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  1. “Well-Being, Justice and Development Ethics”

    Read the introduction! First title in the Human Development and Capability Debate Series. Now available for order at: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415720243/ HDCA members receive a 25% discount! Email admin@hd-ca.org to request the promotional code. Author Dr. Séverine Deneulin, Lecturer in International Development, Department of Social Policy, University of Bath, UK. Description The question of the meaning of progress and developm…

  2. IHDP Writing Contest on “Beyond GDP”

    …print and online version of the magazine (1st place: $500; 2nd place: $200; 3rd place: $100). Deadline for submission: 15 October, 2013 Full details and instructions are available on the IHDP website, http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/read/contest…

  3. New Publication! The Capability Approach: From Theory to Practice

    …bility approach can be applied and what challenges are encountered in these applications. The book also provides useful insights into how these challenges can be overcome. It is a must read for all those wishing to apply the capability approach on poverty, children, environment, macro-economic policy and national policymaking….

  4. WEBINAR: “Epistemic Injustice and the Capability Approach”

    …More specifically, she studies how the subject’s capacity of offering the truth is influenced by credibility excess or deficit based on identity prejudices (2007). Furthermore, she considers the notion of epistemic contribution as a central human capability discussing the capacity of epistemic giving and reciprocity in the pool of shared epistemic materials (2015). In the webinar, we will critically discuss Fricker’s contribution and explore its r…

  5. Seminar: ‘Capabilitarianism and education’

    …ion. The presentation will be followed by comments from Elaine Unterhalter (Professor of Education and International Development, UCL Institute of Education) and Alejandra Boni (Associate Professor, Universitat Politècnica de València). If you would like to read the paper, ‘Capabilitarianism’ beforehand, it was published in 2016 in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol 17 Issue 3, pp 397-414. Please email Rosie Peppin Vaughan ahea…

  6. In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017

    …ial cost and social benefit with equity concerns to the fore, provided a structure to thinking and analysis which Tony demonstrated in his theoretical excursions, but also in his empirical and policy contributions. My most recent interaction with Tony was on one of his final projects. Tony chaired the World Bank’s Commission on Global Poverty, of which I was a member and whose report was published in September, 2016. While commission members gave…

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