The book Human Development and Capabilities: Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century, co-edited by Alejandra Boni and Melanie Walker and published by Routledge in 2013, has just been awarded the prestigious Manuel Castillo award in Spain for stimulating ‘academic, scientific and journalist research in cooperation, peace and human development fields’. A Spanish translation of parts of the book is being considered to facilitate wide…
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Workshop: Advances in stochastic dominance for welfare analysis
…e particularly welcome. Keynote speakers: James Foster (Institute for International Economic Policy, George Washington University), Alain Trannoy (EHESS and Aix-Marseille School of Economics). Submission process: Submissions of complete papers, in pdf format, are expected by July 1st, 2014. Submissions should be sent to Kelly Labart at conference@ferdi.fr. Acceptance notes with detailed information will be sent by July 20, 2014. Organisation: Pa…
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Call for Papers: 1st International Conference on Aporophobia
…stics produced by its different sessions into concrete actions to make the world less aporophobic. To this end, proposals are also invited for workshops that explore aporophobia as a real-world problem and that can take place at IQS or in a collaborating institution. On the same line, the conference will conclude with the reading of a ‘manifesto against aporophobia’ elaborated by the institutions that organise this conference. In order to produce…
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WEBINAR: Inclusive Data and Statistics: Human Development and Disability in Low- and Middle-income Countries
HDCA’s Health and Disability Thematic Group invites you to the next webinar in our 2020/21 series Speaker: Professor Sophie Mitra Fordham University Wednesday April 14th, 2021 16:00 to 17:00 in London 22:30 to 23:30 in Delhi 11:00 to 12:00 Eastern Daylight Time The event will take place through Zoom. Please register through Eventbrite in order to receive a link to the meeting. The Webinar: This study first examines to what extent household survey…
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CfP: Workshop “Children on the Move: Philosophy and Child Migration”
…thics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg Organizers: Johannes Drerup (Koblenz-Landau) and Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg) Submissions: 750 words before 1 December 2018 to gottfried.schweiger@sbg.ac.at Workshop website: www.povertyresearch.org/children-on-the-move Background The so-called “refugee crisis” made migration the No. 1 political topic in many countries across the globe. This is mirrored by an unprecedented height in scholarly at…
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CONFERENCE – Digitalisation in Africa: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Technology, Development, and Justice
…gions. Sub-Saharan Africa has been identified as such an “under-connected” world region and has become a major focus of technology-based development initiatives. Examples range from free access to specific content on the internet (“zero-rating”) to e-health, e-education, e-government and e-agriculture programmes, as well as mobile banking applications and ICT infrastructure such as drones or white space technology. With growing activity in the fie…
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Call for Abstract / Papers for an Edited Volume: “Application of Capability Approach to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals”
…ional Policies on Access and Reduction of Poverty: The Case of Ghana: International Journal on World Peace, Vol. XXXV, 2, 53-82 – Ikejiaku, B., (2015), Current International Security Sector Development (SSD) and its Implication for Developing Countries, Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Fall/Winter 2014, XVI, No. 1, 155-172. – Ibid, (2012). Poverty-Conflict Nexus: the contentious issue revisited. European Journal of Sustainable Dev…
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Award Winning Book – “Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights”
…”Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights” (OUP 2015, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer and Susan Randolph) has received the Best Book in Human Rights Scholarship Award of the American Political Science Association. The book is written from the capability perspective on human rights….
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NEW European Commission Report: Multidimensional Perspectives on Inequality: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges
Download the report here Abstract: A recently published European Commission Joint Research Centre report summarises some of the most relevant theoretical and empirical challenges associated with the measurement and analysis of multidimensional inequalities. Each section delves into a specific topic, presents a state-of-the-art review of the key findings in that particular area, and proposes a number of policy recommendations and avenues for furth…
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Publishing Opportunity – International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
Proposals are now being accepted for the International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. http://www.springer.com/series/8365 The International Handbooks of Quality of Life Research offer extensive bibliographic resources. They present literature reviews of the many sub-disciplines and areas of study within the growing field of quality of life research. Handbooks in the series focus on capturing and reviewing the quality of life research literature in…