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  1. Call for Papers: Journal of Global Ethics special issue

    …cies, and threatened food systems. These vulnerabilities are rooted in a structurally unjust global order. At the same time, governments face the growing vulnerability and precarity of entire populations. Migration of large populations in the face of environmental change, including across national boundaries, challenges institutions of governance and assistance, if not the conceptual foundations of the nation-state. Examining the ethical dimension…

  2. Children and Youth: Updated Literature Review – March 2019

    …The Children and Youth thematic group is happy to share a revised literature review on children and the capability approach, updated as of March 2019. This is the result of a collective effort among TG members to help scholars and practitioners to navigate across existing materials. Click here to download….

  3. Webinar: Horizontal inequalities and intersectionality

    …introduction, Frances and Chiara will present findings from their latest research on Horizontal and Intersecting Inequalities. After the panel presentation there will be a question and answer session open to all online participants. The last 20 minutes of the webinar will be reserved for an open discussion on participants’ current work on these themes and an opportunity to exchange with other people working in this area. To register to attend this…

  4. Amartya Sen Selected as Routledge ‘Great Economist’

    …Amartya Sen is being featured in the Routledge ‘Great Economists Series.’ A collection of articles about Sen’s work published in Routledge journals can be found on the Taylor & Francis website: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/bes/great-economists/great-economists-sen…

  5. JUST PUBLISHED! The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach

    …ts approaching the capability approach for the first time as well as for researchers engaged in advanced research in a wide range of disciplines, including development studies, economics, gender studies, political science and political philosophy. Publisher:Cambridge University Press Online publication date:November 2020 Print publication year:2020 Online ISBN:9781316335741 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335741 More information: https://www.c…

  6. WEBINAR: On Capability, Human Development and Their Measurement

    Friday, 22 June 2018, 9 am UK Key-Note Address of the Cambridge Capability Conference by Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York We invite you all to join us for a webinar where we will broadcast as a webinar the Key-Note address of the Cambridge Capability Conference which will take place this Friday, 22 June 2018 at 9:00am UK time. Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York, will address the conference on the topic ‘On Capability, Human Deve…

  7. Education panel proposals for HDCA Athens conference

    …n explicit goal and contribution to sustainable development (see COMPARE Forum, 43 (6): 783-846). This panel focuses on education and how it can advance social justice at local, national and global levels. Four papers will be selected for the Panel. Currently, the High Level Panel (HLP) report to the UN has suggested 12 gaols and 5 broad themes: 1) Leave no-one behind; 2) Put sustainable development at the core; 3) Transform economies for jobs and…

  8. NEW European Commission Report: Multidimensional Perspectives on Inequality: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

    …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 further researc…

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