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  1. In Memoriam – Professor Kenneth Joseph Arrow, Founding HDCA Fellow

    …hem the John-Bates-Clark-Medal of the American Economic Association (1957), the National Medal of Science given to him in 2006 by President George W. Bush, and numerous honorary doctorates. He also served as president of various national and international economic associations. Professor Arrow died on February 21, 2017, at his home in Palo Alto, California. He will be sorely missed. Wulf Gaertner University of Osnabrück and CPNSS, London School of…

  2. 3 Former HDCA Presidents nominated as top ‘World Thinkers’

    …Prospect magazine has assembled an international list of leading thinkers to identify those engaging most originally and profoundly with the central questions of the world today, and to provoke debate about the role of intellectuals in public life. The list includes 3 former HDCA Presidents: Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum and Kaushik Basu. Cast your votes here. Voting closes at midnight on 11th April 2014….

  3. WEBINAR: PARTICIPATORY WELLBEING FRAMEWORKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND OVER THE LIFE COURSE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

    …20th January 2021 / 9.00-10.00 (UK) There is a growing movement across the world to make better use of wellbeing measures to guide policy. This stems from the realisation that reliance on economic indicators, such as income, GDP, and unemployment, may not be adequately capturing the aspects of life that people value. This is of particularly high relevance in our increasingly globalised world, where policies and programs are often developed and imp…

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