2015 HDCA Conference - Nussbaum, Heckman, Zedillo, Benhabib and more!!

HDCA 2015 Conference Registration

Register for the HDCA 2015 Conference  “Capabilities on the Move: Mobility and Aspirations”   Registration is open for the 2015 Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association, hosted in Washington, DC, September 10-13, 2015 byGeorgetown University. Register by July 10 to receive reduced rates. To register, please go to: http://hd-ca.org/conference-registration Plenary speakers will include: Martha Nussbaum, Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico and Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization James Heckman, Nobel laureate in economics and Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University  Information about plenary speakers, accommodations, and other aspects of the conference are available at the conference website. Requests for scholarship support are now being reviewed.  Decisions will be communicated as soon as possible.

CONF: Global Justice Philosophy in 2015 - Taking Stock (HDCA Pre-Conference)

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Global Justice Philosophy in 2015 -Taking Stock Pre-conference event at Human Development & Capability Association Conf.

Georgetown University, 10 September 2015

The new millennium opened with much activity in global justice philosophy.  The initial debates about cosmopolitanism versus nationalism have now largely died down without it being clear which side won. Some scholars of global justice say the way forward is more engagement with empirical evidence and methods (Blake & Taylor Smith, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Such engagement with 'real world'

empirical evidence and methods has been a long standing and defining aspect of the capabilities approach developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. Others argue that the recognition of a plurality of contexts of justice within and beyond the state will be the distinctive mark of future global justice theorizing.  There is even the further argument that while philosophers should attend to the best science of our day, philosophers should be ambitious and frame theories about the world that the social scientists have not tested and perhaps, cannot yet test.

A one-day 'HDCA Pre-conference' event takes stock of the current state of global justice theorizing. The day begins with Leif Wenar presenting from his new book Blood Oil which exemplifies engagement with empirical evidence. Other scholars will present work taking new directions in global justice theorizing. And the day will conclude with the opening plenary session of the HDCA conference featuring a presentation by Martha Nussbaum.

Participation in the annual HDCA conference that follows is greatly encouraged. But it is not a requirement for participating in the pre- conference event.  Donations will help offset cost of conference materials.

The annual Human Development and Capability Association conference brings together international scholars and practitioners that seek to build an intellectual community focused on the ideas of human centered development and the capabilities approach.

"Capabilities on the Move: Mobility and Aspirations" September 10-13,

2015

http://hd-ca.org/conferences/2015-conference-washington-d-c

Blood Oil: Tyranny, Resources, and the Rules That Run the World (2016)

by Leif Wenar

' Tyranny, war, corruption and terrorism follow oil and other natural resources—because of the same law that once allowed the slave trade and genocide, conquest and apartheid. The West can lead the world beyond blood oil and conflict minerals to a more united, enlightened future. '

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HDCA Newsletter: 15 January 2015 - 14 February 2015

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HDCA NEWS

2015 HDCA Conference– Abstracts due February 15  The Call for Papers for the 2015 HDCA conference in Washington, D.C. is available for download at: www.hd-ca.org/conferences/2015-conference-washington-d-c. Submissions are due by February 15, 2015. The conference will be held at Georgetown University from September 10-13, on the theme “Capabilities on the Move: Mobility and Aspirations.” More information available at: http://www.hd-ca.org/conferences/2015-conference-washington-d-c. January 31 Deadline for HDCA Executive Council Nominations Five positions are open on the HDCA Executive Council in 2015: President-elect, Treasurer, Education Officer, Network Coordinator and Officer-at-Large. Nominations are due by January 31, 2015. Download the nominations form at: http://hd-ca.org/about/hdca-executive-council. Elections will be held in March/April.

