Networking

The HDCP-IRC is a node of the Human Development and Capability Initiative (HDCI) which is a new network of research centres from the Global North and Global South working together to advance coherent and coordinated research on the human development and capability approaches, and communicate its research findings proactively.

The network presently includes besides the HDCP-IRC the following partners:

Ethics and Human Development Programme – Harvard, USA
Contact person: John Hammock
E-mail: john_hammock@harvard.edu

Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) – Oxford, UK
Contact person: Sabina Alkire
E-mail: sabina.alkire@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Centre for Human and Economic Development Studies (CHEDS), Peking University, China
Contact person: Minquan Liu
E-mail: minquanliu@hotmail.com

Financial supporters of research projects:

FLA 1: "Quality of life and sustainable human development" is financially supported by the Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente

FLA 2: "City, well-being and poverty" is financially supported by the Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente

FIRB "Toward an integrated view of human rights and human development: theoretical foundations, measurement issues and policy implications" is financially supported by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research.


Partners in research projects/events:

FIRB "Toward an integrated view of human rights and human development: theoretical foundations, measurement issues and policy implications" is carried out in collaboration with:

• The University of Pavia, Italy
• Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples, University of Padova, Italy
• The University of Jordan, Jordan

The 1st and 2nd edition of the HDCA Summer School on Capability, Poverty and Well-Being Measurement was jointly organised with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.

Other acknowledgements:

The 2007 HDCA Summer School was kindly hosted at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Cuny University in New York City, USA.

The 2007 FLA 1 Workshop on "Policy modelling and simulation for well-being assessment - A comparison of methodological tools" was kindly hosted at the Fondazione Bussolera-Branca, Italy.

The HDCP-IRC is receiving kind support from the Italian Foundation Cariplo.