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  1. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

    …Studies) Scopus 2022 Journal of Human Development and Capabilities: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal for People-Centered Development is the peer-reviewed journal of the Human Development and Capability Association. Launched in January 2000, the Journal aims to stimulate innovative thinking and promote a multidisciplinary debate on concepts, measurement, analysis, policy and practice for human development cutting across economic, social, political, in…

  2. For Authors

    …earch! Find a user’s guide here. The Journal of Human Development and Capabilities accepts the following types of article: research articles, policy articles, book reviews, review articles, and notes and comments. The JHDC invites the submission of papers addressing issues related to human development and the capabilities approach. Papers undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. The Journal publishes papers of high quality that make an…

  3. Early Career Researchers and Practitioners Network

    …tions with HDCA Fellows speaking about how they first came across the Capability Approach and how it has informed their research and careers. Advice to early career researchers included! The overall purpose of Early Career Researchers and Practitioners Network (ECRPN) is: To facilitate a community that supports early career members in their research and transition from their stage as a student towards a professional phase of their career, and to a…

  4. Revolutions in Education: New Opportunities for Development? (Maastricht, the Netherlands)

    …l as social revolutions (e.g. the Arab Spring) is rapidly changing the traditional classroom. Examples of such changes includes the dramatic growth in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), the development of digital badges, the increasing popularity of gamification and the ubiquitous access and use of smart phones and tablets. Can these changes be harnessed to support social and economic development, including improved management skills, entrepreneu…

  5. CfP special Issue Ethics & Information Technology on “ICT4PEACE”

    where information and communication technologies play a pivotal role, providing an ocean of data to be sorted, analyzed and addressed. Victims now have access to communication tools and, primarily via mobile networks, are empowered to exchange information, help each other and themselves, in addition to being able to provide valuable data to humanitarian responders, peacekeepers and actors in conflict situations. There has been a fundamental shift…

  6. IHDP Writing Contest on “Beyond GDP”

    …International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change writing contest goes into the fourth round! Young scholars are invited to write and submit an article for publication in the upcoming issue of the Dimensions magazine. The edition will contribute to the debate around “Beyond GDP”. Cash prizes will be awarded up to three winners whose work will be published in both the print and online version of the magazine (1st place: $500;…

  7. Evidence and Practice in an age of inequality 5th ACFID Universities Network Conference

    …f 2013, ‘The world is more unequal today than at any point since World War II’. As we celebrate the achievements of the BRICs and as debates unfold on the new Sustainable Development Goals, inequality in multiple manifestations has persisted and in some cases worsened. Inequality relates to income or material inequality, but also extends to interrelated issues of access to vital resources including health, education, and justice. Moreover, issues…

  8. 2016 HDCA Conference – Tokyo, Japan

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    HDCA 2016 Conference

    “Capability and Diversity in a Global Society”

     September 1–3, 2016

    Tokyo, Japan

    Hosted by

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    The 2016 HDCA Program Committee cordially invites scholars, government policy makers, practitioners and other interested parties from all over the world to participate in the 2016 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.

     

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