In this Issue:
- ISQOLS 2020 Best Dissertation Award Recipients
- ISQOLS 2020 Annual Conference Information
- *WATCH NOW* ISQOLS Webinar: "Consumption that counts- Exploring links between consumption and well-being"
- FREE Upcoming ISQOLS Webinar, "Community Indicators Projects: Theoretical Notions", May 28
- ISQOLS Educational Grants
- ISQOLS Member News
- QOL, Happiness, Wellbeing News
- QOL, Happiness, Wellbeing Publications
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ISQOLS 2020 Best Dissertation Awards
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ISQOLS received numerous nominations for the best "PhD Dissertation 2020 Award on Quality of life, Well-being, and Happiness". The aim of the prize is to promote the activity of young researchers working on quality-of-life, happiness, and well-being issues. The nominating committee (Jan Delhey, Francesco Sarracino, Stefan Hoefer, and Peter Krause) carefully reviewed all of the submissions, and decided to award a first prize, second prize, and one honorable mention. ISQOLS awards the best dissertation with a lump sum of $1,500 USD, one-year free membership to ISQOLS, one-year free access to the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life Studies, and free registration to the next ISQOLS conference. The second prize winner receives $300 USD, in addition to the other benefits. The honorable mention winner receives a free membership to ISQOLS.
On behalf of ISQOLS and the nominating committee, we congratulate the following recipients! Download each dissertation below and learn more about the ISQOLS Awards program at
https://isqols.org/Awards/
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First Prize: Mariana Filipa da Silva Amorim
"Quality of life in parents of very preterm infants: insights from family integrated care"
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Second Prize: David B. Newman
"The Dynamics of Well-Being in Daily Life: A Multilevel Perspective"
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Honorable Mention: Yu Heng Kwan
“Quality of Life of Patients with Spondyloarthritis”
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Important message regarding COVID-19 and the
International Society for Quality-of- Life Studies (ISQOLS)
18th Annual Conference (August 25 – 28, 2020)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dear ISQOLS community,
We want to ensure all of you that the 2020 ISQOLS Conference Committee and Leadership Team is carefully monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The health and wellness of our ISQOLS community is our first priority.
Please note that we will make a decision as to whether or not to officially proceed with the conference by June 15th.
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*WATCH NOW* ISQOLS WEBINAR
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*FREE* UPCOMING ISQOLS WEBINAR
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ISQOLS WEBINAR
"Community Indicators Projects:
Theoretical Notions"
Presented by M. Joseph Sirgy
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THURSDAY, MAY 28
9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time/
12:00 (NOON) Eastern Standard Time
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FREE
Community planners devise their own community indicators systems guided by theoretical notions of what constitute quality of life of their own communities. There are many concepts guiding the formulation of community indicators projects. Here are five popular concepts: (1) personal utility, (2) opulence, (3) the just society, (4) satisfaction of human needs, and (5) sustainability. This webinar will describe these theoretical notions and how they are used by researchers in the development and use of community indicators projects..
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Help Support Students From Developing Countries
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As of March, we received 20 applications for our Education Travel Grant. All applicants are students from developing countries. Unfortunately, ISQOLS has only 7 grants available. Will you help us raise more funds to provide an education grant for at least one more student? Make a donation of $25 USD or more to our "Education Grants" travel scholarship and as a "thank you", we will send you a special anniversary shirt.
To make your contribution, please visit
isqols.org/donate
and select "Education Travel Grant" as your choice for your donation.
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Help us reach our goal of 400 members in 2020! Join, renew and refer your friends to ISQOLS. See more details at
isqols.org/join
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Applied Research in Quality of Life,
Official ISQOLS Journal
ISQOLS members, you have automatic access to online articles!
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Founder and director of
El Buen Vivir,
a Spanish social consultancy promoting happiness
Master degree in Forestry Engineering and Environmental Sciences
PhD in Science from the Polytechnic University of Madrid
"I feel that the complexity and multidimensionality of this field captures and reflects real life. Quality-of-life studies are key to better understanding and addressing sustainability challenges. I have experienced how standard policymaking seeks to address many sustainability challenges from a very technical point of view but without considering the persons behind the discussions. Bringing quality-of-life into the discussion opens the door to consider broader perspectives for sustainability and perhaps it is a key for positive results and impacts."
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ISQOLS Members: do you have a publication or article you wish to share with our society? Please send it to office@isqols.org.
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QUALITY-OF-LIFE, HAPPINESS, WELL-BEING NEWS
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Send your organization's name and info to office@isqols.org.
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EL BUEN VIVIR
Dear colleagues, my name is
Leire Iriarte
and I am the founder and director of the
El Buen Vivir
, a social consultancy working with countries and territories to include happiness in their strategies, policies and programs. We are based in Spain and our vocation is international. I am writing a book explaining why happiness is important in policy making and compiling happiness initiatives and policies promoted by governments in different countries all around the world. Nowadays, I am compiling examples of relevant case studies at different governance levels and for all sectors. The book doesn't aim to have an exhaustive list of case studies but a selection of representative examples for the various sectors.
In order to have a comprehensive and relevant set of case studies I would like to invite everyone who has been involved or studied in detail any case study to contact me (
hola@elbuenvivir.org
; +34619836414) to share the knowledge either by a written response or in an interview. The book will be firstly published in Spanish. Any contribution by the 15
th
of May would be highly appreciated.
In return of the effort made by ISQOLS members I will create a database with all the information provided and will get back to ISQOLS secretariat for distribution. This should be available by the 31
st
of July. Thank you very much in advance for your time.
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COMMUNITY QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING: PUBLISH YOUR NEXT BOOK IN THIS SERIES!
Series Editor: Rhonda Phillips
Aims and Scope Community Quality of Life and Well-being is a book series comprised of volumes related to local and regional level research, providing current and leading edge information to planners, policy makers, and quality of life researchers involved in community and regional well-being research and application.
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On 30 March, SDSN held a
webinar
on the epidemiology and economics of COVID-19 attended by over 2,000 participants. This virtual event examined the implications of COVID-19 for public health policies and the SDGs, as well as science-based responses. It also addressed potential economic policies for the emergency and the recovery.
The full webinar is available
here
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Covid-19 and Wellbeing Survey: invitation to participate
The Happiness Research Institute invites yoou to take part in a research project about your wellbeing, behavior, and experiences during this period of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19).
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When to Release the Lockdown? A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits
It is politicians who have to decide when to release the lockdown, and in what way. In doing so, they have to balance many considerations (as with any decision). Often the different considerations appear incommensurable so that only the roughest of judgements can be made.
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COVID-19 and the Science of Wellbeing
This is a time when the science of wellbeing plays a particularly important role in terms of informing evidence-based policy-making as well as helping individuals and their communities build the resilience required to face the many challenges ahead.
Read more...
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QOL, HAPPINESS, WELL-BEING PUBLICATIONS
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Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being
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JOIN OR RENEW YOUR ISQOLS MEMBERSHIP FOR 2020
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Join or renew your 2020 ISQOLS Membership. Visit
isqols.org/join
to submit your membership application.
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