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

    …s the key driver of climate injustice. The expansion of production, infrastructure, and services has often ignored consideration of the broader ecosystem in which it occurs, under assumptions about an earth with endless resources and capacity to absorb human waste. One of the first and foremost connections between climate change and global development is that both involve a strong anthropocentric worldview; this has limited human understanding of…

  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. Call for papers – The Challenges of Future to the Social Sciences

    The Doctoral School of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Doctoral School of Political Science at the Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) organize an international conference for doctoral students doing research in the field of social sciences. We invite submissions of proposals for presentations addressing any themes within these disciplines. A special section on children and youth is organized by the Ch…

  4. 19th D. S. Borker Memorial Lecture: “My Vision of India: 2047 A.D.”

    …and Public Sector Administrator, on August 24 at IIC-Deshmukh Auditorium, New Delhi. The idea behind the series is to strengthen our secular democratic values and traditions and encourage the process of thinking regarding the kind of India we want in 2047 – a hundred years after our independence from colonialism. This series is unique in that it has consistently showcased ideas and forward-looking agendas, often contrarian ideas and agendas, acro…

  5. Webinar: Horizontal inequalities and intersectionality

    The Horizontal Inequalities Thematic Group of the Human Development and Capability Association invites you to a webinar discussing: Horizontal inequalities and intersectionality: Current debates and emerging work Monday March 23rd, 2015 11:00am-12:30pm (GMT) Speakers Include: Prof. Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford; Adviser, Horizontal Inequalities Thematic Group. Dr. Chiara Mariotti, co-author of the recent ODI report on…

  6. 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…

  7. CONFERENCE – Digitalisation in Africa: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Technology, Development, and Justice

    …ase register as early as possible. Visit “Registration” and follow the instructions. There will also be a designated networking session on the second day of the conference, which will offer a platform for practitioners from business, governmental and non-governmental organisations to network and to gain insights into the newest research in the area of ICT for development. We believe this will be an interesting opportunity for your association to b…

  8. Invitation to Webinar: Social innovation and climate emergency

    …emergency. These include technology and social innovation in green economy markets, domestic/communal provision in fields such as housing, energy and water provision, and professional provision and the emergency of new work profiles dedicated to active engagement in response to climate emergency. This webinar brings together research on this emerging relation from establish and emerging scholars in the field. Key questions are: What are the centra…

  9. 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….

  10. Seminar at Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College London

    …ns Matter?” Paper presented by Dr. Caroline Sarojini Hart The seminar will run from 1-2pm and will be held in room G/8, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building (SE1 9NH). Please see the abstract below. Refreshments will be served, please feel free to forward this invitation to any interested parties. Abstract Drawing on the capability approach, this presentation aims, first of all, to situate education in relation to the global post-2015 a…

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