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  1. Amartya Sen Selected as Routledge ‘Great Economist’

    …Amartya Sen is being featured in the Routledge ‘Great Economists Series.’ A collection of articles about Sen’s work published in Routledge journals can be found on the Taylor & Francis website: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/bes/great-economists/great-economists-sen…

  2. JUST PUBLISHED! The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach

    …ts approaching the capability approach for the first time as well as for researchers engaged in advanced research in a wide range of disciplines, including development studies, economics, gender studies, political science and political philosophy. Publisher:Cambridge University Press Online publication date:November 2020 Print publication year:2020 Online ISBN:9781316335741 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335741 More information: https://www.c…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. NEW European Commission Report: Multidimensional Perspectives on Inequality: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

    …the report here Abstract: A recently published European Commission Joint Research Centre report summarises some of the most relevant theoretical and empirical challenges associated with the measurement and analysis of multidimensional inequalities. Each section delves into a specific topic, presents a state-of-the-art review of the key findings in that particular area, and proposes a number of policy recommendations and avenues for further researc…

  6. Webinar: Children’s Feeling of Security – A View from the Capability Approach

    …, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina This webinar shares the results of a research project conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UP) of Palermo University (Argentina) dedicated to understanding and describing the views of children between 8 and 12 years old living in different contexts of the Metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. Starting from the theoretical introduction on children-security and capability approach, the speakers will…

  7. Invitation to Webinar: Social innovation and climate emergency

    …ngagement in response to climate emergency. This webinar brings together research on this emerging relation from establish and emerging scholars in the field. Key questions are: What are the central issues in research on this relation so far? What is the contribution of the capabilities approach and human development? The webinar will be moderated by Anna Colom (Open University and Co-ordinator TG Technology, Innovation and Design). It will start…

  8. COVID-19 y Desarrollo Humano en América Latina: Hacia una nueva agenda de investigación, políticas y responsabilidad social

    3 y 5 de junio 17:30 a 19:00 hrs (UTC-5) El Instituto de Desarrollo Humano de América Latina en colaboración con la Dirección Académica de Responsabilidad Social – PUCP (DARS) lanza el ciclo de webinars «Covid-19 y Desarrollo Humano en América Latina: Hacia una agenda de investigación, políticas y responsabilidad social». Este se orientará a generar discusión en torno a la relación entre #Covid19 y #desarrollohumano, en seis países de la región….

  9. Seminar at Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College London

    …ns Matter?” Paper presented by Dr. Caroline Sarojini Hart The seminar will run from 1-2pm and will be held in room G/8, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building (SE1 9NH). Please see the abstract below. Refreshments will be served, please feel free to forward this invitation to any interested parties. Abstract Drawing on the capability approach, this presentation aims, first of all, to situate education in relation to the global post-2015 a…

  10. ZIF Summer School 2017 – Universität Bielefeld

    …missing values Fuzzy Set Approach for multidimensional poverty measurement using SAS and EUSILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) data Short presentations on the participants research projects and supervision on statistical methods and research designs by experts Participants have to cover their travel cost. Accommodation, breakfast and lunch is included….

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