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Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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  1. Capability and Pragmatism: Between Social Sciences and Social Philosophy (Berlin, Germany)

    …explore the theoretical and the empirical potential of capability studies today. Three main research themes will be explored during the two-day workshop: the relevance of the capability approach for deliberative democracy, human rights, and self-government; the social relevance of capabilities and their social embeddedness; and the economic dimension of capabilities, addressing vulnerability and empowerment. All these dimensions will be explored…

  2. Call for Papers – 12th AFD International Conference on Development

    …ing commons and social capital; – Multi-territorial commons (value chains, rural areas, interface between rural and urban zones, etc.): Links between local spaces and international injunctions and recommendations, appropriation processes, regulatory arrangements, intersection between public and private interests, territorial interface (between the local, regional, and sometimes global levels); – Common services (water, electricity, irrigation, etc…

  3. JHDC Special Issue Call for Papers – Communities and Capabilities

    …author (around 100 words) One author should be indicated as “Corresponding author”. He/she will be notified of the selection outcome after submission of the manuscript to an anonymous peer review process, and if the paper is selected. Complete instructions for authors can be found at the publisher’s website: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=cjhd20&page=instructions The deadline for submissions is November 7, 2016. Fo…

  4. Martha Nussbaum Lectures

    …ha Nussbaum Lecture was organized in 2014, at the HDCA conference in Athens, Greece. The lectures that have taken place so far: 2022: Achille Mbembe, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand “The Bases of International Solidarity in Today‘s World” 2019: Leif Wenar, King’s College London “The Development of Unity” 2015: Seyla Benhabib, Yale University “Democratic Iterations and Cosmopolitan Human Rights: A Ne…

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