The students are expected to:
Understand what is the sustainable human development paradigm and the differences with the dominant economic paradigm;
Understand the capability approach and sustainability and be able to utilize their concepts and tools;
Be able to assess and analyze the various dimensions of sustainable human development by using the capability approach
Learn how to measure sustainable human development and capabilities;
Become familiar with the international literature and the main sources of data on the topic and learn how to access and use them;
Comprehend the current empirical evidence and trends at global and national levels;
Understand the policy implications of the sustainable human development paradigm and design the public action.
Understand what is the sustainable human development paradigm and the differences with the dominant economic paradigm;
Understand the capability approach and sustainability and be able to utilize their concepts and tools;
Be able to assess and analyze the various dimensions of sustainable human development by using the capability approach
Learn how to measure sustainable human development and capabilities;
Become familiar with the international literature and the main sources of data on the topic and learn how to access and use them;
Comprehend the current empirical evidence and trends at global and national levels;
Understand the policy implications of the sustainable human development paradigm and design the public action.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/book/introduction-human-development-and-capability-approach-freedom-and-agency
- United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2020. The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene, UNDP, New York, 2020
The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2020
Core Documentation
- Deneulin S. with Shahani L.(eds.), An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach: Freedom and Agency, Earthscan, London, 2009.The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/book/introduction-human-development-and-capability-approach-freedom-and-agency
- United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2020. The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene, UNDP, New York, 2020
The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2020
Attendance
Attendance is strongly suggested, because the course is based on learning activities through the active participation of students and ongoing assessment methods through classwork and homework. Students who cannot attend will therefore not be able to participate in these activities and will have to take the exam in the traditional way.Type of evaluation
For non-attending students, the assessment consists in a written test: 10 questions with open and short answers, in two hours. For attending students, there will be a formative assessment, through classwork and homework assigned during the course. teacher profile teaching materials
The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/book/introduction-human-development-and-capability-approach-freedom-and-agency
- United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2020. The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene, UNDP, New York, 2020
The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2020
Core Documentation
- Deneulin S. with Shahani L.(eds.), An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach: Freedom and Agency, Earthscan, London, 2009.The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/book/introduction-human-development-and-capability-approach-freedom-and-agency
- United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2020. The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene, UNDP, New York, 2020
The text can be downloaded for free from the website:
https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2020
Attendance
Attendance is strongly suggested, because the course is based on learning activities through the active participation of students and ongoing assessment methods through classwork and homework. Students who cannot attend will therefore not be able to participate in these activities and will have to take the exam in the traditional way.Type of evaluation
For non-attending students, the assessment consists in a written test: 10 questions with open and short answers, in two hours. For attending students, there will be a formative assessment, through classwork and homework assigned during the course.