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Capability Association

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  1. HDCA-SPONSORED WEBINAR: Capabilities and Covid-19

    …t create inequalities? During a crisis for existing economies, with ecological challenges ahead, can the Capabilities framework offer an alternative outlook as to the way forward from this crisis? Panelist background: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is the Director of the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs and Professor of International Affairs at The New School. Her teaching and research have focused on human rights and development,…

  2. WEBINAR – Global Access to Vaccines: the Politics of Negotiations and the Global South

    …vaccine is developed, will it be a “peoples vaccine” produced in time and scale, affordably priced, and available for all countries and all people? This will not be possible if the vaccines are produced and distributed under the prevailing market model of private finance and monopoly protection. As world leaders commit to ensuring equitable access to vaccines, treatment, and diagnostics, what are the politics of negotiations amongst governments, i…

  3. Virtual Mini-conference on Global Perspectives on COVID-19 and Sustainability Transitions

    …o, Founder and Executive Director, Shareable 0:40-1:00 Opportunities for local governments to advance sustainability in a post-COVID-19 world, Thomas Reuter, Amy Burnett, Jenna Lamphere, and Liga Rudzite 1:00-1:20 From “locking-down” to “locking-in”: glocal dialogues and a glimpse into changes to everyday life and social practices, Steven McGreevy and Ashley Colby 1:20-1:40 And who cares for women? The importance of care work in the time of COVID-…

  4. CALL FOR PAPERS – Corona: Challenging Social Work

    …he way they interact together in almost all nations and regions. The political reactions to this global pandemic have influenced national responses and play a significant part in the changes it has triggered. Presently, the world is experiencing political, social and economic upheavals of epic proportion, never seen or encountered since the turn of the 20th century due to COVID-19. Life as we knew it before the pandemic will never be the same and…

  5. Graduate and Undergraduate Workshop Series

    al publication and writing for policy makers, and in the future workshops related to communicating and collaborating with practitioners and the wider public. If there are senior scholars who feel they may be able to support or contribute resources for these sessions please contact the Education Officers, Rosie and Caroline, at c.hart@sheffield.ac.uk. We will announce details of registration (via Eventbrite) around a month in advance of each worksh…

  6. Teaching on human development and capabilities

    …To help get a picture of what is currently being taught by who, and which resources people would find helpful, we are also running a short survey in October. The first workshop will be for people to come together, share experiences on teaching and discuss what sort of support the HDCA could provide. So if you teach about human development and / or capabilities, in any kind of educational setting, and in any academic field or topic, we would love t…

  7. Workshop Series: Teaching on human development and capabilities

    …To help get a picture of what is currently being taught by who, and which resources people would find helpful, we are also running a short survey in October. The first workshop will be for people to come together, share experiences on teaching and discuss what sort of support the HDCA could provide. So if you teach about human development and / or capabilities, in any kind of educational setting, and in any academic field or topic, we would love t…

  8. Appeal for the Right to Science – #EnjoyScience

    al and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Science for Democracy has launched an appeal to all governments to support the Right to Science and endorse the guidance provided by the General Comment for achieving its full implementation. By signing the appeal you could join the global community of scholars, policymakers and citizens who promote the Right to Science as human right. Via the link below you could watch an insightful video on the Right to Science a…

  9. JUST PUBLISHED! The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach

    …rating both approachable introductory chapters and more in-depth analysis relating to the central philosophical, conceptual and theoretical issues of capability research, this handbook also includes analytical and measurement tools, as well as policy approaches which have emerged in the recent literature. The handbook will be an invaluable resource for students approaching the capability approach for the first time as well as for researchers engag…

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