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
DEADLINE POSTPONED Call: full day workshop of the TG on Children on research methods in Amman 20th September 2010 | |
| VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINE 21st of JUNE 2010 (and not 30 of MAY) This is due to the fact that the conference organisers of the HDCA annual conference did not reply jet to applicants. For this reason we decided to postpone the deadline of application for our TG workshop. Call for proposal and participation at full day workshop of the TG on Children on research methods in Amman 20th 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. If you are willing to participate please write to both Mario Biggeri mario.biggeri@unifi.it) and Bernhard Babic (bernhard.babic@sos-kd.org) before the 21st of June 2010 with a brief bio and motivations. If you want to present your research please note that an abstract of 500 words is additionally requested. We will let you know the decision of acceptance (participation and presentation of your research) the 26th of June 2010 with all the info needed i.e. Place, day, a draft of the program (the idea is to start the 20th September 2010 at 10.00 and finish around 18.00). 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 (~15 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 | |
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| Submitted by Mario Biggeri | Last Modified on 2010-06-06 |
Panel proposal of the TG on Children 2010 HDCA conference September 21-23, 2010, Jordan – Amman | |
| We are trying to organise a panel proposal TG on Children's Capabilities HDCA Annual conference in Amman. September 21-23, 2010, The University of Jordan – Amman We are now waiting for an answer from the organisers. Information on the acceptance of panel session/paper, poster & mentor proposals will be communicated before the end of May 2010. Full papers must be submitted before 31st July, 2010. | |
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| Submitted by Mario Biggeri | Last Modified on 2010-05-13 |
Results of the workshop of the HDCA New Delhi | |
| 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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| Submitted by Mario Biggeri | Last Modified on 2009-01-10 |
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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, SpainIvehersant@hotmail.com |
| 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 United Kingdomparulbakhshi@gmail.com |
| Mariana Zerpa Universidad de la República, Uruguay |
| Francisco Meza |
 | Bernhard Babic SOS-Kinderdorf 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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