CONFERENCES - WEBINARS - EVENTS

Webinar: “What counts as disability? Who decides? A socio-cultural examination of disabled students’ experiences at South African universities”. Speaker: Oliver Mutanga, University of the Free State. Offered by HDCA’s Health & Disability Thematic Group. February 4th, 2015, 2:00-3:00 pm London, 7:30-8:30 pm Delhi, 9:00-10:00 am US EST. To register, please contact Hoolda Kim athkim71@fordham.edu. Call for papers: Rethinking Development Research: The post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals. 25 - 26 June 2015, University Square Stratford, Centre for Social Justice and Change, University of East London, UK. Deadline for abstracts: Monday 16th March. More information: http://hd-ca.org/events/rethinking-development-research-workshop-call-for-papers  1st ARCO Lab Summer School on Methodologies for Impact Evaluation - 17th-19th June 2015, Florence (Italy). The summer school is directed to anyone interested in evidence-based policy making, who will have the opportunity to appraise cutting-edge methodologies directly from some of the scholars who are currently setting the methodological frontier. More information:http://www.arcolab.org/summer-school-on-impact-evaluation-methodologies/ Call for papers: Mini-conference Inequality of What? Social Monitoring and the Difficult Choice of Analytical Concepts and an Implementable Metric SASE annual conference at the LSE in London (July 2-4, 2015).  More information: https://sase.org/2015---london/mini-conferences_fr_206.html#MC6   Call for papers:  Sixth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), Luxembourg July 13-15, 2015. The ECINEQ conference will provide a forum for rigorous analysis of inequality, welfare and redistribution issues, both at the theoretical and at the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in these fields. The deadline for submission of complete papers (in English) is April 8th, 2015.  More information and link to registration and paper submission at: http://ecineq.org/ecineq_lux15/ Call for papers: Absolute Poverty in Europe, Salzburg, August 27 & 28, 2015. center of ethics and poverty research: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=67291&L=0 Please send your proposal (250 words) as a word file to cepr@sbg.ac.at until February 28, 2015. We are also happy to receive proposals for thematic panels, consisting of three papers. Call for papers: Special issue of ethical perspectives Justice and Disadvantages during Childhood: What Has the Capabilities Approach to Offer? Guest Editors: Gottfried Schweiger, Gunter Graf and Mar Cabezas (University of Salzburg). Further information can be found at: http://www.ethical-perspectives.be/page.php?LAN=E&FILE=subject&ID=724&PAGE=1 Call for papers: Journal of Global Ethics 2015 Forum: Global Ethics and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda We invite critical reflection and ethical assessment of the general approach to development that is to be found in this renewed cosmopolitan initiative. Deadlines for issues 11.2 and 11.3 are 1 April 2015 and 15 July 2015; the call closes with issue 11.3. The full call for papers is available at: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/ah/journal-of-global-ethics-call-for-papers . Opportunity for USA-affiliated scholars: National Endowment for the Humanities Four Week Summer Institute, 2015. Development Ethics and Global Justice: Gender, Economics and Environment. Application Deadline: March 2, 2015  Meeting Dates: June 22 – July 17 (4 weeks) Location: East Lansing, MI  Project, Michigan State University; and Eric Palmer, Allegheny College For more information: http://ethicsanddevelopment.org

JOURNAL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND CAPABILITIES

Special Issue on Early Childhood Development – Call for Papers The JHDC announces an upcoming special issue entitled, Investing in Young Children: Early Childhood Development and Capabilities, with guest editor Quentin Wodon. Submission deadline is January 31, 2015. Download the call for papers at: http://hd-ca.org/publication-and-resources/journal-of-human-development-and-capabilities

BOOKS

Philosophical Premises for African Economic Development: Sen's Capability Approach, by Symphorien Ntibagirirwa, Year: 2014, Publisher: Globethics.net, Online version: ISBN 978-2-88931-000-5, Print version: ISBN 978-2-88931-001-2, Series: Ethics Theses, Published doctoral thesis New Approaches Towards ‘The Good Life’: Applications and Transformations of the Capability  Approach, Edited by Hans-Uwe Otto, Sabine Schäfer . Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2014. ISBN: 978-3-8474-0157-5

COURSES

Distance-learning Post-Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing in International Development and Public Policy, University of Bath. Modules can be taken individually. 'Ethics and Public Policy' module starting on 2 February 2015. For more information, http://www.bath.ac.uk/sps/cpd.

annual capabilities approach conference 9-12 September

The annual conference for the capabilities approach will be in Manuaga Nicaragua this year.  Philosophers such as Joshua Cohen, Martha Nussbaum, and Amartya Sen will be speaking.

Deadline April 8th.

• NEW Extended Deadline for HDCA 2013 Conference Proposals: April 8th

The HDCA 2013 Conference will be held from September 9-12 in Managua, Nicaragua, hosted by the Universidad Centroamericana. The theme is Human Development: Inclusion, Vulnerability and Well-being. Please visit the conference website to download the Call for Papers and get further details: www.hdca2013.org

Below are the submission and registration deadlines. Registration will open in the coming weeks – please watch the conference and HDCA websites for more details.

Submission of proposals: April 8, 2013
Announcement of acceptance/rejection: May 8, 2013
Registration with early–bird-fee: July 1, 2013
Submission full papers/posters: July 31, 2013
Registration with latecomer-fee: August 1, 2013

Latin America is a continent marked by entrenched inequality which generates vulnerability. People have fewer opportunities to satisfy their basic needs and cannot exercise or sustain valuable capabilities. For example, inequality in access to education and basic social services limits people’s opportunities to participate actively in economic, social and political life. Therefore, reducing inequality requires an in-depth analysis of the causes and persistence of social exclusion, particularly of specific social groups. The design of social inclusion policies is central to human development and people’s wellbeing. The 2013 HDCA International Conference aims at establishing conceptual frameworks and programmes of action to reduce inequality, vulnerability and social exclusion.

More information at:

http://www.hdca2013.org/index.php