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  1. 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…

  2. 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….

  3. Henry Richardson Awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship in Philosophy

    …on the fly, on the basis of reasons that arise in the context of action.” Read more at: https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/henry-s-richardson/ The Guggenheim Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed. The Foundation receives appr…

  4. Seminar: ‘Capabilitarianism and education’

    …e 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 ahead of the event if you would…

  5. In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017

    …ensional and that monitoring non-income deprivation was a central task for international agencies. One would expect nothing less from a former President of the Human Development and Capability Association. Tony wore his stellar professional achievements lightly. He was Sir Tony Atkinson, a Knight; a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Fellow of the British Academy; former President of the Econometric Society, the Royal Economic Society, the European…

  6. In Memoriam – Tony Atkinson, 1944-2017

    …ensional and that monitoring non-income deprivation was a central task for international agencies. One would expect nothing less from a former President of the Human Development and Capability Association. Tony wore his stellar professional achievements lightly. He was Sir Tony Atkinson, a Knight; a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Fellow of the British Academy; former President of the Econometric Society, the Royal Economic Society, the European…

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