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  1. ALCADECA Conference – Submission Deadline Extended to March 17

    Montevideo, Uruguay May 30 – June 1, 2016 Hosted by Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Submissions deadline extended March 17 The organizers of the 2016 Conference of ALCADECA are pleased to announce the call for papers for its 6th biennial meeting, to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on June 1-3, 2016. These meetings bring together researchers from different disciplines and fields interested in human development, the capabilities approach and…

  2. Call for Papers: Health and Poverty – 2020 Salzburg Conference

    …ges and difficult to reach? What role do age, gender, sexual orientation, cultural or ethnic identity or social status play in the context of poverty and health? This conference aims to bring together researchers and scholars from different disciplines, approaches, backgrounds and experiences working on the complex and manifold relation of health and poverty. Papers exploring normative issues of (social and global) justice, human rights or ethics…

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

    …capability theories and concepts in the field of employment and work. The upcoming webinar is an exercise in such stock-taking: three members of the TG will look back on a collaborative experience in a pivotal European integrated Project. In CAPRIGHT (Resources, 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…

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

    …ited Speaker: Jonathan 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 “…

  5. 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…

  6. Open Access Book: ‘Learning, Marginalization, and Improving the Quality of Education in Low-income Countries’

    …Suzanne Grant Lewis (eds) About the Book Improving learning evidence and outcomes for those most in need in developing countries is at the heart of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG4). This timely volume brings together contributions on current empirical research and analysis of emerging trends that focus on improving the quality of education through better policy and practice, particularly for those who need impr…

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

    …//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 investigate opportunities and obstacles to achieved stud…

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