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  1. Bouncing back or bouncing forward: social resilience, social rights and capabilities in the post-Covid19 Europe

    Date – 26 January 2021 Time – 1-2.30pm UTC DESCRIPTION Ongoing changes in European welfare states call for a new, dynamic and multifaceted understanding of social citizenship. On the one hand, the endorsement of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017 provides a framework to foster upward social convergence among the member states and increases the centrality of social policies in the European architecture. On the other hand, recurring shock…

  2. HDCA Teacher Workshop 2: Teaching at Undergraduate Level

    Wednesday 10th February 2021 13:00 – 14:30 UTC Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hdca-teacher-workshop-2-teaching-at-undergraduate-level-tickets-138223420973 In this second event in our Teacher Workshop series we will be focussing on developments and ideas for teaching about human development and the CA at undergraduate level. We welcome teachers who are currently teaching on this subject to join us for this event. The workshop is ope…

  3. HDCA WEBINAR: The State of the Union: Reflections on Democracy and Division in and beyond the United States of America

    Hosted by the HDCA North American Regional Network February 19, 2021 at 11:00AM EST Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-state-of-the-union-reflections-on-democracy-and-division-tickets-139617043335 Democracy is in crisis. The United States—once viewed as the world’s most stable democracy—is witnessing a surge of right-wing extremism, nationalism, and authoritarian populism fueled, in part, by conspiracy theories and disinfor…

  4. HDCA Undergraduate Workshop II: Exploring “worthwhile development”

    21st April, 2021, 1-2.30pm (UK time) For our second workshop for undergraduate students working with the capability approach, human development or development ethics, Stacy Kosko (University of Maryland, US) will present a simulation exercise for thinking about human development ethics. This workshop is aimed primarily at undergraduates so please sign up if you are an undergraduate working with the capability approach (this event is open to under…

  5. Book Launch: The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village

    Thursday, 22 April 2021, 12:00 pm London (GMT+1) Join us for a discussion about this new book by L.N. Venkataraman, including a Q&A with Dr Rosie Peppin Vaughan. There will also be a chance for the audience to ask questions. Is an equitable distribution of opportunities possible within a stratified social system in which caste-based socio-economic privileges are inherited and social mobility constrained? The Social Construction of Capabilities in…

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