What's it really like to navigate school while living with type 1 diabetes? A new article by Powell explores how type 1 diabetes & assistive technologies shape young people's learning, emotions, & wellbeing through the #CapabilityApproach A must read on inclusion & education 📖

A Narrative Inquiry Evaluating the Effects of Type 1 Diabetes and Associated Assistive Technologies on 15-18-Year-Old Students’ Capabilities of “Emotions” and “Knowledge” in Education

This narrative inquiry involves six 15–18-year-old students with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) at two co-educational independent boarding schools and one university in northern England. Through semi-struc...

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🌱 What would you be willing to sacrifice for a #sustainable future? Drawing on data from young people in 157 countries, Homer explores how economic realities, #education, and #humandevelopment shape the trade-offs youth make between personal aspirations and #sustainability doi.org/10.1080/1945...

Human Development and Youth Agency: Exploring Sacrifice in Socioeconomic Contexts

This study explores youth perceptions of sacrifice for future aspirations through the lens of the Human Development Index (HDI), emphasising its intersection with education and sustainability. Util...

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🤖 As AI reshapes higher education, the key question isn't whether we should use it, but what kind of human development it encourages. In a new HDCA blog, Charline Elias explores how the Capability Approach can help us rethink AI's role in education.

How can #businesses better protect #HumanRights during conflict? This new article by Tamara Horbachevska-Konstankevych and Olena Uvarova explores how the #CapabilityApproach can help rethink human rights due diligence, drawing on women's experiences in wartime #Ukraine. doi.org/10.1080/1945...

Reimagining Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence: A Capability Approach Informed by Women’s Experiences in Wartime Ukraine

This article examines the limitations of existing Business and Human Rights (BHR) frameworks on the matter of addressing the complex ways war undermines women’s capabilities. The war in Ukraine ser...

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Can #hope be a matter of #justice? In this new open-access article, Osben argues that the #capability to aspire isn't just personal: it depends on the opportunities society creates. What if supporting people's capacity to imagine a better futures is a responsibility of the state? shorturl.at/1HvsW

🐘🌱 What gives non-human beings moral value? In this new open access article, Caceda-Adrianzen explores a fresh way of thinking about moral value—shifting the focus from what makes a being valuable to why we have reasons to care. doi.org/10.1080/1945...

What Does it Mean for Non-Human Beings to Have Moral Value? Building Bridges Between Capabilitarian Theories

In this article, I present a formal and relational definition of moral value, which is not based on any specific intrinsic or extrinsic property or relational criteria in particular. With this defi...

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📢 Call for Proposals | Journal of Global Ethics Special Issue International Solidarity, Development Cooperation, and Development Ethics – Which Way Now?

📢New open-access article! "Women’s Self-Employment in Informal Settlements in Delhi, #India: A Pathway to Empowerment?" by K. Fincham explores whether women's economic participation translates into #empowerment A must-read contribution to debates on #gender & #development

Women’s Self-Employment in Informal Settlements in Delhi, India: A Pathway to Empowerment?

Within Western development discourse, women’s economic activity is often assumed to automatically lead to their empowerment. Using empirical qualitative research with focus groups as the primary re...

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📚 Join us for the launch of Navigating Complex Research Terrains: The Experiences of Social Researchers in the Global South. A conversation on the realities, challenges, and opportunities of conducting research across diverse Global South contexts.

📚 New publication! Normative Problems in the Conditional Model of Social Protection (Springer Nature, 2026), co-edited by Facundo García Valverde and Gottfried Schweiger, is now available online. Congratulations to the editors and contributors! 🎉 shorturl.at/o9PMn

Normative Problems in the Conditional Model of Social Protection

This book discusses conditionality in social policy from normative, ethical, and philosophical perspectives in depth.

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Interested in philosophy, ethics, and justice? Applications are now open for International Study Circle #15 (MCNSC), featuring Martha C. Nussbaum and leading scholars from around the world. 🗓️ Deadline: June 30, 2026 Learn more: hd-ca.org/news/interna...

📢 Call Re-Opened: Host the 2027 HDCA Conference Hosting the annual conference is an opportunity to bring together the global human development & capabilities community while raising the profile of your institution 🗓️ Deadline: June 15, 2026 Contact: admin@hd-ca.org or sakatan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

📚 What is education really for? In a recent HDCA Education Thematic Group webinar, Lorella Terzi explored why well-being should be a central aim of education through the capability approach, with reflections from Laura D'Olimpio.

