Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

Oxford Department of International Development

Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

OPHI Events

OPHI runs a programme of regular events, including a lunchtime seminar series, workshops for academics and practitioners and special events related to OPHI’s research.

Details of forthcoming events are shown below. See OPHI’s Seminars and Workshops pages, or Previous Events for a full list of all past events.

Many past events are available to watch or listen to on OPHI’s podcasts page.

11 September 2010 :
OPHI Summer School on Capability and Multidimensional Poverty 2010
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Organised by OPHI with the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA)
University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, 11 September – 20 September 2010
The purpose of this intensive summer school is to provide a thorough conceptual and technical introduction to current literature and techniques of measuring and comparing capabilities, drawing on various techniques of multidimensional measurement and of statistical analysis.

21 September 2010 :
2010 Conference of the HDCA: Human Rights and Human Developments
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
The 2010 Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association on Human Rights and Human Developments will be hosted by the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan.

18 October 2010 13:00:
OPHI Lunchtime Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term
Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
OPHI's Oxford Lunchtime Seminar Series will begin again in October 2010. Full details will be posted here.

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