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International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS)


Brief ISQOLS News:                                                                                                                                                                       News Archive
IX ISQOLS CONFERENCE- JULY 19-23, 2009 in Florence, Italy! 

The website for the 2009 ISQOLS conference, titled "Quality of Life Studies: Measures and Goals for the Progress of Societies," is up and running.
All information regarding the conference, including the call for papers, submission and registration information and deadlines, is available at: www.isqols2009.istitutodeglinnocenti.it.

The deadline for paper submission was February 25, 2009.
The deadline for early registration was April 30, 2009, but you may register late until the beginning of the conference.

Please note that the registration fee is cheaper for ISQOLS members and the cost of ISQOLS membership is about the same as the difference in registration cost, if not less, so please consider becoming a 2009 ISQOLS member before registering for the conference!
6/26/2009: 3rd OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy"

As you may know, the 3rd OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" will be held in Busan, Korea, on 27-30 October 2009. The Forum focuses on Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life and will attract some 1 500 high level participants with a mixture of politicians and policy makers, opinion leaders, Nobel laureates, statisticians, academics, journalists and representatives of civil society from over 130 countries. Please find the link to the preliminary agenda.

Both a PDF version and an HTML version are available.

6/26/2009: Social Indicators Research, Volume 93 Number 1

Volume 93 Number 1 of Social Indicators Research is now available on the SpringerLink web site at http://springerlink.com

6/17/2009: Free Access to New Issue of Child Indicators Research

Free access to the entire journal is available until July 31, 2009.
The editors have also selected some of the articles that may be of particular interest.

To view these articles and access the journal, click here.
6/17/2009: New Issue Alert- Social Indicators Research

Volume 92 Number 3 of Social Indicators Research is now available.

To view this issue's table of contents, click here.
6/17/2009: New QOL Article

"What Makes Us Happy?"
By Joshua Wolf Shenk
The Atlantic Online, June 2009

To read this article, click here.
6/17/2009: Child Well-Being Expert Consultation

In May, QOL experts (including at least 4 ISQOLS members) met in Paris to assess child well-being in international perspective. The event was co-organized by UNICEF, OECD, and the European Commission.

To view the notes on this discussion, click here.
6/17/2009: OECD Newsletter

The May 2009 Issue of "Measuring the Progress of Societies" is available.

To read this newsletter, click here.
5/20/2009: New Issue Alert- Quality of Life Research

Volume 18 Number 5 of Quality of Life Research is now available.

To view this issue's table of contents, click here.
5/15/2009: New Issue Alert- Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volume 3 Number 4 of Applied Research in Quality of Life is now available.

To view this issue's table of contents, click here.
5/14/2009: New Issue Alert- Journal of Happiness Studies

Volume 10 Number 3 of Journal of Happiness Studies is now available.

To view this issue's table of contents, click here.
5/14/2009: ISCI Newsletter

The May 2009 issue of the official newsletter of the International Society for Child Indicators is available.

To read, click here.
5/14/2009: Happiness in Nations 2009

The collection of Happiness in Nations has grown to 144 nations and covers 95% of the world's population!

To read the details, click here.
5/14/2009: QOL Article

"Beyond economic data: softer, subjective indicators of a nation's well-being"
Paper by William Tov
May 3, 2009

To read, visit the website.
4/24/2009: Sustainability Conference

Sixth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
University of Cuenca, Ecuador
January 5-7, 2010

The Conference aims to develop a holistic view of sustainability, in which environmental, cultural, and economic issues are inseparably linked.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and a short abstract) was May 14, 2009.

For more information, including submission details, click here.
4/24/2009: Strengths Insights- April 2009 

Volume 26 of Gallup's Strengths Insights is now available, with information on conferences, web seminars, and other related events.

To view this issue, click here.
2/23/2009: Child Indicators Research

This new 2008 journal provides a unique and applied perspective on how child indicators can be used to improve the development and well-being of children. To see some free online articles, learn about subscribing, and get information on submitting your research for publication,
click here.
MARY JOYCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
To honor the memory and life’s work of Dr. Joyce, at an ISQOLS board meeting held in San Diego on December 10, 2007, the board voted unanimously to establish the Mary Joyce Scholarship Award. This competitive scholarship will be a bi-annual award recognizing a young, female scholar from a developing country for work in the quality of life area. The recipient will receive a cash stipend covering the cost of travel to and attendance at the ISQOLS international conference, as well as award recognition at the conference banquet.

To learn more about Mary Joyce, please take the time to read this article.
If you would like to donate to the Mary Joyce Scholarship Fund please follow this link for details.
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