OPHIOxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
Oxford Department of International Development
Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
Sabina Alkire
Job Title: Director, OPHI
Contact Details:
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
Oxford Department of International Development
Queen Elizabeth House (QEH), University of Oxford
Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK
Tel +44 1865 281744
sabina.alkire@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Sabina Alkire directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), a research centre within the Department of International Development, University of Oxford. In addition, she is a Research Associate at Harvard and Secretary of the Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA). Her research interests include multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis, welfare economics, the capability approach, the measurement of freedoms and human development. Publications include ‘Valuing Freedoms: Sen’s Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction’, as well as articles in Philosophy and Economics. She holds a DPhil in Economics, an Msc in Economics for Development and an MPhil in Christian Political Ethics from Magdalen College, Oxford.
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
1999 D.Phil. in Economics
Thesis: "Operationalizing Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to Human Development: A Framework for Identifying ‘Valuable’ Capabilities"
1995 M.Sc. in Economics for Development (Webb Medley Prize)
Thesis: "The Full or Minimally Decent Life: Empiricization of Sen’s Capabilities Approach in Poverty Measurement"
1994 Thesis in MPhil in Christian Political Ethics
Thesis: "The Concept of Poverty Alleviation in the World Bank since 1990: A Theological Analysis"
1992 Diploma of Theology (Distinction in Islam)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1989 Bachelors of Arts in Sociology Cognate: Pre-Medical Studies
Determining BPL Status: Some Methodological Improvements. Sabina Alkire and Suman Seth. 2008. The Indian Journal of Human Development. July-December. 2:2 p 407-424.
"Concepts and Measures of Agency" in Basu, Kaushik and Ravi Kanbur, Eds. Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen. Volume I: Ethics, Welfare and Measurement. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p 455-474.
“Choosing Dimensions: The Capability Approach and Multidimensional Poverty” in Kakwani, Nanak and Jaques Silber, Eds. The Many Dimensions of Poverty. Palgrave-MacMillan. 2008
The Capability Approach: Concepts, Measures and Applications, co-edited with F. Comim and M. Qizilbash. Cambridge: CUP, 2008
“Using the Capability Approach: Prospective and Evaluative Analyses” in The Capability Approach: Concepts, Measures and Applications, F. Comim M. Qizilbash and S Alkire, Eds. Cambridge: CUP, 2008
Alkire, S. (2007) The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: Introduction to the Special Issue. Oxford Development Studies, 35 (4), p. 347-359.
Ibrahim, S. & Alkire, S. (2007) Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. Oxford Development Studies, 35 (4), p. 379-403.
“Measuring Freedoms Alongside Well-Being,” 2007. in I Gough and J A McGregor, eds. Well-Being in Developing Countries: New Approaches and Research Strategies. Cambridge: CUP.
“Public Debate and Value Construction in Sen’s Approach,” in Alexander Kaufman, ed. Capabilities Equality: Basic Issues and Problems. London: Routledge. 2006. p 133-154.
“Needs and Capabilities” in The Philosophy of Need. S Reader, ed. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2006
“Structural Injustice and Democratic Practice: The Trajectory in Sen’s Writings,” in S Deneulin, M Nebel and N Sagovsky, eds. Transforming Unjust Structures: The Capability Approach. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. p 47-62
“Religion and Development” in David Alexander Clark, Ed. The Elgar Companion to Development Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2006. p 502-510.
“Subjective Quantitative Studies of Human Agency,” Social Indicators Research. 74:1 October 2005. p 217-260.
“Why the Capability Approach?” Journal of Human Development. March 2005.
“Global Health and Moral Values,” with L Chen, The Lancet 364.18 Sept, 2004.
“The Role of External Actors,” in V Rao and M Walton, eds. Culture and Public Action: A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue on Development Policy. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004.
“Concepts of Human Security,” in L Chen, S Fukuda-Parr and E Seidensticker, eds. Human Insecurity in a Global World. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
Valuing Freedoms: Sen’s Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Paperback issued in March 2005.
“Dimensions of Human Development,” World Development 30. February 2002. 181-205
“Individual Motivation, its Nature, Determinants and Consequences for within Group Behaviour,” with S Deneulin, in J Heyer, F Stewart and R Thorp, eds. Group Motivation and Development: Is the Market Destroying Cooperation? Oxford: OUP, 2002.
“A Practical Reasoning Theory of Development Ethics: Furthering the Capabilities Approach,” with R Black, Journal of International Development, April 1997.