bank of Italy, Italy) Satya Chakravarty (ISI Kolkata, India) Enrica Chiappero…
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2021. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies/special_issues/Human_Rights_Obligations_Omissions The main topic of this Special Issue is human rights omissions. States as the primary human rights duty bearers are found wanting more often than not, failing to respect, protect and fulfill human rights according to the commitments made. Such omissions are hinged on the existence of obligations; thus, the…
September 24-26, 2024
Hosted by Pratichi (India Trust), Institute for Development Studies Kolkata, and Health Information Systems Program (HISP)
The 2024 HDCA conference has special significance as 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of HDCA. The conference is being held in Kolkata, West Bengal, India – home of the first HDCA president, Professor Amartya Sen. The conference theme of Crises, Capabilities and Commitment has been chosen because the inter-linkages between these three ideas require in depth discussion.
Many multi-faceted crises assail us. Some are global in scope, linked with the assault on our environment, violent conflicts, pandemics and humanitarian challenges. Some crises emerge from episodic events. Others emerge less dramatically linked with a backlash to transformations in social relations, or technologies. Crises, both episodic and cumulative, reveal deep inequalities in capabilities. Crises may be associated with both ‘loud’ and ‘silent’ capability deprivations, in areas such as education, health, disability, political participation and wellbeing. The immediate and visible fallout from crises may precipitate further inequalities in capabilities linked to loss of income and employment, inequity, food insecurity malnutrition, and polarization between groups. The conference will be a setting to discuss the forms of commitment needed to analyze and address many interlinked crises and their stress on capabilities.
