Latest posts tagged with #CapabilityApproach on Bluesky
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How does the #CapabilityApproach reshape #economics, #development, and well-being?
The latest HDCA Asia-Pacific Regional Network webinar dives into thinking beyond growth, income, and traditional measures of progress.
A fresh look for a continuing mission ✨
We’ve got a new visual identity at HDCA, including a refreshed logo and overall style.
Lighter, more modern, and a better reflection of our global community.
Same values, new feel.
What do you think? 👇🏿
#HDCA #HumanDevelopment #CapabilityApproach
An invitation to bridge disciplines, connect ideas & rethink transformation through justice, capabilities & inclusion 🌏💡
With support from: P-WILL, COST Association & European Union
#HDCA #CapabilityApproach #SustainabilityTransitions #Justice #Webinar
From health systems to social policy, the #CapabilityApproach is helping scholars and policymakers ask: Are we really improving people’s lives?
🗓 12 March 2026 | ⏰ 09:30–11:00 UTC | 💻 Online
https://shorturl.at/8REyv
✨ Don’t just study economic, reimagine it.
From health to development policy, the #CapabilityApproach is changing the game in #Economics.
Hear top scholars from the Asia-Pacific region share research, debate ideas, and imagine policies that actually improve lives.
Don’t just study economics: reimagine it. 🌏
An invitation to bridge disciplines, connect ideas & rethink transformation through justice, capabilities & inclusion 🌏💡
With support from: P-WILL, COST Association & European Union
#HDCA #CapabilityApproach #SustainabilityTransitions #Justice #Webinar
📢 Online discussion coming!
From Critique to Action: A #CapabilityApproach (CA) to Reimagining #HumanRights Due Diligence
We’re excited to host Dr. Bitar for a conversation around her recent article, bringing the CA into business & human rights debates.
🗓 Mon, 2 Feb 2026
⏰ 14:00–15:00 UTC
💻 Online
New to the Capability Approach? This session is for you 🌱
Learn key concepts and how CA is used in research, policy & practice.
🎤 Speakers: Raphael Ng & Dorothy Ferary
💬 Moderator: Erdal Bayraktar
#HDCA #CapabilityApproach #Webinar #HumanDevelopment #EarlyCareer
What does meaningful access to university really look like?
📚 "Widening University Access and Participation in the Global South" by Edward Mboyonga, PhD offers a fresh, capability-focused lens on #HigherEducation in low-income countries... 1/2
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Whether you’re working on #sustainability, climate justice, equitable wellbeing, or the #CapabilityApproach, this group is your platform for collaboration.
Join a global community shaping research and dialogue on sustainable human development. 🌱🤝
🔗 hd-ca.org/thematic_gro...
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Fostering collaboration on big topics like poverty, education, environment, indigenous issues, and more, the network supports dialogue, seminars, workshops, & future regional conferences.
Join the conversation 👉 hd-ca.org/region/asia-...
#HumanDevelopment #CapabilityApproach #AsiaPacific
🌏 Calling all researchers, practitioners & changemakers in the #AsiaPacific!
Why not connect with the HDCA Asia-Pacific Regional Network! A space for collaboration on human development & the #CapabilityApproach across research, policy & practice... 1/2
Dive in 👉 hd-ca.org/region/asia-...
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Connect with global colleagues and enrich your research with diverse perspectives.
👉 For early-career researchers, seasoned academics, or practitioners applying human rights in your work.
📌 Learn more and connect here: hd-ca.org/thematic_gro...
#CapabilityApproach #InterdisciplinaryResearch
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🔗 Watch the full recording here:
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📌 91-min session from the HDCA #HumanRights Thematic Group.
👉 Great watch for researchers, students, and anyone interested in #CorporateResponsibility, participatory research, and #SocialJustice.
#CapabilityApproach #SocialScience
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🤖 Is #AI transformative for human flourishing?
Transformative technologies can lead to practically irreversible change in the most important aspects of life. And such technologies tend to come as “clusters”...
