…strategies for human development policies at the local, national and international level. International contributors innovatively combine the hitherto unpaired perspectives of the Capability Approach and the tradition of Critical Social Policy with empirical examples using case studies from South-Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. The result is a call for a new, feasible approach towards more socially balanced, democrati…
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Amartya Sen Selected as Routledge ‘Great Economist’
…Amartya Sen is being featured in the Routledge ‘Great Economists Series.’ A collection of articles about Sen’s work published in Routledge journals can be found on the Taylor & Francis website: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/bes/great-economists/great-economists-sen…
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Ph.D. in International and Public Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainable Development
…ty of Milan, characterized by a large network of international cooperation worldwide. The LEES aims at the creation of a global interdisciplinary research community that shares a commitment to the goals of sustainability. With courses, seminars, and scientific research activities held entirely in English, it addresses the complexities involved in sustainable development and uses an innovative multidisciplinary approach that combines the contributi…
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Webinar Discussion: Democratising Measurement: A Case Study from Well-Being Public Policy.
…l focus on applications related to the Capability Approach. General themes running through the series include concepts of well-being, philosophies of well-being measurement, methodological issues including formal procedures for multidimensional measurement, the role of participation and deliberation, empirical applications and challenges, policy uses and implications, and current research frontiers. The series is hosted by a group of junior HDCA s…
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Call for papers – The Challenges of Future to the Social Sciences
…ract submissions is June 25, 2018. Please send the title and abstract (300 words) to czervan.andrea@tatk.elte.hu, including a short biographical statement (100 words) of the presenter, institutional affiliation, and any technical assistance required. Applicants will receive a response regarding their submission by July 2, 2018. Funding The conference organizers will fund travel and accommodation costs for students studying at universities in the c…
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19th D. S. Borker Memorial Lecture: “My Vision of India: 2047 A.D.”
…h, Delhi University) on Thursday 24 August 2017 at 6.30 p.m. at India International Centre Deshmukh Auditorium 40, Max Mueller Marg New Delhi (Please be seated by 6.20 p.m.) The D. S. Borker Lecture Series on “My Vision of India: 2047 A.D.” is a civil society initiative and was instituted in 1999. The lecture is held every year in the memory of D. S. Borker (1911-1979), Civil Servant and Public Sector Administrator, on August 24 at IIC-Deshmukh Au…
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Education panel proposals for HDCA Athens conference
…topic of this HDCA 2014 conference suggests “over the past five years the world has experienced its worst economic crisis in decades […] For industrialized countries in the Global North, many hard fought achievements with regard to social protections are being cut back affecting many people’s fundamental life prospects. Therefore, throughout the world, the crisis is not mainly a financial one; the economic crisis has created a crisis of ideas abo…
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WEBINAR: On Capability, Human Development and Their Measurement
Friday, 22 June 2018, 9 am UK Key-Note Address of the Cambridge Capability Conference by Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York We invite you all to join us for a webinar where we will broadcast as a webinar the Key-Note address of the Cambridge Capability Conference which will take place this Friday, 22 June 2018 at 9:00am UK time. Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York, will address the conference on the topic ‘On Capability, Human Deve…
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Opinion piece: “Stop obsessing over GDP when talking about the pandemic recovery”
…very from the pandemic focus almost exclusively on growth in GDP, with little consideration for the kinds of goods and services that are produced, the kinds of jobs people do, the lives people are able to lead, and the environmental effects on our world. … ” Read the full opinion piece published August 10 on Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/gdp-measure-pandemic-economic-recovery-inequality-poverty-jobs-2020-8 Written by HDCA Fel…
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ZIF Summer School 2017 – Universität Bielefeld
…r their own purposes and to obtain a supportive interdisciplinary and international network for future collaborations. This comprehends knowledge and skills on: The state of the art of poverty measurement The advantages of multidimensional poverty measurement with the Fuzzy Set Approach The basics, the logic and structure behind the concept of multidimensional poverty measurement and Fuzzy Set Approach Introduction to SAS Introduction to the use o…