#4 NEW BOOK... Urban Inequalities with Graciela Tonon

The Capability Approach in Conversation

In this episode, we're led by Graciela Tonon, who's recently edited a new book on urban inequalities.
This book proposes an interdisciplinary and multidimensional perspective of urban inequalities based on a range of theoretical, methodological, and professional approaches. Chapters consider different types of inequalities: in health, education, age, housing, energy, space, civic rights, social exclusion, ethnicity, poverty, segregation, work status, nutrition, public policies, democracy, human rights, technology, digital learning, subjective well-being, environment, and climate change. Contributions analyze the situation of different groups: children, youth, and indigenous people. The book highlights the importance of policy-making to overcome inequalities and addresses the key role of citizen participation.
Check Urban Inequalities: a multidimensional and international perspective out at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-59746-6
Pariticipants

Graciela H. Tonon

Graciela holds a PhD in political science (USAL-Argentina). She is a full professor and director UNI-COM, Social Studies Institute at Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina and director Research Center in Social Sciences (CICS-UP) at Universidad de Palermo, Argentina. Graciela is a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association (2013-present). She is vice-president of Publications International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (2023-2024). She received the ISQOLS Distinguish Service Award for Substantial Contributing to a Better Understanding of Quality-of-Life Studies (2016). Her fields of expertise are quality of life, Capability Approach, children, qualitative research Methods, Community, Higher Education, Inequalities, Public Policy and Social Work. https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-1892-7958

Peter Krause

Peter is based at the Department Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) German Institute of Economic Research (DIW, Berlin). His research topics and working areas include Income Distribution and Dynamics, Social Indicators, Capabilities, Quality of Life, Inequality, Well-being.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Krause-8

Jon Hall

Jon is a policy specialist in the Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Jon graduated in Mathematics, has a master's degree in Statistics (University of London) and another in Public Service Administration (Australian and New Zealand School of Government). Before joining the Human Development Report Office, Jon spent seven years working for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where he led the Global Project on Measuring Societal Progress, which was instrumental in preparing the path of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission for the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. He had previously worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was the lead author of the first two issues of "Australian Measures of Progress", which won a national award in 2003.

Jhonatan Clausen

Jhonatan is the director of IDHAL Latin American Institute of Human Development, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), and a professor of economics. he holds a PhD in Social and Policy Sciences - International Development from the University of Bath, UK. He teaches human development and economics (PUCP) https://www.pucp.edu.pe/profesor/jhonatan-clausen-lizarraga
Jack Simpson
Jack is a visiting lecturer at the University of Leeds. He holds an MA in PPE from the University of York and a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Leeds. He is also Officer at Large and Fellow at the Human Development and Capability Association, where he has been on the executive council since 2019. He is also on the board of the International Development Ethics Association.