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  1. Call for Papers: CAPABILITIES AT WORK: EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENDEAVOURS

    …s://www.uea.ac.uk/global-environmental-justice/conference-2019/open-panels-call-for-papers/jorge-llopis https://www.uea.ac.uk/global-environmental-justice/conference-2019 Convenors: Jorge C. Llopis, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland Carla Gomes,Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbo…

  2. NEW BOOK: The Capability Approach, Empowerment and Participation

    …o Biggeri, and Alexandre Apsan Frediani Download the flyer -Offers theoretical and practical solutions for safeguarding the transformative roots of participation and facilitating empowerment -Reflects on local and global partnerships for sustainable human development -Expands on key concepts in the literature including freedom, agency and empowered learning This book explores the linkages between Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and participatory…

  3. The Economy of FRANCESCO – An International Event

    …peace, so a fitting place to inspire a new economy. The event is a direct call and invitation (of Pope Francis) to young people for a commitment for the future. Pope Francis invites young economists and entrepreneurs, change-makers from all over the world and from all the religions to Assisi to make a commitment in the spirit of Saint Francis, in order to make the economy of today and tomorrow fair, sustainable and inclusive, with no one left beh…

  4. Call for Papers: Health and Poverty – 2020 Salzburg Conference

    …with the focus theme of health and poverty. ​ Health and poverty are interrelated in both rich and poor countries: poverty worsens the subjective health status and leading to a range of diseases and developmental disorders; people with health problems and disabilities are more often poor and socially excluded than the rest of the population. In addition to the search for causal links between poverty and health at the local and global levels, other…

  5. The right to science | UN general comment | Ideas for collaboration

    …d universities among others we have established an independent association called Science for Democracy that monitors the implementation of the so-called ‘right to science’ (the abbreviated form of the rights under discussion) in the signatory countries and beyond. Among other initiatives, our association contributes to the World Congress for the Freedom of Scientific Research and to the publication of the respective Index (here: https://www.freed…

  6. COVID-19 Reflections: A Global Capability Crisis

    …unless policies find ways to take such factors into account. A raft of fiscal policies have been introduced to protect workers though they are novel and are taking time to work. Support for businesses through the provision of loans have been hampered by the fact that the uncertainty means commercial banks have been reluctant to underwrite many of the applications. In the UK and some other European countries, generous short-term employment subsidi…

  7. HDCA-SPONSORED WEBINAR: Capabilities and Covid-19

    …t create inequalities? During a crisis for existing economies, with ecological challenges ahead, can the Capabilities framework offer an alternative outlook as to the way forward from this crisis? Panelist background: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is the Director of the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs and Professor of International Affairs at The New School. Her teaching and research have focused on human rights and development,…

  8. WEBINAR – Global Access to Vaccines: the Politics of Negotiations and the Global South

    …vaccine is developed, will it be a “peoples vaccine” produced in time and scale, affordably priced, and available for all countries and all people? This will not be possible if the vaccines are produced and distributed under the prevailing market model of private finance and monopoly protection. As world leaders commit to ensuring equitable access to vaccines, treatment, and diagnostics, what are the politics of negotiations amongst governments, i…

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