Amy Luers says it’s time to shift our thinking towards ‘humanity development’ – an approach that removes the emphasis on the individual and instead focuses on the systems in which humanity functions every day.
16.06.2020
Elisa Reis, Vice President of the ISC, explores the social and cultural dimensions of crises, and how fostering resilience can promote cohesion, whilst defensive moves can create division.
15.06.2020
In this interview, Connie Nshemereirwe discusses how human development needs to be self-determined, arguing that it is the result of fitting in with our contexts and cultural settings, as well as striving towards achieving our self-identified value.
14.06.2020
This is not a good moment to come up with small improvements to the definition of human development, says Isabel Ortiz – governments are facing an unprecedented level of debt and fiscal deficits because of the COVID-19 emergency, and now is the time to solidly make the case for human development, as agreed by governments at the UN for decades.
13.06.2020
Marc Fleurbaey proposes to define human development with a diversity of values in mind.
11.06.2020
This World Oceans Day is like no other - the COVID-19 pandemic and ‘stay at home’ measures have reduced human activity at sea and in coastal areas. We take a look at what that means for ocean science.
08.06.2020
After contracting COVID-19, Vint Cerf reflects on how computing and the internet is responding to the pandemic.
04.06.2020
Only through listening to poor and vulnerable people can we understand what human development means. We need to collect people’s stories about how they live their lives and make this central to our rearticulation of human development, says Adrian Jjuuko.
04.06.2020
The health crisis stress-tests our ability to cooperate, learn and adapt in the face of deep uncertainties and rising risks. A call to action for the policy-making and science community.
03.06.2020
Big questions have been raised about the neoliberal agenda by COVID-19, Stuart Carr observes, and points out that the challenge lies in transforming macro indicators to capture what really makes a difference in people’s everyday lives.
29.05.2020
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