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  1. Ph.D. in International and Public Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainable Development

    The PhD Programme in Law, Ethics & Economics for Sustainability (LEES) is an interdisciplinary Program of the University of Milan, characterized by a large network of international cooperation worldwide. The LEES aims at the creation of a global interdisciplinary research community that shares a commitment to the goals of sustainability. With courses, seminars, and scientific research activities held entirely in English, it addresses the complexi…

  2. Call for Papers: Journal of Global Ethics special issue

    …cies, and threatened food systems. These vulnerabilities are rooted in a structurally unjust global order. At the same time, governments face the growing vulnerability and precarity of entire populations. Migration of large populations in the face of environmental change, including across national boundaries, challenges institutions of governance and assistance, if not the conceptual foundations of the nation-state. Examining the ethical dimension…

  3. Webinar Discussion: Democratising Measurement: A Case Study from Well-Being Public Policy.

    …ies is hosted by a group of junior HDCA scholars and aims at providing a forum for exchanges and discussions between junior and senior researchers and practitioners, and in combining their competencies. All are welcome. For the full webinar schedule, updates, and to register, please visit our website: http://2021webinarseries.com/ Upcoming Webinar Series Themes 1. Democratising Measurement: A Case Study from Well-Being Public Policy Anna Alexandra…

  4. Call for papers – The Challenges of Future to the Social Sciences

    The Doctoral School of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Doctoral School of Political Science at the Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) organize an international conference for doctoral students doing research in the field of social sciences. We invite submissions of proposals for presentations addressing any themes within these disciplines. A special section on children and youth is organized by the Ch…

  5. Education panel proposals for HDCA Athens conference

    …n explicit goal and contribution to sustainable development (see COMPARE Forum, 43 (6): 783-846). This panel focuses on education and how it can advance social justice at local, national and global levels. Four papers will be selected for the Panel. Currently, the High Level Panel (HLP) report to the UN has suggested 12 gaols and 5 broad themes: 1) Leave no-one behind; 2) Put sustainable development at the core; 3) Transform economies for jobs and…

  6. WEBINAR: On Capability, Human Development and Their Measurement

    Friday, 22 June 2018, 9 am UK Key-Note Address of the Cambridge Capability Conference by Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York We invite you all to join us for a webinar where we will broadcast as a webinar the Key-Note address of the Cambridge Capability Conference which will take place this Friday, 22 June 2018 at 9:00am UK time. Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York, will address the conference on the topic ‘On Capability, Human Deve…

  7. 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…

  8. ZIF Summer School 2017 – Universität Bielefeld

    …ative to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. Experts in the field are recruited in order to provide the best knowledge and skills to the participants. This summer school introduces to a multi-disciplinary audience of early stage researchers (PhD students & postdocs) the Fuzzy Set Approach, a cutting-edge alternative to traditional means of poverty measurement which goes beyond binary and monetarist models of poverty and offers new perspectives a…

  9. HDCA WEBINAR: Children during the Pandemic: A View from the CA

    September 22, 2020 13.00-14.30 (UK time), 9.00-10.30 (Buenos Aires), 22.00-23.30 (Sydney) This webinar aims to shed light on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on children by looking at it through the capabilities approach. It brings together three scholars from different corners of the globe, who will discuss the situation of children in their own regions, and how this may speak to concerns about the effects that the pandemic has had on…

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