Announcement:
2010 Conference of the HDCA:
Conference Title: "Human Rights and Human Development"
September 21-23, 2010
The University of Jordan Amman
Conference theme: Integrating Human Rights and Human Development
Conference Registration is now open - click here for registration
Summer School on Capability and Multidimensional Poverty
Organised by OPHI with the Human Development and Capability Association
At the University of Jordan Amman Jordan
11 September - 20 September 2010 read more
Thematic Groups
The Human Development and Capability Association encourages researchers who share common interests to organize thematic groups. At present, eight thematic groups are active. If you are involved in a similar thematic group, or if you would like to start one, please read and complete the following document and hence contact us at info@hd-ca.org. Please know that the thematic groups currently work only in English. | |
| 'Children's Capabilities' is an interdisciplinary network of development economists, economists, anthropologists, demographers, statisticians, sociologists, philosophers and psychologists. It focuses on children with the aim to develop a bottom up framework based on the capability approach to address theoretical and practical issues related to children human development. We try to organise two meetings per year. Part of the TG group meets monthly at the University of Florence. |
News, Events and Announcements
Prgogramme Full day pre-conference Workshop of the TG on Children on research methods in Amman 20th September 2010 | |
| A full day workshop of the TG on Children on research methods in Amman 20th September 2010. See below for the full programme PLEASE NOTE that we selected 15 participants so there is still space for three participants (not presenting) if you are willing to participate please write to both of us an e-mail with a brief bio and motivations [Mario Biggeri (mario.biggeri@unifi.it) and Bernhard Babic (bernhard.babic@sos-kd.org)] asap anyway before the 6th of September 2010 As we decided during the workshop meeting in Lima (9th September 2009) and at the TG meeting at the HDCA annual conference in Peru, we are organising a full day workshop a day before the conference of HDCA in Amman Jordan (20th September 2010). The workshop is organised with the help of SOS Children's Villages International and will take place at the SOS Children's Village in Amman (see http://www.sosjor.org/). We wish to thanks Lina Mola (the National Director of SOS Children’s Villages Jordan), local staff and children for the hospitality. We think it is a great occasion to meet each other and to share methods, information, ideas to improve our research by discussing with group members and ... it is important for the TG. If you wish to present your research and discuss it with group members it is the right occasion. We would like to exchange and discuss research methods on research on/with children and young adults (both qualitative/participatory and quantitative). Other types of contribution e.g. theoretical and empirical are welcome. According to our experience we chose a venue that is suitable for around 20 people. Since we have to pay a little bit for the venue (including costs for lunch and refreshments) please note that the costs will be shared among the selected participants (25 U$ per person). All the best, The organizing committee Mario Biggeri and Bernhard Babic Workshop location: SOS Children’s Village, Tarek District, Jamil Shaker Road (Opposite the Special Communication Commission), Bldg. No.2, Amman Programme 20th September 2010 Welcome and registration 09.30-10.00 - Welcoming of participants Mrs. Reem Habayeb (Chairperson of SOS Children’s Villages Jordan) Morning session 10.00-12.40 Chairperson: Mr. Bernhard Babic (SOS Children’s Villages International, Austria) - Children evolving capabilities and external capabilities Mr. Mario Biggeri (Univ. of Florence, Italy) - The nature and nurture of children’s aspirations Ms. Caroline Hart (Univ. of Cambridge, UK) - Choosing capabilities for child well-being research Ms. Iris Sadlowski (Univ. of Tübingen, Germany) - Inclusive citizenships? A philosophy for children project to promote students’ activity and participation to political life Ms. Marina Santi (Univ. of Padova, Italy) Lunch 12.40-14.00 (at the Children’s Village) Afternoon session 14.00-17.40 Chairperson: Mr. Mario Biggeri (Univ. of Florence, Italy) - Operationalising the capability approach for child and youth care Mr. Bernhard Babic (SOS Children’s Villages International, Austria) - Inclusive citizenships? A philosophy for children project to promote students’ activity and participation to political life (methods) Mr. Diego Di Masi (Univ. of Padova, Italy) - The promotion of social participation in Palestinian children and adolescents Ms. Luisa Tuttolomondo (Univ. of Modena and Regio Emilia, Italy) - Comparing the perspectives of children with the perspectives of their teachers and parents Mr. John Schischka (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand) Informal gathering 17.40-18.30 (Possibility for further discussions among participants and room for more detailed introductions of non-presenting attendees) | |
