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  1. Opinion piece: “Stop obsessing over GDP when talking about the pandemic recovery”

    “As the COVID-19 crisis has mounted, it has become clear that this tragedy is also an opportunity to re-envision our society and our understanding of recovery or progress. But most portrayals of the economic recovery from the pandemic focus almost exclusively on growth in GDP, with little consideration for the kinds of goods and services that are produced, the kinds of jobs people do, the lives people are able to lead, and the environmental effec…

  2. ZIF Summer School 2017 – Universität Bielefeld

    …missing values Fuzzy Set Approach for multidimensional poverty measurement using SAS and EUSILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) data Short presentations on the participants research projects and supervision on statistical methods and research designs by experts Participants have to cover their travel cost. Accommodation, breakfast and lunch is included….

  3. HDCA WEBINAR: Children during the Pandemic: A View from the CA

    September 22, 2020 13.00-14.30 (UK time), 9.00-10.30 (Buenos Aires), 22.00-23.30 (Sydney) This webinar aims to shed light on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on children by looking at it through the capabilities approach. It brings together three scholars from different corners of the globe, who will discuss the situation of children in their own regions, and how this may speak to concerns about the effects that the pandemic has had on…

  4. Webinar “Children’s feeling of Security: a view from the Capability Approach” July, 6th, 2018

    …3-4pm London, 7.30-8.30pm New Delhi This webinar shares the results of a research project conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UP) of Palermo University (Argentina) dedicated to understanding and describing the views of children between 8 and 12 years old living in different contexts of the Metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. Starting from the theoretical introduction on children-security and capability approach, the speakers will…

  5. COVID-19 y Desarrollo Humano en América Latina: Hacia una nueva agenda de investigación, políticas y responsabilidad social

    3 y 5 de junio 17:30 a 19:00 hrs (UTC-5) El Instituto de Desarrollo Humano de América Latina en colaboración con la Dirección Académica de Responsabilidad Social – PUCP (DARS) lanza el ciclo de webinars «Covid-19 y Desarrollo Humano en América Latina: Hacia una agenda de investigación, políticas y responsabilidad social». Este se orientará a generar discusión en torno a la relación entre #Covid19 y #desarrollohumano, en seis países de la región….

  6. 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…

  7. Final Newsletter of the GeNECA project on Sustainable Development and the Capability Approach

    …on where the CA can contribute to furthering sustainability, where more research is needed, and for which problems related to the implementation of sustainability the CA cannot give satisfying answers. We are certain that we meet many of you again and hope that we all contribute to a sustainable human development. Ortrud Lessmann and Felix Rauschmayer for Jürgen, Peter, Torsten, Rebecca, Ines, Mirijam, and many more who actively supported our wor…

  8. Award-winning book on re-imagining the university from a human development and capabilities perspective

    …ty 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 wider dissemination. The award ceremony takes place in Valencia on 20 May 2…

  9. Workshop: Advances in stochastic dominance for welfare analysis

    …emia, in particular for the design of development policy. Papers linking research and policy are 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…

  10. Call for Papers: 1st International Conference on Aporophobia

    …about aporophobia, published in 2017 in Spanish and later translated into English, is a tour de force. That same year the word aporophobia was elected ‘word of the year’ by the BBVA Foundation and was included in the Dictionary of the Royal Academy of Spain. It is typified as a hate crime in Spain’s Penal Code and the Ministry of Domestic Affairs’ supports production of aporophobia statistics. In the recent history of social and human sciences ve…

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