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| The Organizing Committee of the III Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Human Development and the Capabilities Approach kindly invites academics, researchers, post-graduate students and professionals working in diverse areas (public policy, civil society organizations, etc.) to submit paper proposals to be presented during the 2010 conference.
The conference will take place during 11 and 12 of November 2010 at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Papers and presentations will be accepted in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Deadline for the proposal submission is July 15th, 2010, to the alcadeca2010@pucrs.br
Deadline for the full paper is October 10th, 2010
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| Posted by Andrea Vigorito |
| Posted on 2010-07-03 | |
Synopsis:
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)-Comprehensive Program Purpose of Program: The Comprehensive Program supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. It supports reforms, innovations, and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models.
Invitational Priority 6. Under this priority, we are particularly interested in higher education consortia to design and offer interdisciplinary programs that focus on poverty and human capability as described in section 741(a)(11) of HEA See below).
(11) the creation of consortia that join diverse institutions of higher education to design and offer curricular and cocurricular interdisciplinary programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, sustained for not less than a 5 year period, that–
(A) Focus on poverty and human capability; and
(B) Include–
(i) A service-learning component; and
(ii) the delivery of educational services through informational resource centers, summer institutes, midyear seminars, and other educational activities that stress the effects of poverty and how poverty can be alleviated through different career paths;
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| Posted by Heidi Fletcher |
| Posted on 2010-06-21 | |
This announcement invites submissions for the Hannes Androsch Prize 2011. The Hannes Androsch Prize is awarded for a scientifically sound contribution to the following issue:
"A Global Challenge to our Social Future.
The Design of a Social Security System which can Cope with the Dual Threat of Demographic Developments and Financial Market Risk".
The award amounts to € 100,000.
Closing date for entries: January 31, 2011.
Entries should include a thorough analysis of the social welfare system. They should also provide proposals for an alternative design, which would optimise the magnitude and stability of pensions over time, and confront the double challenge of demographic developments and financial market risk.
Additional information on the Hannes Androsch Prize, sponsored by the Hannes Androsch Foundation at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, is available on the website of the Austrian Academy of Sciences www.oeaw.ac.at/hannesandroschprize |
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| Posted by Heidi Fletcher |
| Posted on 2010-04-14 | |
| ‘Making Capabilities Work’ (WorkAble)
The Collaborative Research project funded within the 7th framework programme of the European Commission will provide knowledge on how to enable young people to function as capable citizens in the labour markets of European knowledge societies. Thereby it addresses the pivotal question of which capabilities are important for young people so that they may not only adapt to currently prevalent conditions but also actively steer their own future development. By identifying best-practice solutions, WorkAble will account for extending young people‘s capabilities to get fully participating citizens in emerging European knowledge societies.
Consortium of WorkAble: Prof. Dr. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti (Pavia/IT), Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Bonvin (Lausanne/CH), Prof. Dr. Marek Kwiek (Pozna?/POL), Prof. Dr. Björn Halleröd (Gothenburg/SWE), Dr. Mattias Strandh (Umeå/SWE), Ulrike Wisser (Brussels/BE), Prof. Dr. Niels Rosendal Jensen (Copenhagen/DEN), Dr. Roland Atzmüller (Vienna/AUS), Prof. Dr. Ronald McQuaid (Edinburgh/UK), Dr. Slawomir Mandes (Warsaw, POL), Prof. Dr. Lavinia Bifulco (Milan/IT), Dr. Josiane Vero (Marseille/FR), Dr. Thierry Berthet Bordeaux/FR), Prof. Dr. Dr. mult. h.c. Hans-Uwe Otto (Bielefeld/GER)
Network Coordination: Prof. Dr. Dr. mult. h.c. Hans-Uwe Otto & Dr. Alkje Sommerfeld (Bielefeld, GER) |
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| Posted by Heidi Fletcher |
| Posted on 2010-03-24 | |
| This course is now available as Continuing Professional Development by distance learning. The course runs from October to December, two hours a week (via e-learning technology). Contact Severine Deneulin at s.deneulin@bath.ac.uk |
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| Posted by Andrea Vigorito |
| Posted on 2010-03-15 | |
| Lead Editor: Melanie Walker
The theorisation and application to policy and practice of human development and capabilities is growing rapidly in importance in the field of education. Education across all sectors and lifelong stages – both formal and informal - features as key to the formation of individual’s capabilities to choose and lead good lives, including effective inclusion in work, communities and society. Education further plays a significant role in developing the critical reasoning capability central to improving democratic participation and discussion.
