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  1. Maitreyee – Guest Editors and Contributors Wanted

    …or future issues include: Human Rights, Education, Health. Maitreyee aims to offer introductions and overviews of key topics related to human development and the capability approach by means of short essays and reflective pieces, alongside case study reports and news of related events and networks on each special topic. Alongside the written publication, there are plans to incorporate more digital resources, videos, podcasts and links to further s…

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    …ices, or security updates when necessary or reasonable. To update you with news, general information, special offers, new services, and events. Marketing and promotional initiatives. Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) will use non-specific information gathered from you in order to improve our marketing efforts. Testimonials and customer feedback collection. If you share a testimonial or review about your experience using our Servi…

  3. Special Issue Social innovation and Marginalization

    …oretical material with which to explore social innovation as a driver of structural, socio-hierarchical change. Four in-depth case studies from Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the Netherlands provide rich quantitative and qualitative material for the empirical and conceptual exploration of the CrESSI extended social grid model. For the evaluative analzsis, the extended social grid model draws on the capabilities approach. In-depth summary of articles…

  4. Opinion piece: “Stop obsessing over GDP when talking about the pandemic recovery”

    “As the COVID-19 crisis has mounted, it has become clear that this tragedy is also an opportunity to re-envision our society and our understanding of recovery or progress. But most portrayals of the economic recovery from the pandemic focus almost exclusively on growth in GDP, with little consideration for the kinds of goods and services that are produced, the kinds of jobs people do, the lives people are able to lead, and the environmental effec…

  5. Special issue ‘Information Technology for Development’ on CA

    …4D research and practice (editorial) – Annika Andersson, Åke Grönlund & Gudrun Wicander Building collective capabilities through ICT in a mountain region of Nepal: where social capital leads to collective action – Devinder Thapa, Maung K. Sein & Øystein Sæbø The capability approach as a tool for development evaluation; analyzing students’ use of internet resources – Mathias Hatakka & Jenny Lagsten Signifiers of the life we value? Considering human…

  6. Edited volume ‘The CA, Technology & Design’ published

    …Springer has just published the edited volume ‘The Capability Approach, Technology & Design’ in her book series ‘Philosophy of Engineering and Technology’. Many of the chapter in the book are written by members of this thematic group. The first introduction chapter to the book presents a quite extensive literature review on the topic. More information about the book….

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