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Extended deadline for abstract proposal submissions: 17th February 2025!

Deadline Extended! The submission deadline for the 2025 HDCA Conference at the @UniofBradford has been extended to Tuesday, February 18! Submit your proposals here 👉bit.ly/4hSygJd We look forward to your contributions! #HDCA2025 #BradfordUK

Submissions now open for the 2025 Annual HDCA Conference (Sept 1–5, @UniofBradford, UK). Submit proposals for full papers, posters or panels by Feb 4, 2025 here: bit.ly/4atnuX3

Good news! The deadline for our Mentorship Programme has been extended to Monday, January 27. 🗒️If you haven’t applied yet, there’s still time—we’re excited to review your applications!

@ValentinaErasmo @Societies_HET #eshet2025

📢Submit your abstract for the ESHET-HDCA Joint Session: "How do human development & the capability approach reshape economics?" 🗓️ Abstracts due: Feb 2, 2025 📍 28th Annual ESHET Conference, "The Changing Face of Economics," Torino, May 22–24, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/3W98gk8

On 26th November 2024, Simon Deakin @Cambridge_Uni gave a talk on "Labour Law, Democracy and Capability," organised by HDCA's Work and Employment Group, with Ruth Dukes @UofGlasgow as discussant. Audio recording and slides are now online. 🔗bit.ly/3DXCoZo

The Call for Papers is now open! The 2025 HDCA Annual Conference theme is Culture, Peace, and Capabilities. Sept 1-4 (in-person) and Sept 5 (virtual only) in Bradford, UK. 📅 Deadline for proposal submissions: Feb 4 (submissions open soon) 📍 Details: bit.ly/404fIzm

HDCA Mentorship Program 2024/25 is now open! Are you an early career researcher or practitioner using the capabilities approach looking for a mentor? 📄 Apply and learn more here: forms.gle/yBHErY9wix3KLd… 🗓️ Deadline: 20th Jan ✉️ Questions? Email hdca.ecrpn@gmail.com

New HDCA blog piece Comprehensive sexuality education is key to unlocking adolescents' sexual rights, without it, their ability to make informed, autonomous decisions remains limited—especially for marginalized groups says Gottfried Schweiger. hd-ca.org/rethinking-the…

📍Participa en los “Diálogos sobre Pobreza Multidimensional”. 📅 Día: lunes 21 de octubre ⏰ Hora: 5:00 pm a 6:30 pm (UTC-5) 🏢Lugar: Aula Polivalente B100 🟢 Ingreso libre previa inscripción: forms.gle/Y2KGw3ot7T9jTn…

We now have three episodes of the HDCA podcast 🎧 An intro with Ingrid Robeyns, a second episode with @sridhartweet & a third with the Early Career Researchers and Practitioners Network. You can listen here 🎧 hd-ca.org/podcasts

Arrived home from hot and wet to cold and wet autumn, full of joy and plans, grateful for the @CapabilityApp community 🥰

Back from the great 20th HDCA conference @CapabilityApp I presented a paper with @PBoyadjieva based on #Skills2Capabilities and discussed the book Reparative Futures and Transformative Learning Spaces (lnkd.in/d4x5aYgX) ed. by @Melanie_HEHD, @SandraBoni4 & Diana Velasco

This week has been 🔥 @CapabilityApp

The 2024 HDCA conference is over. Lots of great conversations & presentations. Thanks to the hosts for wonderful hospitality. Next stop Bradford, UK. hopefully see you there. Thank you Kolkata!

What a powerful panel on recognising individual capabilities and building collective action from @mkssindia Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey. They point the importance of listening to people to find the right issue to focus on. It is an important remind for us @CapabilityApp

The right to development as a roadmap to societal wellbeing. Dr Azadeh Chalabi (@AzadehChalabi) will present her latest paper at the Human Development and Capability Association HDC (@CapabilityApp) conference, tomorrow. Find out more ⤵️ hd-ca.org/conference

@FComim introducing the legendary Jean Drèze to deliver the Sen Lecture @CapabilityApp #HDCA2024