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  1. WEBINAR: On Capability, Human Development and Their Measurement

    Friday, 22 June 2018, 9 am UK Key-Note Address of the Cambridge Capability Conference by Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York We invite you all to join us for a webinar where we will broadcast as a webinar the Key-Note address of the Cambridge Capability Conference which will take place this Friday, 22 June 2018 at 9:00am UK time. Dr. Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York, will address the conference on the topic ‘On Capability, Human Deve…

  2. NEW European Commission Report: Multidimensional Perspectives on Inequality: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

    …the report here Abstract: A recently published European Commission Joint Research Centre report summarises some of the most relevant theoretical and empirical challenges associated with the measurement and analysis of multidimensional inequalities. Each section delves into a specific topic, presents a state-of-the-art review of the key findings in that particular area, and proposes a number of policy recommendations and avenues for further researc…

  3. Webinar: Children’s Feeling of Security – A View from the Capability Approach

    …, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina 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…

  4. Invitation to Webinar: Social innovation and climate emergency

    …ngagement 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 central issues in research on this relation so far? What is the contribution of the capabilities approach and human development? The webinar will be moderated by Anna Colom (Open University and Co-ordinator TG Technology, Innovation and Design). It will start…

  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. 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…

  7. 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….

  8. WEBINAR: The Societal and Ethical Impact Canvas: a tool to support Responsible Innovation

    …ing) Responsible Innovation. Speaker’s bio: Marc Steen works as a senior research scientist at TNO, an organization for applied scientific research and innovation in The Netherlands. He earned MSc, PDEng and PhD degrees in Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. He is an expert in Human-Centred Design, Open Innovation, Responsible Innovation, and Applied Ethics in Big data and Algorithms. His mission is to help organizatio…

  9. Award Winning Book – “Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights”

    …”Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights” (OUP 2015, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer and Susan Randolph) has received the Best Book in Human Rights Scholarship Award of the American Political Science Association. The book is written from the capability perspective on human rights….

  10. Call for Contributions: Human Rights Research Network Conference

    …ons is 16 April 2023 The conference is an initiative of the Human Rights Research Network (HRRN), which brings together researchers at Ghent University working on human rights in different disciplines. At this conference, we want to take stock and look forward, embracing a resolute engagement with human rights in their multiple contemporary dimensions. The conference will put special emphasis on stepping out of our comfort or habitual zones and cr…

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