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  1. 2022 HDCA Conference – Antwerp, Belgium

    The HDCA annual conference will take place from 19-22 September 2022.

    “Capabilities and Transformative Institutions”

    How can we organize today for the world of tomorrow? Covid-19 has taught us that we are not ready. We have re-discovered our common vulnerability – not only to a virus, but also to problems and difficulties arising from policy mismatch, institutional hiccups, authoritarian backlash and the effects of increasing national and international inequality. Divided we have stood, unable to act well  in concert. How can we improve the structures of living together and face the challenges ahead to build a more just and sustainable world? The HDCA Conference 2022 puts this question center stage.

    Institutions, social arrangements, or the structures which emerge from our social ways of living, have been considered from many perspectives through the range of disciplines that engage with the capability approach. The conference will provide an opportunity to let these various understandings speak to and learn from each other.

  2. Engaging Communities in Case-Study Research to Transform Institutions––and How Spiritual Capabilities can Contribute

    …Group hosts a presentation by TG member Bill Walker, Ridley College, Melbourne, who picks up from Dustin Sharp’s recent talk to the HDCA Human Rights Thematic Group introducing the concept of a “larger we” (https://hd-ca.org/videos/a-larger-we-spirituality-identity-human-rights-and-social-change). In this presentation he describes his own spiritual journey of engaging with injustice through advocacy and other action for, with, and by communities….

    HDCA Webinar 2023 Human Rights HDCA Videos
    95 minutes
  3. Welcome to the HDCA

    …e as a resource for educational materials and research, and to provide a forum for connecting with other researchers and practitioners engaged in similar pursuits. Much of the posted material is available to non-members who register on the site. Some materials, such as videos of lectures, conference papers and material under copyright, are available to members only. Membership also comes with other benefits, including an annual subscription to the…

  4. Welcome to the HDCA

    …e as a resource for educational materials and research, and to provide a forum for connecting with other researchers and practitioners engaged in similar pursuits. Much of the posted material is available to non-members who register on the site. Some materials, such as videos of lectures, conference papers and material under copyright, are available to members only. Membership also comes with other benefits, including an annual subscription to the…

  5. CFP: Conference and Workshop on “Ethics for a Broken World”

    …in decision-making for the future and in philosophical ethics. Workshop on world-building and the broken world The conference is accompanied by an interdisciplinary workshop in which the participants will meet professionals from media and other creative industries. The aim will be to join forces to flesh out the broken world as it is presented in Mulgan’s book to the point where the world would be suitably concretely defined to serve as the story…

  6. 2015 HDCA Conference – Washington, D.C.

    *THIS CONFERENCE HAS ENDED*

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    The 2015 HDCA  conference will be hosted by Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. on the theme:

    “Capabilities on the Move: Mobility and Aspirations”

    September 10-13, 2015

    The 2015 HDCA Program Committee cordially invites scholars, government policy makers, practitioners and other interested parties from all over the world to participate in the 2015 HDCA conference.  Original empirical research, theoretical issues, case-studies or reports of experiences, or findings from major research projects, and book panels relevant to conference theme or more broadly related to human development/capabilities approach will be presented.

     

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  7. Call for Papers: XVII Biennial IASC Conference ‘In Defense of the Commons: Challenges, Innovation, and Action’

    …, we intend to provide scholars, practitioners, and policy makers with a forum to debate the contemporary role of the commons in a globalized word. Analyzing issues such as climate change, ecosystem resilience, and sustainability through application of commons theory offers potential for finding alternative solutions. In light of growing economic and power inequalities, gender imbalances, and impending scarcity, there is a need to find ways to add…

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