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  1. WEBINAR: Capability as informational basis for work and employment politics – a European re-search experience

    …urces, Rights and Capabilities: In search of social foundations for Europe, 2007-2010) 24 partners from 13 European countries shared their work on capability–related concepts to inform European labour policies – understood in a wide sense and comprising services and regulation in the fields of work, employment, vocational training and collective action. Five capability domains proved central in CAPRIGHT: – The capability for work – at the workplac…

  2. Call for Papers: 2018 Workshop in Philosophy and Poverty

    …nathan Wolff (Oxford) 17 & 18 May 2018, University of Salzburg www.workshop-poverty-philosophy.org Deadline for Submissions: 15 December 2017 The Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research (CEPR) of the University of Salzburg is happy to announce the call for papers for its “2018 Salzburg Workshop in Philosophy and Poverty”. In 2018, the workshop will be held at the University of Salzburg on 17 & 18 May 2018 and focus on the topic of “Poverty and the…

  3. Conference- Absolute Poverty in Europe

    CALL FOR PAPERS Absolute Poverty in Europe Salzburg, August 27 & 28, 2015 www.uni-salzburg.at/zea/absolutepoverty Keynote Speakers: David Hulme (Manchester) Robert Walker (Oxford) We invite papers that contribute to an elaborated understanding of severe, extreme or absolute poverty in Europe. Papers should address the specific situations and challenges of groups endangered by absolute poverty such as undocumented refugees, migrant beggars, homele…

  4. OPEN ACCESS BOOK: Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa: Opportunities, obstacles and outcomes

    …, Mikateko Mathebula & Patience Mukwambo https://www.africanminds.co.za/low-income-students/ This book explores learning outcomes for low-income rural and township youth at five South African universities. The book is framed as a contribution to southern and Africa-centred scholarship, adapting Amartya Sen’s capability approach and a framework of key concepts: capabilities, functionings, context, conversion factors, poverty and agency to investiga…

  5. Call for Papers: Workshop on Gender and Poverty

    …Extended submission deadline: 20 January 2019 Website: https://www.workshop-poverty-philosophy.org/ The Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research (CEPR) of the University of Salzburg is happy to announce the call for papers for its 2019 Salzburg Workshop in Philosophy and Poverty. The workshop will be held at the University of Salzburg on 27 & 28 June 2019 and focus on the topic of “Gender and Poverty”. There is no conference fee. Coffee breaks and t…

  6. Call for Papers: CAPABILITIES AT WORK: EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENDEAVOURS

    …the original CA has triggered the development of another literature strand – Community Capabilities – either as the sort of collective capabilities needed to support and further enhance individuals’ capabilities (Evans 2002), or as a different scale of capabilities in itself (Schlosberg and Carruthers 2010). In addition, Nussbaum and others have been discussing ways of considering the capabilities of non-humans (Nussbaum 2011; Schlosberg 2013), or…

  7. SEMINARIO SOBRE DESARROLLO HUMANO EN REGIONES TRANSFRONTERIZAS EDICION 2015

    …e políticas públicas para el retorno e inserción. Sesión programada para el 20 de noviembre de 2015, sede Nogales, Sonora Fecha límite para recepción de propuestas: 28 de septiembre de 2015 Coordinadores de eje: José Guadalupe Rodríguez (UNISON) Anna Ochoa O’Leary, (U de A) Carlos Ovando (ASU) 3. ECONOMÍA REGIONAL Y DESARROLLO HUMANO: CRECIENDO CON EQUIDAD EN LA REGIÓN SONORA-ARIZONA Temas: Integración e interdependencia económica; cooperación tra…

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