Seminario Datalab
Capability approach inspired tools for aiding policy design
Ponente: Nico Fayard (ICMAT-CSIC)Fecha: jueves 09 de octubre de 2025 - 12:00Lugar: Aula Gris 1, ICMAT
Resumen:
This presentation explores the application of the Capability Approach (CA) within decision-aiding frameworks, focusing on public policy design. The CA is presented as an alternative to traditional welfare measures, offering a multidimensional framework that accounts for diversity and subjectivity. We propose an improved approach by incorporating systemic factors through mixed-integer linear programming, obtaining capability sets as Pareto frontiers. A proof of concept was developed by applying the CA to assess mental health capabilities of older adults in the urban context of Paris.
Rather than comparing and aggregating, possibly multidimensional, solutions, new methodologies are required to compare and aggregate sets of Pareto-efficient solutions. The second part of this presentation is dedicated to adapting classical aggregation methods to the CA, specifically focusing on aggregating capability sets in the presence of a utility function and dealing with uncertainty, both with and without subjective probabilities.
