Major international conference on human development to be held in 2023 in Sofia

16.12.2022

Open Society Institute – Sofia (OSIS) in partnership with the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS), Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Trust for Social Achievement (TSA), and Sustainable Cooperation (SCOOP), will host the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) 2023 conference entitled “Vulnerability, Human Development and Cooperative Re-building in Turbulent Times”. The annual conference of HDCA will be held on 11-13 September, 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

HDCA is a global community of academics and practitioners that seeks to build an intellectual community around the ideas of human development and the capability approach, and relate these ideas to the policy arena. The association promotes research within many disciplines, ranging from economics to philosophy, development studies, health, education, law, government, sociology, and more.

This is the first HDCA conference, which is to be organized in а Central and Eastern European country.

The keynote speakers at the conference include:

Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago, United States

Melanie Walker, Higher Education & Human Development, University of the Free State, South Africa

Branko Milanović, City University of New York, United States

Subbu Subramanian, Independent Scholar; formerly, Professor: Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India

Vassil Kirov, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, BAS, Bulgaria

Gustav Arrhhenius, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden

Ursula Holtgrewe, Centre for Social Innovation, Austria

The hosts of the 2023 HDCA Conference cordially invite submissions of proposals.  In addition to papers on the conference theme, papers on all core HDCA topics are welcome.

The deadline for submitted abstracts is February 15, 2023.

The venue of the conference will be Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng).
More information about the conference is available on the conference webpage: https://hd-ca.org/conferences/2023-hdca-conference-sofia-bulgaria

Questions can be addressed to the conference organizers at  hdca2023@osi.bg