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  1. CALL FOR PAPERS – Corona: Challenging Social Work

    …sures in both the Global North and especially in the South. However, the virus, its presence and consequences show how important it is to think beyond national boundaries. Crucially, it has now become important to emphasize the need for international solidarity and exchanges. In terms of social interaction, the lockdowns will result in other morally problematic consequences. Children in so-called “educationally disadvantaged” households or from pr…

  2. HDCA-SPONSORED WEBINAR: Capabilities and Covid-19

    …ng the ethical issues relating to justice and global ageing. Recently, the World Health Organisation relied on Sridhar’s conception of health in defining health ageing for their World Report on Ageing and Health. Sophie Mitra is Professor in the Department of Economics, co-director of the Disability Studies Program and founding director of the Research Consortium on Disability at Fordham University. Her research interests relate to disability, hea…

  3. Children’s Voices and Participatory Approaches in Chile

    …onon and Dr Nicolás Brando. Este webinar, organizado conjuntamente por el grupo temático sobre infancia y juventud y la red regional latinoamericana de la HDCA, presenta investigaciones que exploran la importancia crítica de incorporar las voces infantiles en el desarrollo de políticas públicas y en la conceptualización del bienestar infantil en el contexto de Chile. Su objetivo es subrayar la necesidad de superar las perspectivas adultocéntricas…

    HDCA Webinar 2025 Children and Youth Latin American Network HDCA event/news HDCA Videos
    100 minutes
  4. Why join the HDCA?

    …Visitor Registered user Full HDCA member Browse the site yes yes yes Free online access as well as print subscription to the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities yes Discount on HDCA’s Routledge Human Development and Capability Debates Series yes Watch video recordings of conference keynote lectures and thematic group webinars yes yes Join the mailing list of a thematic group yes yes Add events to the site yes Add news to the site yes Ad…

  5. Education panel proposals for HDCA Athens conference

    …topic of this HDCA 2014 conference suggests “over the past five years the world has experienced its worst economic crisis in decades […] For industrialized countries in the Global North, many hard fought achievements with regard to social protections are being cut back affecting many people’s fundamental life prospects. Therefore, throughout the world, the crisis is not mainly a financial one; the economic crisis has created a crisis of ideas abo…

  6. Call for Papers: CAPABILITIES AT WORK: EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENDEAVOURS

    …welcome empirical work drawing on the CA to analyse EJ problematics and struggles. We seek to gather examples of empirical research undertaken across different geographies, disciplines and methodologies. Nonetheless, we are also keen to explore contributions that further elaborate on the significance of the CA for EJ pursuits at a conceptual level. Submission: If you are interested in contributing a paper to this session, please send your abstrac…

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