The Human Development and Capability Approach in Conversation

In this episode, we discuss energy justice and what a capabilities fromework can bring to it. We were joined by Dr Nathan Wood who helped put the episode together, Professors Lucie Middlemiss and Joohee Lee. Professor Lucie Middlemiss Professor Lucie Middlemiss joined the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds in 2004 as a Teaching and Research Fellow. She completed her PhD in the School in 2009 and subsequently became a Lecturer in Sustainability the same year. In ...

In this episode, we're led by Graciela Tonon, who's recently edited a new book on urban inequalities. This book proposes an interdisciplinary and multidimensional perspective of urban inequalities based on a range of theoretical, methodological, and professional approaches. Chapters consider different types of inequalities: in health, education, age, housing, energy, space, civic rights, social exclusion, ethnicity, poverty, segregation, work status, nutrition, public policies, democracy, h...

In this episode we speak to organisers of the Early Careers Researchers and Practitioners Network. Organisers Raphael Ng, Abigail Lennox, Dorothy Ferary & Gareth Wall join us to discuss the group, it's history and it's purpose. The network is a really vibrant space for capabilities work. You can find out more including how to join it here: https://hd-ca.org/thematic_group/early-career-researchers-practitioners-network ------ Some more info... The overall purpose of ...

In episode 2, we discuss the Capability Approach and health justice with Sridhar Venkatapuram. Sridhar discusses the philosophical implications of differing ways of seeing rights to health justice, and how the Capability Approach can help connect rights & policy. Sridhar has worked on health ethics for 30 years. He has won numerous awards, grants, and fellowships including Wellcome Trust Research and Senior Research Fellowships. He has been elected to prestigious professional orga...

In episode 1, we speak to Ingrid Robeyns. Ingrid has worked extensively on the Capability Approach, and is a former president of the HDCA. We discussed a brief history of the CA, and some of the key components of the approach. For more information on Ingrid, and as a good starting point for an overview of Capability Approach work, check out Ingrid's book Freedom, Wellbeing & Justice. It's open published, so is free to access; https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.1164...