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  1. Capability as informational basis for work and employment politics – a European research experience

    and of work relations, The capability for employment – in internal labour markets, in labour market policy and in interactions with public employment services, The capability for training – both in and out of employment, The capability for work-life-balance – with regard to the balance between paid work and household care work, as well as to personal development, The capability for voice – in all of these domains. “Ten years after”, Peter Bartelh…

    HDCA Webinar 2021 Work and Employment HDCA Videos
    76 minutes
  2. CFP: Conference and Workshop on “Ethics for a Broken World”

    …in decision-making for the future and in philosophical ethics. Workshop on world-building and the broken world The conference is accompanied by an interdisciplinary workshop in which the participants will meet professionals from media and other creative industries. The aim will be to join forces to flesh out the broken world as it is presented in Mulgan’s book to the point where the world would be suitably concretely defined to serve as the story…

  3. 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.

     

  4. 2024 HDCA Conference – Kolkata, India

    September 24-26, 2024

    Hosted by Pratichi (India Trust), Institute for Development Studies Kolkata, and Health Information Systems Program (HISP)

     

    “Crises, Capabilities and Commitment”

    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.

     

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