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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 3h

🌱 What if #care was recognised as a #HumanRight, essential for both social and ecological wellbeing?

In their new Comment for the JHDC, Bourke, J.& Araujo, L. explore how #feminist #agroecology can ground a right to care that sustains both people and planet. 🌍💚

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Recognising the Right to Care as a Foundation for Human Flourishing: Agroecological Insights on a Critical Development Issue

Care lies at the heart of human flourishing and is essential for sustainable environmental and socio-economic systems, yet it remains systematically unrecognized, undervalued and unequally distribu...

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 2d

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

Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 Call for Papers – #JHDC Special Issue

Beyond #Development Paradigms for #Sustainable #Futures
We’re rethinking the economy to put human development, justice, and sustainability first.

🗓️ Abstracts due: 19 Dec 2025
🗞️ Publication: Aug 2027
🔗 More info:

HDCA: For Authors

JHDC August 2027 Special Issue Call for Papers: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures: Integrating Emerging Approaches of the Economy [...]

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 8d

How can disability policy truly support people to live the lives they value?

New open access research compares NZ and UK disability strategies through the capability approach, showing where they succeed, where they fall short, and why centering disabled people in policy design matters

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A Comparative Analysis of Disability Policies in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United Kingdom Through the Lens of the Capability Approach

Disability policy intersects many policy domains, requiring cross-governmental responses. How policy understands and responds to disability affects capabilities for millions of people. Applying Ama...

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 New #OpenAccess #Policy Forum in the JHDCA!

Imagining the Future of the Dairy Industry in #Kenya 🐄✨

Kuhn et al., worked with women smallholder farmers in Kinangop & Ol Kalou to imagine #futures where #tech boosts #freedoms, not #inequalities!

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 15d

We welcome:

🌍 Regional reviews of cooperative policy
📑 Analyses of key themes like credit unions, agricultural policy, sustainability, cooperative governance, and more

Details here: icaccr2025.org/submission (scroll down)

Help shape the policy conversation for a cooperative future! 🌱

Submission

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Call for Policy Forum Submissions: Cooperatives & Policy in 2025 🚨

2025 = UN International Year of Cooperatives 🌍

We’re inviting contributions for a special Policy Forum in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.

🗓 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
📄 2000–3500 words, clear policy focus

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · 28d

Following #HDCA2025, read Paul Anand’s open-access article “AI: Challenges for Democracy & Some Policy Solutions” in the Journal of Human Development & Capabilities

10 #AI challenges + 6 policy ideas for fair, inclusive governance.
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#Democracy #HumanDevelopment #OpenAccess

AI: Challenges for Democracy and Some Policy Solutions

The paper considers the challenges that AI poses for democracy and makes recommendations for national and international policy-making. Section 2 identifies 10 significant challenges ranging from th...

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Department of Peace Studies and International Development @bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social · Sep 8

We were proud to host the Human Development and Capability Association 2025 Conference: Culture, Peace and Capabilities in Bradford with @hdca.bsky.social!

#HDCA2025 brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world to explore human development and social justice.

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 5

Special thanks to our speakers, organizers, volunteers & members who made it all possible! Your energy keeps our community thriving! 🙌🏾 Big applause for @uniofbradford.bsky.social for hosting this year’s conference!

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎉 That’s a wrap on HDCA 2025! 🎉

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us in Bradford and online. Over the past few days, we’ve shared ideas, built connections, and deepened our understanding of human development and the capability approach. 🌍💡

#HDCA2025 #HumanDevelopment #CapabilitiesApproach

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 5

💻 Now we turn online!

The conversation continues with the HDCA 2025 Virtual Conference.

This is a chance for colleagues around the world to join in, share their work, and take part in our global community of scholars and practitioners. 🌐✨

We look forward to seeing many of you online today!

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 4

Another wonderful year of connecting with our members!

The General Members Meeting is always a special moment to reflect on the Association’s achievements, share ideas, and strengthen our community.

Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed 👏🏾📑

#HDCA2025

Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨ 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. 🙌🏻

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Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative @ophioxford.bsky.social · Sep 2

At this week's HDCA Conference Sabina Alkire will present on parallels between the Capability Approach & Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index. She will also speak on a panel at the Amartya Sen Lecture. Over the rest of the week, OPHI team members will present papers on MPI, wellbeing & belonging.

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 3

📖 Big moment at #HDCA2025 today: the Martha Nussbaum Lecture!

Prof. Laura Valentini is asking:
✨ What does personal sovereignty really mean?
✨ Why are violations of it such deep moral wrongs?
✨ And how does it connect to justice, dignity & human flourishing?

Powerful questions for our times. 🌍

Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 3

🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 The #Networking Space at ="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#HDCA2025 @uniofbradford.bsky.social is buzzing today!

Scholars, practitioners & students are sparking collaborations and strengthening our community.

If you’re here: what’s one new idea or connection you’ve taken from it so far?

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 3

☀️ Day 3 of #HDCA2025 at the @uniofbradford.bsky.social

We’ve had two days of powerful talks + connections, and today brings more chances to learn, reflect & collaborate.

🌍 Don’t miss the Martha Nussbaum Lecture later today!

👉🏾 What’s been your top takeaway so far?

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 2

We also got the bonus pleasure of truly insightful commentary by Professors Jaya Krishnakumar and Sabina Alkire 🌟

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 At #HDCA2025, Prof. FD Ferreira delivered the Amartya Sen Lecture: “Inherited Inequality, Meritocracy & Public Policy.”

He explored inequality of opportunity, inherited inequality, and what these mean for fairness + policy today.

What does meritocracy mean when chances aren’t equal? 🤔

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 2

This work also links to our 2026 Special Issue of the Journal of Human Development & Capabilities:

“The Anthropocene Reframed: From human impact to human agency for just and sustainable futures.”

📖 Call for papers: hd-ca.org/es/publicati...

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JHDC 2027 Special Issue Call for Papers: Work and Employment in the Capability Approach Download the Call for Papers The [...]

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌍 At #HDCA2025 we held a consultation on the upcoming 2026 Human Development Report (HDR), bridging academia with practice and exploring how human development & capabilities can shape policy.

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌍 Prof. Sen on the #CapabilityApproach: it lives on through the UNDP Human Development Report and remains a vital lens for thinking beyond GDP.

✨ "Distribution has to be at the core of production. You cannot deal with distribution 'later on'... it may be too late"
—Kunal Sen

Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 1

✨ We closed Day 1 of #HDCA2025 with the Mahbub ul Haq Lecture, delivered by Prof. Kunal Sen.

His talk “The Capability Approach: Origins and Current Relevance” revisited the foundations laid by Amartya Sen, Mahbub ul Haq & Martha Nussbaum, and the role of UNU-WIDER in shaping the approach.

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · Sep 1

Also joining us at the opening:

Rt Hon Ed Anderson (Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire)

Shahnaz Gulzar (Bradford City of Culture)

✨ "Peace is not the absence of difference. Peace is living with difference"
- Ms Shahnaz Gulzar

A powerful start to a week of reflection, dialogue & collaboration.