In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Human Development and Capability Association
HDCA Conference 2019Video and Webinar Archive
Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony and Welcome
Moses Oketch | Co-Director, CEID, University College London
Ingrid Robeyns | HDCA President
Michael Arthur | President & Provost, University College London
Elaine Unterhalter | HDCA conference Chair, Co-Director CEID, UCL
Plenary 1: “Oneness vs the 1%: Creating equality in times of inequality; creating solidarity in times of polarization”
Amartya Sen Lecture
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Scholar, environmental activist, food
sovereignty advocate and author
Plenary 2: “Reconciliation After Conflict: Britten’s War Requiem and the Body”
Professor Martha Nussbaum
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service
Professor of Law and Ethics, University
of Chicago
Plenary 3: “The end of globalisation and the return of localisation: How climate change breakdown terminates developmentality”
Mahbub ul Haq Lecture
Rupert Read
Reader in Philosophy,
University of East Anglia
Spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion
Plenary 4: Panel Discussion on Collective Action
Dr Gautam Bhan
Senior Lead of Academics and Research, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Kripa Basnyat
Atlantic Fellow, London School of Economics
Professor Patrizio Bianchi
Professor of Applied Economics, University of Ferrara
Tanya Charles
Atlantic Fellow, London School of Economics
Johannes Krassnitzer
United Nations Development, Programme (UNDP) ART initiative
Plenary 5: “The Development of Unity”
Nussbaum Lecture
Professor Leif Wenar
Chair of Philosophy and Law, King’s College London
Plenary 6: Amartya Sen in conversation with Elaine Unterhalter, with panel discussion
Amartya Sen
Thomas W. Lamont University Professor,
and Professor of Economics and Philosophy,
Harvard University
Closing Ceremony
Award of conference prizes
Presentation on 2020 conference and celebration by Ngati Ranana | London Maori cultural club.
Chair: Ingrid Robeyns | HDCA President
HDCA Conference 2019