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Special issue ‘Information Technology for Development’ on CA
…4D research and practice (editorial) – Annika Andersson, Åke Grönlund & Gudrun Wicander Building collective capabilities through ICT in a mountain region of Nepal: where social capital leads to collective action – Devinder Thapa, Maung K. Sein & Øystein Sæbø The capability approach as a tool for development evaluation; analyzing students’ use of internet resources – Mathias Hatakka & Jenny Lagsten Signifiers of the life we value? Considering human…
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Edited volume ‘The CA, Technology & Design’ published
…Springer has just published the edited volume ‘The Capability Approach, Technology & Design’ in her book series ‘Philosophy of Engineering and Technology’. Many of the chapter in the book are written by members of this thematic group. The first introduction chapter to the book presents a quite extensive literature review on the topic. More information about the book….
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Special issue ‘Ethics & Information Technology’ on CA
…ommunities – Donna Vaughan, Pages 131-150 Understanding benefits realisation of iREACH from a capability approach perspective – Helena Grunfeld, Sokleap Hak, Tara Pin, Pages 151-172…
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Expert workshop ‘ICT4D & the CA’ a success
…Those of you who were at the recent 2011 HDCA conference will probably know that there was a pre-conference workshop on ICT4D and the CA. It was hosted by IICD, a Dutch NGO specializing in ICT4D. The workshop provided great interaction between academics and practitioners. To see a description of the topic on which discussions were convened, plus a photo impression of the workshop, please visit the workshop’s webpage….
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New Book: “The Creation of the Human Development Approach”
By Tadashi Hirai, Project Researcher in the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a supervisor specializing in the human development approach and the human development index at the University of Cambridge, UK. Summary This book examines the main reasons and challenges for the success of the human development approach both in theory and practice as an alternative to the economic growth model. Unlike the preceding research which has typically been either…
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TERI University – BLISS School 2016 on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
…also highlighted in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002. The European Union (EU), recognizing the need to promote SCP practices and thereby achieve sustainable economic development, resource efficiency, and poverty reduction, has made SCP a prime focus in its regional cooperation strategy for Asia. Given this backdrop, the TERI University in New Delhi, dedicated to providing educatio…
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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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Oxford 2015 International Health Congress – Call for Papers
…Oxford 2015 International Health Congress: St Hugh’s College 25-7 June 2015 Call for Abstracts: www.ihcoxford2015.org…