Read the article here: hd-ca.org/is-ai-transf...
#CapabilityApproach #SocialScience
🌱 What will happen to human possibility when #AI reshapes the very capabilities that define our lives?
This article considers AI’s role in human development, & how these systems may transform our freedoms, relationships, & futures... 1/2
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📣 AVAILABLE NOW!
The video of our Health & Disability #webinar is now online!
Organised by the Health & Disability Thematic Group, three researchers presented their current work applying the #CapabilityApproach to health, disability, and well-being.
🚀 Learn about this fascinating #research here ⬇️
2/2 European Network activities include:
💻 Webinars related to research, policy and practice,
🗣️ Workshops on topics of interest to members,
🎫 Meetings and social events at the annual HDCA conference.
Join us here: hd-ca.org/region/europe
#CapabilityApproach #HumanDevelopment #AcademicSky
🚀 Join the HDCA European Network!
🌍 The Network brings together researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested in the #CapabilityApproach and #HumanDevelopment and who are working on, or in, Europe — supporting communication, connection & dialogue across its membership... 1/2
#AcademicSky
Trying to extract general principles from what seem like my arbitrary preferences, I prefer the term "free software" to "open source" because who you can be and what you can do is more important than some authority's allegedly objective measures of quality and efficiency.
#CapabilityApproach
2/2 To learn more, read the article from the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#CapabilityApproach #HigherEducation
🌍 “The Role of Language(s) in Transformative #HigherEducation in Africa: A Capabilities Perspective” — by Ntimi Mtawa, Larry Ndivo & Laela Adamson — shines a spotlight on the role of language-in-education policies and practices.
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We’re inviting research that connects these emerging approaches with the #HumanDevelopment & #CapabilityApproach.
Explore frameworks like:
🌱 New Eco-Social Contract
🫱🏾🫲🏻 Economy of Francesco
📜 Manifesto for a Renaissance in Economics
💬 Social & Solidarity Economies
🔗 More info: rebrand.ly/ekj2835
2/2 This thematic group aims to revive the interest of #HumanSecurity (HS) studies within the #HumanDevelopment and Capabilities paradigms.
💡 If you have an interest in HS studies, join the debate! This group is for you!
Learn more: hd-ca.org/thematic_gro...
#CapabilityApproach #HigherEducation
🌟 HDCA Thematic Group: Human Security 🌟
“The world can never be at peace unless people have security in their daily lives. Future conflicts may often be within nations rather than between them,” predicted the UN Human Development Report in 1994.
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📚 We’re delighted to share a new article in the Journal of Human Development & Capabilities:
“Forming an Eco-social Capability in the South African Higher Education Space” by Melanie Walker & Fenella Somerville.
#CapabilityApproach #HigherEd #ClimateJustice
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📢 HDCA #HealthAndDisability Webinar – Dec 11
Join us for an #EarlyCareerResearch webinar on health, disability, and the #CapabilityApproach!
🕑 Dec 11, 2:00–3:30 PM CET | 8:00–9:30 AM EST | 1:00–2:30 PM UTC
💬 15-min talks + 5-min discussion + 10-min Q&A
Don’t miss it!
hd-ca.org/es/event/web...
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We’re inviting research that connects these emerging approaches with the #HumanDevelopment & #CapabilityApproach.
Explore frameworks like:
🌱 New Eco-Social Contract
🫱🏾🫲🏻 Economy of Francesco
📜 Manifesto for a Renaissance in Economics
💬 Social & Solidarity Economies
Why do women in the Middle East & North Africa have more education but fewer jobs? 🤔
A new study on Tunisia uses the #CapabilityApproach to rethink this “gender paradox”, showing it’s really about capability deprivation, not lack of education
By Çuhadar, Kawamura & Jawad
✨ We were honored to hear from Prof. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, President of the HDCA, in her Presidential Address.
A truly inspiring reflection on the mission and future of the Association, #HumanDevelopment and the #CapabilityApproach. 🙌🏻
