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  1. Evidence and Practice in an age of inequality 5th ACFID Universities Network Conference

    The UNDP noted at the end of 2013, ‘The world is more unequal today than at any point since World War II’. As we celebrate the achievements of the BRICs and as debates unfold on the new Sustainable Development Goals, inequality in multiple manifestations has persisted and in some cases worsened. Inequality relates to income or material inequality, but also extends to interrelated issues of access to vital resources including health, education, an…

  2. Capability and Pragmatism: Between Social Sciences and Social Philosophy (Berlin, Germany)

    …Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS-Paris), and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). It aims to bring together scholars from philosophy and the social sciences to explore the theoretical and the empirical potential of capability studies today. Three main research themes will be explored during the two-day workshop: the relevance of the capability approach for deliberative democracy, human rights, and self-govern…

  3. Call for Papers – 12th AFD International Conference on Development

    …land commons to external shocks (migrations, crises, conflicts, etc.) and national or international constraints (vertical funds, creation of value chains, etc.); – Commons and equity: Power relations, inclusion and exclusion, power sharing, etc.; – Commons and participatory democracy, legitimacy of actors, etc.; – Cases of failure, breakdown, loss of influence of collective arrangements, and negative impacts of development aid. Research Theme 2:…

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