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  1. Call for Papers: Workshop on Gender and Poverty

    …topic in the Springer Book Series Philosophy and Poverty. If you are interested in participating please submit an extended abstract of 750 words ready for blind review viathe submission form on the workshop website (https://www.workshop-poverty-philosophy.org/). Deadline for submissions is January 20, and decisions will be communicated within four weeks. It is expected that draft versions of the papers are shared two weeks before the workshop….

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

    …s date. With the aim of bridging this gap, this session will especially 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 inter…

  3. SEMINARIO SOBRE DESARROLLO HUMANO EN REGIONES TRANSFRONTERIZAS EDICION 2015

    …RAL El objetivo del SDHT es reunir a académicos, profesionistas, y líderes comunitarios interesados en el campo del desarrollo humano para que compartan experiencias y dialoguen con respecto a las posibles formas de enfocar el estudio y la transformación de los factores que influyen en las oportunidades, capacidades, habilidades y la calidad de vida de las poblaciones transfronterizas, especialmente la región Sonora-Arizona. En esta edición, el se…

  4. Donate to the HDCA

    …The rich environment for exchange and learning motivated me to explore new topics and forge meaningful academic connections. The HDCA support was crucial, considering the substantial costs associated with travel and accommodation, particularly departing from Brazil. As a graduate student, covering such expenses personally is often challenging, and I am sincerely grateful to the HDCA for making my participation in this conference possible. This exp…

  5. Special issue innovation/technology/design of HDCA e-bulletin Maitreyee

    …In March 2012 Maitreyee has published an issue on innovation/technology/design. Maitreyee, the e-bulletin of the HDCA, is a starting point for academics and practitioners who work in human development areas and who are seeking a brief introduction to research and work undertaken on a number of human development topics. Initially Maitreyee is only available to HDCA members, but after 6 months it becomes publicly available….

  6. Empowerment & Collective Capabilities Intro

    …s thematic group is meant to bring academics and practitioners together, in an attempt to exchange experiences in conceptualizing and applying the capability approach on the collective/ communal level. It will also promote research collaboration between academics and practitioners on policy relevant topics such as empowerment.    …

  7. Ethics and Development Intro

    …heoretical and applied forms. While the group engages with a wide range of topics relating to development – including culture and identity, democracy, environment, gender, justice, rights and poverty – it will also be concerned with theoretical issues, such as the merits of alternative ethical theories. Activities Activities will include regular meetings at such venues as HDCA, International Development Ethics Association conferences, and other re…

  8. Horizontal Inequality Intro

    …ial sciences angles including sociology, economics, and political science. Topics include: determinants of horizontal inequality, conflict, the relationship between vertical and horizontal Inequality, the measurement of horizontal inequality, policies relating to group inequality, among others. The Horizontal Inequality group was started by Frances Stewart and Zina Nimeh during the HDCA 2010 conference that was held in Amman. Frances Stewart and Z…

  9. Fifth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality/ECINEQ (Bari, Italy)

    …etical and at the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in these fields. ECINEQ aims at achieving high scholarly standards in both the selection of topics and their debates, whether they concern theoretical issues, empirical analyses or the implementation of policies. More information at: http://www.ecineq.org/ecineq_bari13/index.htm…

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