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  1. Call for Papers: Child Poverty and Social Work

    …sues/EI773C4IV3 This Special Issue explores the complex and interwoven realities of child poverty and social work, emphasizing the profound impact of poverty on children’s development and well-being. It will critically examine how social work and social welfare systems address, mitigate, or sometimes inadvertently reinforce the issues of poverty and marginalization. With a strong focus on social justice, this Special Issue will analyze how power i…

  2. ZIF Summer School 2017 – Universität Bielefeld

    …roach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement 1-8 August 2017 http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/erziehungswissenschaft/zif/ We would like to cordially invite PhD and Post-Doc scholars to a Summer School at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Bielefeld exploring the Fuzzy Set Approach as an alternative to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. Experts in the field are recruited in order to provide the best knowledge and skills t…

  3. New Book: “The Creation of the Human Development Approach”

    …ject Researcher in the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a supervisor specializing in the human development approach and the human development index at the University of Cambridge, UK. Summary This book examines the main reasons and challenges for the success of the human development approach both in theory and practice as an alternative to the economic growth model. Unlike the preceding research which has typically been either theoretical/prescript…

  4. 2020 Disability Studies Conference – Auckland, NZ

    Disability Studies, Disability Justice: Challenging Ableism The Conference will be hosted at the University of Auckland, 11-13 July 2020 Abstract submission deadline: 14 March 2020 The main theme of the conference is Disability Studies, Disability Justice: Challenging Ableism. Ableist privilege and the abled/disabled binary it perpetuates is a key priority for many disability studies scholars, disability activists, allies and accomplices. This co…

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