The HDCA invites you to submit proposals
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
Increasingly the relationship between human rights and human development is becoming a focus for researchers and practitioners alike. The integration of the two concepts could be a stimulus for scholars as it carries methodological, substantive and policy implications. Additionally, the link between the human rights and the capability approach to human development can be regarded as rich area for further analysis. It may also act as a catalyst for future research which could deepen the understanding of the scope and importance of the capability approach.
How can human rights be incorporated into the theoretical and empirical study of human development and economic analysis? Which elements need to be incorporated in such a framework? Would human rights-based criteria add value to existing development research and economic analysis? How can groups specify which institutions are responsible for rights fulfilment and what is the nature of their obligations to fulfil these rights? These are some of the questions that will be explored at the 2010 conference.
Aims of the conference and program
The conference aims to promote high quality academic research, and original policy and practice. In addition to papers on the conference theme, the conference welcomes papers on core HDCA topics. The 2010 HDCA conference will bring together researchers from all over the world and from different disciplines.
Conference Topics We are seeking high quality research papers addressing the conference theme which includes, inter alia, issues such as human rights and sustainable human development; economic transformations, economic policy and human rights; citizenship and civil society; gender, race and other factors of discrimination; values, religion, culture and freedom; human rights and human development in Arab Countries and culture; globalization and human rights.
We also welcome outstanding research papers on core HDCA topics such as the philosophical and ethical foundations of the capability approach, capability measurement and empirical analysis, poverty and inequality analysis and measurement, education, health and disability, gender, participation, environment, indigenous people, children, and so on. Additionally, if you are engaged in important research related to the capability or the human development approach with respect to another topic please submit it.
While the papers may come from any discipline and may be theoretical, applied, or policy-based, every paper must fundamentally engage with, apply, extend, or criticize the capability approach and the human development paradigm.
Conference Structure This year our conference seeks to increase the academic quality of our debate; to that end, the selection of full papers will be even more competitive than usual. We will have a few papers which are already developed to a high standard in ‘senior sessions’. We will also have a stream of working sessions. There will also be plenary sessions, panels and mentoring activities. The Conference Language will be in English and interpretation into Arabic will be made available
Plenary sessions: organized by the HDCA, will include this year the Presidential Address of Prof. Kaushik Basu (Cornell University). Keynote speakers will include Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago), among others to be announced.
Senior paper Sessions: each session will include a maximum of three full academic papers so to allow enough time for discussion. The paper sessions will be chaired by HDCA Fellows or senior scholars who will contribute in the selection and evaluation of the proposals submitted.
Working Sessions: The aim of these new working sessions is to provide an opportunity to researchers, students and practitioners to present the essence of their own research or fieldwork, even when the work is still in progress or refers to a very specific topic. Proposals for the working paper sessions wi be selected on the basis of the relevance and contribution to the themes of the conference.
Mentor Sessions: PhD students who have work in progress pertaining to the theme of the conference or want to present and discuss their PhD outline will have the opportunity to get feedback from subject matter experts including HDCA fellows.
Panel Sessions: The panel sessions consists of four papers including the moderator that may be presented in one thematic session. Note that the standards for evaluating panels will the same as ‘senior paper’ sessions – The panel will be refereed individually and if all papers submitted are not evaluated favourably, then papers will be regarded as individual papers and may be allocated for other sessions.
For submitting proposals please fill in the application form, enclose title and abstract (see detailed form below) and send by email to hdca2010@gmail.com.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 15th March 2010. 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.
Financial assistance and fee reductions
Students and scholars from developing countries will pay a reduced fee for attending to the conference. Additionally, a limited amount of resources are available for offering a partial financial assistance to students and scholars from developing countries. Those who wish to be considered for financial assistance must briefly indicate why they need this support in the application form. Please consider that in this case the submission of the full paper is due by 1st July 2010. A committee will consider your request on the basis of the full paper and communicate their decision and the amount of financial assistance before 15th August 2010.
Kuklys Prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the 2010 HDCA conference
This prize is aimed at promoting the work of graduate students in the field of human development and the capability approach. It is named in memory of Wiebke Kuklys, who, as an Economics PhD student at Cambridge University, advanced the capability approach by exploring the application of new statistical techniques. All graduate students who will not have received their degree before 1st of September 2010 and are presenting a paper at the 2010 HDCA conference under their sole authorship are eligible to be considered for the Wiebke Kuklys prize. To submit your paper for the award, please indicate on your paper proposal that you wish to submit it. The full paper is due by 31st of July 2010. The winner of the 2010 Wiebke Kuklys Prize will be awarded a cash prize with the aim of contributing to the student's graduate work, by allowing him/her to buy equipment or books, or to attend a conference, and the name of the winner will be announced at the closing plenary session of the conference.
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
The best papers of the conference have the opportunity to be published in a special issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. The journal, which was launched in January of 2000, is a peer reviewed multi-disciplinary journal for people-centered development.
Registration Fees in US $
Students & all developing countries $125
Salaried Professionals $250
Late Registration (after 15th July)
Students & developing countries $160
Salaried Professionals $300
The Registration Fee includes HDCA membership fee (it also covers one year’s subscription to the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities), admission to the 2010 conference sessions, lunch, coffee break refreshments, a Conference dinner, a conference bag, a copy of the programme, a volume containing abstracts of papers and a CD containing all the papers.
Participants are requested to register by the 15th of July 2010 so that appropriate arrangements for their stay are made. Registration requests after 15th July will be accepted only on the payment of a late registration fee. It will not be possible for the organisers to accept any request for registration after 5th of September 2010.
- Online registration for the conference is now open
- Not all country nationals require visa clearance prior to entering into Jordan. Those requiring visas can be issued a letter of invitation from the university upon registration to assist them in obtaining the visa; detailed information will be posted on the conference website.
- Many hotels are available nearby the venue;
- Bristol Hotel - www.bristolamman.com
- Le Royal Hotel - www.leroyalamman.com
- Regency Hotel - www.theregencyhotel.com
- Marriott Hotel - www.marriott.com
- IBIS Hotel - www.ibishotel.com
For further information please send an e-mail message to: hdca2010@gmail.com
For an Application Form for the 2010 HDCA Conference Click here
International Conference
Lima, 10-12 September 2009
Organised by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP)
Conference Theme: PARTICIPATION, POVERTY AND POWERThe International Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) sets out to explore the relationships between participation, poverty and power from the perspective of their contribution to human development and capabilities.
The Conference has as a main purpose the analysis and deeper understanding of how power structures can be changed in order to advance the capabilities of the poor, particularly in contexts where there is ethnic, racial, regional, or religious diversity. There will be an emphasis on the role of political participation by the deprived.
It is hoped that papers presented will analyse power and participation in relation to the capability approach from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Papers may analyze and critically evaluate the diverse experience of social participation in Latin America and elsewhere in the world, ranging from participatory decision making tosocial mobilization, and aim to increase our understanding of the structure of power and the exercise of it in society from the family level to the local, the regional (sub national), the national and to the global, through political (state, democratic government, civil society)economic (economic policy and enterprise)and cultural (throughmedia, art, intercultural interactions, etc.)institutions.
Continuing the established tradition of the HDCA conferences, papers are also welcomed which advance conceptual clarification of the capability approach (in relation, for example, to agency, rights, entitlements etc.); which include empirical work (including research methods to capture situations and social practices contributing to the wide range of valued capabilities (political, family, religion, education, etc.); and which are from a range of disciplines (including economics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, political science, theology, law).
For further information about the conference, see the conference website at www.pucp.edu.pe/congreso/hdca2009
