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  1. In Memoriam – Felix Rauschmayer, 1967 – 2018

    …traveling by plane. Fortunately he did not stick to all such self-imposed rules: during his studies he told me that he thought it irresponsible to have children today because of the environmental deterioration they would face and the overcrowding of the world. A few years later he had become the father of three children and subsequently had two more. They gave him much joy and taught him to relax his principles. He developed ideas about the capab…

  2. EXTENDED DEADLINE, REDUCED FEE FOR MASTER STUDENTS! “Energy Justice and the Capability Approach – Interdisciplinary Perspectives”

    …ive environmental impacts of energy production. The capability approach is today one of the most influential theoretical frameworks for analyzing issues of justice, and there have been a few attempts to employ it within the field of energy justice. The purpose of the conference is to explore further the potential of the capability approach for conceptualizing and studying issues of energy justice. The invited speakers are the following well-qualif…

  3. New German-speaking CA Network!

    HDCA members based in Salzburg, Austria have recently started an initiative aimed at the establishment of an informal, interdisciplinary, regional, German speaking CA network. For practical reasons it focuses primarily on Austria and Bavaria, but interested people from Baden-Württemberg, Switzerland or South Tyrol are of course also more than welcome. Furthermore, it is not necessary to be a HDCA member to join the network. Please visit https://c…

  4. Multidimensional poverty measurement in the post-2015 development context – live webcast of side-event at the UN General Assembly

    …ioner of Planning Nigeria: Shamsuddeen Usman, Minister of Planning Chile: Bruno Baranda, Minister of Social Development Jaime Saavedra, Acting Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank Erik Solheim, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee Sabina Alkire, Director, OPHI, University of Oxford Live and on-demand webcast coverage will be available on UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org Data shows that people who are multidim…

  5. Call open for PhD Scholarships: SARChI Chair in Higher Education and Human Development Research Programme

    Researching well-being, agency and structures of inequalities Closing date for applications: 30 August 2024 BACKGROUND The SARChI Chair in Higher Education and Human Development Research Programme (HEHD) at the University of the Free State (UFS) invites applications from qualified, motivated and talented candidates for doctoral scholarships. In HEHD we conduct theoretical and empirical research into human development applied to the challenges of…

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