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  1. ALCADECA Conference – Submission Deadline Extended to March 17

    …ormation about the conference will be available on the conference webpage: www.iecon.ccee.edu.uy. Questions can be addressed to the conference organizers at: alcadeca2016@iecon.ccee.edu.uy Paper Submission a) Individual academic papers. An abstract of up to 500 words in English, Spanish or Portuguese must be submitted for consideration for presentation at the meeting. The cover page should include the title of the paper, institutional affiliation,…

  2. WEBINAR: Capability as informational basis for work and employment politics – a European re-search experience

    …firm and in institutions of vocational training, – The capability for work-life-balance – arbitrating the requirements of paid work and care work in the househould, – The capability for voice – in all of these domains of regulation. “Ten years after”, Peter Bartelheimer, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Bénédicte Zimmermann look back at the conceptual “takeaway” of the CAPRIGHT network and reflect on refinements and further developments in their subsequent…

  3. Conference- Absolute Poverty in Europe

    …and Against Poverty (ASAP). Find more information on the project homepage: www.uni-salzburg.at/zea/absolutepoverty About the Keynote Speakers: David Hulme is Professor and at the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. He is also Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute, and CEO of both the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre and the Brazil in Africa Research Programme. Previously, he…

  4. OPEN ACCESS BOOK: Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa: Opportunities, obstacles and outcomes

    …, Mikateko Mathebula & Patience Mukwambo https://www.africanminds.co.za/low-income-students/ This book explores learning outcomes for low-income rural and township youth at five South African universities. The book is framed as a contribution to southern and Africa-centred scholarship, adapting Amartya Sen’s capability approach and a framework of key concepts: capabilities, functionings, context, conversion factors, poverty and agency to investiga…

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

    www.uea.ac.uk/global-environmental-justice/conference-2019/open-panels-call-for-papers/jorge-llopis https://www.uea.ac.uk/global-environmental-justice/conference-2019 Convenors: Jorge C. Llopis, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland Carla Gomes,Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, A…

  6. The Role of Social Policy in Promoting Human Security in the MENA Region

    …litical marginalisation. Not only can human security be defined as a people-centred, multi-disciplinary comprehension of security, above all it seeks to advance freedom to live in dignity, freedom from fear and freedom from want/need. Freedoms which are essential to build a peaceful society. Linking human security back to its grounding in human development, allows for a further exploration as to what role social policy can play in promoting human…

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