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Panel session of the TG on Children 2010 HDCA conference September 21-23, 2010, Jordan – Amman | |
| The panel proposal of the TG on Children's Capabilities HDCA as been accepted with 4 papers. We invite all participants interested on the issue to come to the panel session. These are the 4 papers: "Children evolving capabilities" by Jérôme Ballet, Mario Biggeri and Flavio Comim "Operationalising the Capability Approach for Child and Youth Care - Results of an International Research Project" by Bernhard Babic, Gunter Graf and Oscar Germes Castro "Gender differences in Italian children capabilities" by Tindara Addabbo and Maria Laura Di Tommaso "Extending the Equality Measurement Framework to cover Children and Young People" by Tiffany Tsang and Polly Vizard | |
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| Submitted by Mario Biggeri | Last Modified on 2010-08-25 |
Results of the pre-conference workshops of the TG on Children capabilities HDCA in Peru, LIMA and in India, New Delhi | |
| Peru, Lima workshop (9th Sept. 2009) The workshop in Peru was very successful. Several papers and researches where presented by the participants. Morning session on Children’s participation 10.00-12.30 - Power Dynamics of Children Participation in Local Public Budget Rosa Mendoza - Social Accounting to Children: the Case of the Paediatric Hospital Meyer Luca Bagnoli and Mario Biggeri Dept of Business Economics and Administration, University of Florence - Learning from child and adolescent participation in participatory governance in Peru Betzabeth Lizarbe (WV Peru), Marlene Arroyo (WV Peru), Bill Walker (WV Australia) World Vision Afternoon session 14.00-17.15pm Chairperson Jose Manuel Roche (OPHI) - Finding Children’s Perspectives on Participating in “Kids Can Stand Tall” Development Programme in Low Income Area Schools in New Zealand: The Application of a Capability Approach Based Evaluation Framework John Schischka Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand - From Valuing to Evaluating: Tools and Procedures to Operationalise the Capability Approach Mario Biggeri and Renato Libanora University of Florence - Early Childhood, Human Development and National Happiness Martha Llanos, PhD, World Early Childhood Forum, National Representant Peruvian Association of Bioethics, Foro Educativo PERU - The Child Poverty in Bangladesh: an Empirical Investigation Jose Manuel Roche PhD OPHI, University of Oxford India, New Delhi Workshop (4th to 9th Sept. 2008) This workshop and research project is based on a co-operative venture between the thematic groups on Children’s Capabilities and on Participatory Methods of the Human Development and Capability Association and the New Delhi NGO Project Why. In November 2007 Alex and Mario came to know Project Why and, as coordinators of the two groups, started to exchange e-mails with Anouradha Bakshi and Project Why, an NGO working with children from low income households through community based programmes. After a few exchanges of ideas we agreed to organize an international workshop just before the Annual International Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association. Some external funds were obtained from the Human Development and Capability Association, the University of Florence (Lei-Arco), the University College London (Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre) and the Cultural Foundation of the Ethic Bank (Italy) which together covered some of the organisational expenses. This motivated us to persevere in organizing the workshop. From the onset we established that, during the workshop, the work of the international participants and of Project Why people had to be on a voluntary basis. We also ensured that ethical principles we would follow during the research phase were clearly formulated. The workshop, which took place at the beginning of September 2008, was prepared in the field with the help of Sara Bonfanti from the University of Florence. She did some of the ground work since the middle of July. She worked as a volunteer for the NGO for about one month trying to get to know PW staff, its beneficiaries and history. The immersion phase was also useful for thinking about and