Keynote Speaker: Linda Smith Waikato University
Discussants:
Kerry Taylor Head, School of Humanities, Massey University
Apirana Pewhairangi Cultural Advisor, 2020HDCA Maori Advisory Group, Massey University
Cynthia White Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University
Ingrid Robeyns Political philosopher/Chair ethics of institutions, Utrecht University
Keynote Speaker: Sridhar Venkatapuram King’s College London
Discussant: Polly Vizard Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE
Mahbub ul Haq Memorial Lecture
Keynote Speaker: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Program Director and Professor of International Affairs , The New School
Chair: Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
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Amartya Sen Lecture
Keynote Speaker: José Gabriel Palma, Emeritus Senior Lecturer & Professor of Economics, Cambridge University & University of Santiago
Chair: Ann Mitchell, Universidad Catolica Argentina
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HDCA Presidential Address
Jay Drydyk, Carleton University
Chair: Ingrid Robeyns, Utrecht University
Past President, HDCA
Panel Speakers:
Pedro Conceição, Lead Author, HDR, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Kate Raworth, Senior Research Associate, Oxford University
Arunabha Ghosh, Founder and CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Chair: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Program Director and Professor of International Affairs, The New School
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Covid 19 has highlighted inequalities that have led to drastically different outcomes for different demographics. Some will be able to work from home, others will need to remain at work and clearly at a higher risk. In the black men have been found to be several times more likely to die from the illness than their white counterparts. Across the world the impact of the illness will play into existing inequalities.
In the midst of the crisis, some of the largest protests seen in the US in half a century have flared up over police violence towards black citizens. Many consider this a potential moment for change towards more just structures.
Demands for a more just environment have been called of, and a reconstruction of social systems which many argue reproduces injustice. This discussion asks how we can understand this through a capabilities lens. The panellists are all thinkers who have used the capability approach extensively.
Information on panelists can be downloaded as a pdf file
Filipinos have specific difficulties about acting justly, which are rooted in an excessive shame response and a capability shortfall connected to affiliation.
2020 Ethics and Development Asia