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  1. CfP: On Poverty and Its Eradication

    …al experts to contribute to an article collection: “On Poverty and Its Eradication” Submission Deadlines: 28 February 2022 – Abstract 30 April 2022 – Manuscript Visit the collection homepage for the full description of the project: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/27921/ Participating Journals – manuscripts can be submitted to this Research Topic via the following journals: – Frontiers in Sociology: Migration and Society (2020 CiteScore…

  2. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective

    …ress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators. As highlighted in the UN’s most recent SDG progress report, the manufacturing sector, which had already seen the slowest year-on-year growth rate since 2012, was hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to a global drop in manufacturing production of 8.4 per cent in 2020. Alongside job losses and declining income for workers, the pandemic has signific…

  3. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty. A Sociological Perspective

    …ress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators. As highlighted in the UN’s most recent SDG progress report, the slowdown in poverty reduction since 2015 has been greatly exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, for example, around 120 million people were pushed back into extreme poverty, representing the first increase in extreme poverty in over 20 years. Along with workers in the informal economy, the

  4. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. A Sociological Perspective

    …ress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators. As highlighted in the UN’s most recent SDG progress report, the COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted progress toward this goal. Prior to the pandemic there had been improvements in maternal & child health, immunization coverage, suicide rates, and reductions in the incidence of communicable diseases and mortality rates from non-communicable diseases. The pandemic…

  5. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. A Sociological Perspective

    …ress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators. The UN’s most recent SDG progress report notes that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, cities had “rising numbers of slum dwellers, worsening air pollution, minimal open public spaces and limited convenient access to public transport.” In recent years, the number of slum dwellers globally has been growing, and exceeded 1 billion in 2018. As of 2019, only around 50 per…

  6. OPEN ACCESS BOOK: Sense and Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone

    by Jean Dreze, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India A wide-ranging collection of articles on social development in India authored by prominent economist and expert Jean Dreze Includes a detailed introduction on the basic principles of ‘research for action’ Provides a retrospective on social policy debates in India during the last 15 years A unique insight into social development in India Jean Dreze, development ec…

  7. JHDC Special Issue Call for Papers – Communities and Capabilities

    …ders the importance of freedom of choice, individual heterogeneity and multi-dimensional nature of welfare. Human capabilities are constructed in terms of the substantive freedoms people have a reason to value, rather than of their utility or access to resources. It emphasizes not only the way human beings actually function but also their capability, which is a practical choice that will allow them to function in important ways, if they wish to do…

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