…issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities published in February 2013, it starts with a contribution by Amartya Sen on the “Ends and Means of Sustainability”. All contributions focus on the difficulties that arise from a freedom-oriented view of sustainability. The introduction by the editors Felix Rauschmayer and Ortrud Leßmann has been adapted and the article on “Human Development and Sustainability” written by Eric Neumayer has…
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HDCA welcomes applications to host 2015 conference
…Applications to host 2015 HDCA Conference are due by November 1, 2013. For more information or to send completed applications, please contact Kathy Rosenblum at admin@hd-ca.org….
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Book Launch: The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village
…competence or life skills one acquires through education—are socially constructed and not an inherent trait of the individual. L. N. Venkataraman is a Faculty at the Department of Policy Studies in TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS). Before joining TERI SAS, he worked as an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Education in Universität Bielefeld, Germany; and, at the Centre for Development Support in the University of the Free State, South…
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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….
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New Book: “Capability-promoting policies: Enhancing individual and social development”
…strategies for human development policies at the local, national and international level. International contributors innovatively combine the hitherto unpaired perspectives of the Capability Approach and the tradition of Critical Social Policy with empirical examples using case studies from South-Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. The result is a call for a new, feasible approach towards more socially balanced, democrati…
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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…
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Ph.D. in International and Public Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainable Development
…ty of Milan, characterized by a large network of international cooperation worldwide. The LEES aims at the creation of a global interdisciplinary research community that shares a commitment to the goals of sustainability. With courses, seminars, and scientific research activities held entirely in English, it addresses the complexities involved in sustainable development and uses an innovative multidisciplinary approach that combines the contributi…
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Webinar Discussion: Democratising Measurement: A Case Study from Well-Being Public Policy.
…l focus on applications related to the Capability Approach. General themes running through the series include concepts of well-being, philosophies of well-being measurement, methodological issues including formal procedures for multidimensional measurement, the role of participation and deliberation, empirical applications and challenges, policy uses and implications, and current research frontiers. The series is hosted by a group of junior HDCA s…
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Call for papers – The Challenges of Future to the Social Sciences
…ract submissions is June 25, 2018. Please send the title and abstract (300 words) to czervan.andrea@tatk.elte.hu, including a short biographical statement (100 words) of the presenter, institutional affiliation, and any technical assistance required. Applicants will receive a response regarding their submission by July 2, 2018. Funding The conference organizers will fund travel and accommodation costs for students studying at universities in the c…
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19th D. S. Borker Memorial Lecture: “My Vision of India: 2047 A.D.”
…h, Delhi University) on Thursday 24 August 2017 at 6.30 p.m. at India International Centre Deshmukh Auditorium 40, Max Mueller Marg New Delhi (Please be seated by 6.20 p.m.) The D. S. Borker Lecture Series on “My Vision of India: 2047 A.D.” is a civil society initiative and was instituted in 1999. The lecture is held every year in the memory of D. S. Borker (1911-1979), Civil Servant and Public Sector Administrator, on August 24 at IIC-Deshmukh Au…