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Human Development &
Capability Association

Multi-Disciplinary and People-Centred

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  1. Publishing Opportunity – International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life

    …being accepted for the International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. http://www.springer.com/series/8365 The International Handbooks of Quality of Life Research offer extensive bibliographic resources. They present literature reviews of the many sub-disciplines and areas of study within the growing field of quality of life research. Handbooks in the series focus on capturing and reviewing the quality of life research literature in specific life dom…

  2. Master’s in Cooperation and Development – Call for Applications Now Open

    …ship with NGOs, research centers, international organizations, or public institutions, providing hands-on experience to complement academic training. SCHOLARSHIPS: 10 full-board scholarships are available for students coming from middle- and low-income countries. Application deadline: June 30, 2025, at 1:00 PM (UTC +1) 👉 Download the full call for applications (PDF): here 👉 More information about available scholarships: here…

  3. Introductory reading list

    …(2017), Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined, Download the pdf (open access) Martha Nussbaum (2011), Creating Capabilities; The Human Development Approach. Harvard University Press. Martha Nussbaum (2000), Women and Human Development, Cambridge University Press Séverine Deneulin with Lila Shahani (eds) (2009), An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach. Séverine Deneulin (2014), Wellbein…

  4. Decolonisation in Social Work and Development: Lessons from Africa

    …ies, University of Wollongong https://scholars.uow.edu.au/rugare-mugumbate Download the slides Since the 1960s, social work in Africa has endeavoured to decolonise itself, yet colonial methodologies are still dominant in teaching, learning, practice, and research within the field. Recently, a Master of Social Work student in Zimbabwe asked me during a guest lecture “Why are we not being taught indigenous methods and decolonising practices, why is…

    HDCA Webinar 2024 Africa Asia HDCA Videos
    78 minutes
  5. Children and Youth Thematic Group: Introduction

    …velopment and children and young people include, Biggeri, M., Ballet, J. & Comim, F. (Eds) (2011) Children and the Capability Approach (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, UK) and Lessmann, O., Otto, H. & Zielger, H. (Eds) (2011) Closing the Capabilities Gap: Renegotiating Social Justice for the Young (Opladen, Barbara Budrich, Germany). We welcome new and existing members to join us in continuing our exploration of children and young people’s capabi…

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