Researchers from education, but also those working on education and capabilities in sociology, philosophy, development studies, feminist studies and economics are therefore invited to submit papers for this thematic issue. These can be either: (i) papers which seek to advance the theoretical, philosophical and conceptual reach of capabilities in relation to education; or (ii) papers which seek to draw on empirical research to apply and extend the capability approach in education, including policy applications and alternatives.
Papers of between 5000 and 8000 words should be submitted in the usual way through our on-line submission and review system: Manuscript Central. To generate an account, please go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cjhd and select the "create account" box on the top right hand side of the log-in page. When submitting on-line please ensure to select the correct ‘manuscript type’ – thematic issue on education.
The deadline for submissions is 4 January 2011.
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| Posted by Ali Newcomb |
| Posted on 2010-02-11 | |
| A Multi-Disciplinary Journal of People Centred Development
Book Review Editors:
David A. Clark; Arunabha Ghosh
The Journal of Human Development and Capabilities is seeking book reviewers and books to review on the perspectives and challenges of human development, capability expansion and poverty eradication. The book review section is evenly split between theory and policy with each issue, four in total, aiming to publish up to six book reviews.
Style
Book reviews should not normally exceed 800 words.
Footnotes, endnotes, sub-headings and references should be avoided.
The review should be preceded by the full bibliographical details of the book under review including the name(s) of the book’s author(s), date of publication, title of the book, publisher, place of publication and ISBN code.
The name(s) and institutional affiliation of the book review author(s) should appear in small caps at the end of the review.
Review Articles
Longer review articles (of up to 8,000 words) will also be considered for publication at the discretion of the editors. These articles may focus on specific themes, review multiple books simultaneously and/or include commentary and analysis that goes beyond standard book reviews. Such articles will be treated as regular paper submissions and should be prepared in accordance with the notes for contributors (set out in the inside back cover of journal issues) and follow house style.
Submission
Book reviews and review articles should be sent in electronic format to the Administrative Editor, Kay Grigar, email kay.grigar@undpaffiliates.org
Publishers may send books or bound galley proofs to:
Administrative Editor
UNDP Human Development Report Office
304 East 45th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY 10017, USA.
It is advisable to contact the Administrative Editor before undertaking a review, as the Journal sometimes commissions reviews of key books. In some cases the Journal may be able to provide a complimentary copy of the book under review.
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| Posted by Ali Newcomb |
| Posted on 2010-02-11 | |
In order to promote international co-operation, particularly with developing countries, the
University of Pavia and EDiSU (Institute for the Right to University Studies) are offering, for the
year 2011, seven scholarships for visiting scholars for a period of stay of 4 to 10 weeks. Each
CICOPS Scholar will receive 200.00 Euros per week (gross) and travel (economy class1), board and
lodging expenses will be covered.
To download pdf with more information click here
To download application form click here |
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| Posted by Heidi Fletcher |
| Posted on 2010-02-10 | |
| Jennifer Prah Ruger, a researcher at Yale University and a current member of HDCA has recently published a book, Health and Social Justice with the Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press.
Societies make decisions and take actions that profoundly impact the distribution of health. Why and how should collective choices be made, and policies implemented, to address health inequalities under conditions of resource scarcity? How should societies conceptualize and measure health disparities, and determine whether they've been adequately addressed? Who is responsible for various aspects of this important social problem? |
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| Posted by Ali Newcomb |
| Posted on 2010-02-08 |
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