Volume 26 | DECEMBER 2020
International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) NEWS: DECEMBER 2020
In this Issue:
  • JANUARY 15 ABSTRACTS SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE 2021 ISQOLS Virtual Conference
  • DEADLINE 31 JANUARY 2021: ISQOLS Best Dissertation Award Nominations Deadline
  • Applied Research in Quality of Life Research ARQOL: Volume 15, Issue 5
  • ISQOLS Member News
  • QOL, Happiness, Well-being News
  • QOL, Happiness, Well-being Publications
Despite the challenges of 2020, ISQOLS had some major accomplishments, due mostly to the dedication and commitment of our members. Thank you for all of your support. Your membership dues and donations help us spread our mission to enhance quality-of-life studies around the world.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
ISQOLS 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
AUGUST 2021
International Society for Quality-of-life Studies (ISQOLS)

ISQOLS 2021 CONFERENCE
“Quality-of-life and Adaptation in a Virulent World”
VIRTUAL EVENT
AUGUST 2021

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
15 FEBRUARY 2021

Given the uncertainty of the current global pandemic, travel restrictions, and planning challenges the 2021 ISQOLS Annual Conference will be held virtually in August 2021 (specific dates to be announced). The ISQOLS 2021 Conference will offer a forum for discussion of the research findings concerning quality of life, well-being, and happiness, similar to all of our past, in-person conferences.
The theme of the Conference is “quality-of-life and adaptation in a virulent world”. The world has changed dramatically in the past year. How do we now examine quality-of-life, wellbeing, and happiness? What are the challenges and opportunities for well-being research and policy in the face of a global pandemic? What important work is being carried out to encourage personal, communal, environmental, and social resiliency in a Covid-19 world? We invite researchers, practitioners, students, professionals, faculty, retirees, experts and novices to participate and engage in this virtual event.
  • Paper abstract submissions deadline is 15 February 2021
  • Please visit the conference website to access abstract submission site and for more details: https://isqols.org/2021Conference


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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
ISQOLS 2021 Best PhD Dissertation Award on Quality of Life, Well-being, and Happiness
The International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) calls for nominations for the “2021 ISQOLS Prize for the Best Dissertation on Quality-of-Life, Well-being, and Happiness.” The deadline for nominations is January 31st, 2021.

 To learn more, visit: https://isqols.org/dissertationaward

First prize:
  • $1,500 USD
  • One-year free membership to ISQOLS
  • One-year free access to the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life Studies
  • Free registration to the 19th ISQOLS conference that will be held virtually in August 2021
ISQOLS Members Journal Access
One of your membership benefits is automatic access to online articles in our Applied Research in Quality of Life Journal. Please visit this link read instructions on how to access the online articles.

Click on any of the titles below to access the article

Does Well-Being Vary with an Individual-Specific Weighting Scheme? Authors: Haya Al-Ajlani, Luc Van Ootegem, Elsy Verhofstadt


Authors: Jorge Sinval, M. Joseph Sirgy, João Marôco




The Role of Flourishing in Relationship between Positive and Negative Life Events and Affective Well-Being Authors: Zvjezdana Prizmić-Larsen, Ljiljana Kaliterna-Lipovčan, Andreja Brajša-Žganec

Authors: Sangjoon Shin, Kyujin Jung



Spatial Patterns of Residential Fragmentation and Quality of Life in Nairobi City, Kenya Authors: Eunice Nthambi, Jimmy Javier Martinez, Jeroen Verplanke

Authors: Malte Jetzke, Michael Mutz

Authors:Nan Chen, Chiung-Tzu Lucetta Tsai

Authors: Kelly Huegaerts, Martin Wagener, Christophe Vanroelen

Authors: Sabirah Adams

Authors: Andrew Sharpe
ISQOLS MEMBER NEWS
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Applied Research in Quality of Life. 
ISQOLS members, you have automatic access to online articles!
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ISQOLS now provides our members with opportunities to post requests for both career and research support through our new "Career and Research Support Forum". Log-in to your membership profile and visit the page here:
Ismael is a doctoral student in the department of economics at the New School for Social Research in New York. He also works as a researcher for UNICEF’s Data and Analytics Unit. His published work is centered on issues concerning child poverty, public finance, stratification economics, and human development and capabilities.

"I hope to continue being a student of the QoL literature; and more importantly, I hope to continue to meet researchers in the field who are interested in opportunities to collaborate in the analysis of QoL among children and adolescents and on the impact of disparities and discrimination on QoL."
Lead and Lag Times of Countries in a Gentler World

Authored by ISQOLS member: Oliver Nahkur

 Are we moving towards a gentler world, and if so, how fast are we moving? Using data for 25 countries from 1991 to 2012, a positive trend is observed in four indicators—Welzel’s Emancipative Values Index and Gender Equality sub-index, Locus of Control and Nahkur’s Societal Index of Interpersonal Destructiveness (SIID)
The Economics of Happiness
Authored by ISQOLS members: Milena Nikolova and Carol Graham

Welfare and well-being have traditionally been gauged by using income and employment statistics, life expectancy, and other objective measures. The Economics of Happiness, which is based on people’s reports of how their lives are going, provides a complementary yet radically different approach to studying human well-being.
Modern Economic Growth, Culture, and Subjective Well‑Being: Evidence from Arctic Alaska 
Authored by ISQOLS member: Fengyu Wu

The life satisfaction of the indigenous population in Arctic Alaska is quite high, perhaps higher than that of the U.S. population in general. Is wage employment brought by modern economic growth responsible for their high life satisfaction? Probably not. Interestingly, we find that household wage income and job opportunities per working-age Native are negatively associated with their life satisfaction.
QUALITY-OF-LIFE, HAPPINESS, WELL-BEING NEWS
International Conference “Well-being 2021: knowledge for informed decisions”
Hotel Parc Bellevue, Luxembourg, 28 – 30 of June 2021

Organized by The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) and the Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg 
The deadline for application is the 15 January 2021
Call for Papers! Special Issue: Humour, playfulness and entertainment in wellbeing.
ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) collaborative doctoral studentship - Understanding wellbeing and wellbeing enhancement for people living with and beyond chronic disease
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Happiness Research Institute:

Wellbeing Adjusted Life Years 
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A revolutionizing wellbeing metric for greater happiness returns on investment

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QOL, HAPPINESS, WELL-BEING PUBLICATIONS
Social Indicators Research.
Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being,
Journal of Happiness Studies. Volume 21, Issue 8
 
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