implementing activities (i.e. FGDs) with the staff, teachers, children and parents, which were necessary to help develop the tools we intended to apply during the workshop. In this process the support of the staff of Project Why was crucial because it enabled us to shape the tools according to the needs of the community. The logistics for the international workshop were also arranged during the pre-workshop period. The results of the workshop were presented at the Annual International Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association which took place in New Delhi from 10 – 13 September 2008. We wish to thank all the contributors to the workshop and to the research, from the children and the teachers to the staff of Project Why. We acknowledge their open and meaningful collaboration with deep gratitude. We also acknowledge the support of the Human Development and Capability Association, the University of Florence (Lei-Arco), the University College of London and the Cultural Foundation of the Ethic Bank (Italy). Introduction If the general aim of the international workshop was to improve our understanding of how to apply participatory tools with children within the Capability Approach framework, the workshop had two main explicit objectives: the first objective was to support the work of Project Why by exploring its impact on the wellbeing of the children benefiting from its programmes and, in particular, for the children with special needs. The second objective was to strengthen the work of Project Why through the support of their organisational capacity, including empowerment issues. During the workshop, the international researchers and staff members of Project Why were divided into two groups: those working on the organizational capacity of PW and those involved in the application of the research methods with children. Teachers and staff members as well as children had a fundamental role in the game implementation and research. The first group was involved in a SWOT analysis, undertaken in order to encourage reflection among staff members of Project Why and to strengthen their management capacity. The second group explored children’s assessment of their realities and the impacts of Project Why on them by investigating the following two main areas: - The choice, opportunity and ability children have in order to achieve the things they value - The forces and actors shaping such elements. Four different research methods were applied to pursue this goal: - a photo mapping activity; - a card game; - an association game; - a snake game. | |
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Jean-Francois Trani Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, United Kingdomjftrani@yahoo.fr |
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Mario Biggeri Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Italymario.biggeri@unifi.it |
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Jerome Ballet Universite de Versailles, Francejballetfr@yahoo.fr |
 | José Manuel Roche Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), United Kingdom |
| Renato Libanora University of Florence, Italyr.libanora@libero.it |
| Claudia Cappa IUED, United Statesklaudiakappa@yahoo.it |
 | Maria Laura Di Tommaso University of Turin, Italymarialaura.ditommaso@unito.it |
| Ferdinand Lewis University of Southern California, United Statesferdinand.lewis@sbcglobal.net |
| Alexandre Frediani Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom |
 | Ivette Hernandez Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spainihernandez@ioe.ac.uk |
| Aesa Pighini |
| Katia Radja University of Versailles Saint Quentin, France |
| Stefano Mariani University of Florence, Italy |
 | Rudolf Anich International Organization for Migration, Switzerlandranich@iom.int |
 | Caroline Hart University of Cambridge, United Kingdomcfsscr2@cam.ac.uk |
 | Marion Young Inst. of Education University of London, United Kingdommarionyoung22@aol.com |
| Cristina Devecchi University of Northampton, United Kingdommcd25@cam.ac.uk |
 | Tindara Addabbo Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italyaddabbo.tindara@unimore.it |
| Michael Glassman |
| Laura Camfield Young Lives, United Kingdom |
| Parul Bakhshi Indiaparulbakhshi@gmail.com |
| Mariana Zerpa Universidad de la República, Uruguaymzerpa@iecon.ccee.edu.uy |
| Francisco Meza |
 | Bernhard Babic SOS Children's Villages International, Austria |
| VÍCTOR MANOLO QUISPE CAMPOS ONG AOSCIACIÓN PATAZ, Peru |
| Ksenia Kuzmina Bielefeld University, Germanyksenia.kuzmina@uni-bielefeld.de |
 | Tehmina Hammad Institute of Equality and Diversity Practitioners , United Kingdomtehmina.hammad@hotmail.co.uk |
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