What does agency really mean, and why is it still such a contested concept across disciplines? The HDCA Thematic Group on Empowerment and Collective Capabilities recently hosted the webinar: “An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Agency”

You’re still on time to join the Workshops for the Journal of HDCA 🌍🌱: https://shorturl.at/5IQbO Session 1 begins today and registration remains open for the upcoming sessions, including Session 3: 📅 Thursday, 28 May 2026 🕒 3:00 PM – 6:45 PM (CEST / Rome) 💻 Online

Paper Development Workshops for the JHDC Special Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures

Paper Development Workshops for the JHDC Special Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures. Description: On 26-28 May 2026, the [...]

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Did you already check the Paper Development Workshops for the Journal of HDCA? 🌍 shorturl.at/5IQbO Session 2 is also coming up, featuring discussions on: 🌱 Capability-led futures 🌍 Eco-social contracts 🏘️ Grassroots organizing & community economies 💡 Indigenous knowledges & regenerative futures

Paper Development Workshops for the JHDC Special Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures

Paper Development Workshops for the JHDC Special Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures. Description: On 26-28 May 2026, the [...]

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🌍🌱 Register for the Session 1 of the Paper Development Workshops for the Journal of HDCA Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures 📅 Tuesday, 26 May 2026 🕐 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM (CEST / Rome) 💻 Online us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are excited to announce the Paper Development Workshops for the Journal of HDCA From 26–28 May 2026, members of the HDCA community will come together online to exchange ideas and strengthen research on sustainable futures, human development, and the capability approach. 🌍🌱 shorturl.at/5IQbO

Paper Development Workshops for the JHDC Special Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures

Paper Development Workshops for the JHDC Special Issue: Beyond Development Paradigms for Sustainable Futures. Description: On 26-28 May 2026, the [...]

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In a world shaped by performance metrics, outcomes, and efficiency, are we losing sight of education’s deeper purpose? 📚🌱 Join this webinar with Prof. Terzi: Defending well-being as an educational aim: insights from the capability approach 🗓 26 May 2026 ⏰ 09:00 UTC 💻 Zoom

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Defending well-being as an educational aim: Insights from the capability approach. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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What lies behind the success stories of migration? In this new blog, Anjali Elsa Skariah explores how #migration reshapes identity, #gender roles, sacrifice, and #wellbeing for #women from Kerala working abroad as #nurses and #CareWorkers. hd-ca.org/from-movemen...

HDCA: From movement to meaning: Kerala’s women migration and capability approach

Anjali Elsa Skariah, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, India Migration is less a linear pathway to a better [...]

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Missed the live panel? 🎥 The recording of the HDCA Online Panel “Meet the Authors: Education, Sustainability & Social Justice from the Global South” is available! Scholars & practitioners shared insights on capability development, education, & justice across the Global South shorturl.at/LOm8T

🌟 Deadline This Week: ul Haq Early Career Scholarships 2026 🌟 Deadline close on 15 May 2026! If you’re a PhD student or early career researcher working on human development or the capability approach, this scholarship offers mentorship, visibility, and connection with a global research community

📣 More time to submit your work! The deadline for abstracts for the International Conference on Human Development for a Sustainable Future 2026 has been extended to 4 May 2026 (23:59 UTC). Hosted by Satya Terra Bhinneka University, the conference will take place from 29 June – 1 July 2026.

Missed it live? Catch the recording 🎥 HDCA Webinar — Bridging Epistemic Worlds What happens when the ideas of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum meet sustainability transitions research? 👉🏽 A sharp, fast-paced exchange on how to make systemic change both sustainable and just

⏳ Happening soon, don’t miss it 🌍 Whose knowledge shapes education, sustainability, and social justice? Join the HDCA Online Panel 🗓 30 April 2026 ⏰ 11:00–12:30 UTC 💻 Online

⏳ Reminder: ul Haq Early Career Scholarships 2026 The deadline is fast approaching! If you’re an early career researcher in human development, don’t miss this opportunity to join a global network and grow your work. 📅 Apply by 15 May 2026 Link to apply: rb.gy/el7ach

We talk about “agency” all the time. But do we actually know what we mean? Across disciplines, agency is everywhere, yet there’s no real agreement on what it is or how to measure it. 👉🏽 Has it become a concept we use more than we understand?

Missed it live? The recording is now available 🎥 What makes a good job today and how should we think about #work in a world shaped by #inequality, #informality, and #AI? This online discussion explored new ways to understand #LabourMarkets and the future of #employment.

🌍 Whose knowledge shapes #education, #sustainability, and #SocialJustice? Join the HDCA Online Panel: Meet the Authors 👇 🗓 30 April 2026 ⏰ 11:00–12:30 UTC 💻 Online

🔔 Quick reminder, this is worth your time. When we talk about #GenderEquality, what are we actually measuring… and what are we missing? A special collection from the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities challenges the usual narratives 👇🏿