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International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS)
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The International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) is a global interdisciplinary society dedicated to advancing research and knowledge on quality of life (QOL) studies.
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🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨
Young scholars & early-career researchers—share your work at the ISQOLS 2026 Winter Virtual Conference: “Pathways to Inclusive Well-being” 🌍💻
🗓️ Jan 29–30, 2026
🕒 Abstract deadline: Nov 15
Submit now 👉 isqols.org/2026virtual

#ISQOLS #Wellbeing #YoungScholars
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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How income is measured matters! 📊Research by ISQOLS members, Conal Smith & Arthur Grimes finds that self-reported income (from surveys) correlates more strongly with life satisfaction than employer-reported income (from tax data). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ISQOLS #Wellbeing
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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🎥 ICYMI: ISQOLS Webinar — Family Relationships & Children’s Well-Being
📢 Dr. Stephanie Heß, 2025 ISQOLS Best Dissertation Award Recipient
💬 How do family dynamics shape children’s happiness & mental health?
▶️ Watch: youtu.be/4_w6YeBW9fE?...

#ISQOLS #ChildWellbeing #Parenting #QualityOfLife
ISQOLS Webinar • Family Relationships and Children’s Well-Being
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November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Join us for the ISQOLS Webinar: Beyond Happy – How to Rethink Happiness and Find Fulfilment with Mark Fabian, 2025 Young Scholar Award recipient. 🗓 Nov 12 | 🕙 10am EST / 4pm CET. Explore how to find meaning beyond the “happiness treadmill.”
👉 isqols.org/event-6357161
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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📣 The 24th #ISQOLS Annual Conference is coming to Lexington, Kentucky 🇺🇸!
🌿 “Beyond the Bluegrass: Harnessing Research to Enhance Quality of Life”
📅 Aug 11–14, 2026 | 📍 University of Kentucky
Join global scholars on well-being & happiness!
👉 isqols.org/2026
#ISQOLS2026
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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🎥 Meet Claire Biribawa, the inaugural Valerie Møller Fellow (2024), & mentor Dr. Vicki Simpson. Hear how mentorship & research on quality of life in Uganda are shaping global well-being.
Apply for 2026 Fellowship (due Dec 15): isqols.org/VMFellow

🎬 Watch: youtu.be/Eae994LXkUQ?...
ISQOLS Developing Country Fellowship
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November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📰 The ISQOLS Oct 2025 Newsletter is out!
Explore the latest in quality-of-life, happiness & well-being research 🌍

✨ Calls for papers & fellowships
🎙 Webinars & new studies

🔗 Read: conta.cc/3WtxWYw

#ISQOLS #QualityOfLife #Happiness #WellBeing #Research
Advancing Quality-of-Life, Happiness, and Well-Being Research Worldwide | ISQOLS Newsletter
Email from ISQOLS October 2025 E-news isqols.org The official newsletter of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), the world’s leading community for interdisciplin
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October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🌍 Join our ISQOLS Webinar: Family Relationships & Children’s Well-Being
🗓 Nov 5 | 10:00 am EST / 4:00 pm CET
🎙 Dr. Stephanie Heß, 2025 Best Dissertation Award recipient, explores how family life shapes kids’ well-being.

🔗 Register: isqols.org/event-6394685

#ISQOLS #WellBeing
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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New from ISQOLS! “Social Capital Shapes the Relationship Between Well-being and Spending” by Fengyu Wu & Francesco Sarracino (STATEC Research). Stronger social ties = weaker link between happiness & spending → more sustainable living.
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Social Capital Shapes the Relationship Between Well-being and Spending
AbstractThis study examines how subjective well-being (SWB), specifically life satisfaction, influenceshousehold consumption expenditures, and the moderating role of social capital. While previousrese...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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🚨 Last Call / ¡Último Aviso! 🚨
ISQOLS 2nd Regional Conference 🇦🇷
“Quality of Life, Well-being & Happiness in Latin America”
📍 Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires
🗓️ March 9–11, 2026
🕓 Final Abstract Deadline: Oct 30!
👉 isqols.org/Argentina

#ISQOLS #QoL #Wellbeing #Happiness
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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ICYMI 🎥
ISQOLS Practitioners’ Perspectives Workshop: “Ensuring that we measure what matters” w/ Allison Liuzzi of @MNCompass @WilderResearch.

Learn how diverse voices shaped key community indicators in Minnesota.
👉 Watch: youtu.be/s4nHr1Nh7fI?...
#QualityOfLife #DataForGood
Practitioners’ Perspectives Virtual Workshop | Minnesota Compass: Measuring What Matters
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October 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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📢 New ISQOLS Working Paper No. 11 (Oct 2025): “Using Subjective #Wellbeing to Track Human Progress in Dashboards” by Burger, Courchesne, Greyling, O’Connor, Rossouw, Sarracino & Veenhoven. SWB offers a clearer measure of what matters most: a good life. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/jck2h9mm
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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We’re excited to share a new Health Economics article (Oct 2025) by by ISQOLS members, Carol Graham
& Redzo Mujcic:
📘 “Hope and the Life Course” — a 14-year study of 25k adults showing how hope drives well-being, health & resilience.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/hec....

#Hope
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🌍 Is social media helping or harming wellbeing?
🎧 Barry Grimes joins host Anat Fanti on "Quality-of-Life Matters", ISQOLS podcast, to unpack the #WorldHappinessReport, the power of happiness rankings, and global well-being trends. Watch: youtu.be/G0ncKNRG33I

#QualityOfLifeMatters #Wellbeing
Inside the World Happiness Report with Barry Grimes | "Quality of Life Matters" ISQOLS Podcast
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October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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📽️ ICYMI: Admission to selective programs significantly boosts #studentwellbeing, Dr. Sarah Flèche shares insights using France’s placement data + regression discontinuity, highlighting stronger effects for male & lower SES students. 👉 youtu.be/NX3leT-NpL4
#HigherEducation
ISQOLS Webinar, "Selective Higher Education and Students’ Wellbeing", Featuring Dr. Sarah Fleche
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October 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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🚀 New ISQOLS–CIC Workshop Series: Practitioners’ Perspectives 🌍
Quarterly sessions highlighting applied projects on local & regional wellbeing indicators.

🎤 Allison Liuzzi, Minnesota Compass
🗓 Oct 23, 2025 | 9am PST / 12pm EDT
👉 isqols.org/Community-In...

#ISQOLS #CommunityIndicators #Wellbeing
October 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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📢 Applications are OPEN for the ISQOLS 2026 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship!

📝 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
💰 $5,000 stipend
✈️ Conf. registration + 🌐 1-year membership

For early career post-docs in quality of life, happiness & well-being.

👉 isqols.org/Post-Doctora...

#ISQOLS #PostdocFellowship
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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📢 Deadline Extended!
Last call to nominate for the 2026 ISQOLS Best PhD Dissertation Award on Quality of Life, Well-being & Happiness.
🗓 Deadline: 30 Oct 2025
🏆 $1,500 + ISQOLS membership + journal access + conference reg.

👉 isqols.org/dissertation...

#ISQOLS #PhD #Research
October 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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📅 Final Submission Deadline: 30 Oct 2025
Submit for #ISQOLSArgentina — 1st Latin America Regional Conf. 🇦🇷
📍 Buenos Aires | 🗓️ Mar 9–11, 2026
🎤 Keynotes: Martínez, Rojas, Sarracino, Tonon
🌐 isqols.org/Argentina/

🎥 youtu.be/9nlJNTWsljE
2026 Conference Argentina
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October 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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📢 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Culture-Based Development and Well-being
📝 Applied Research in Quality of Life (ISQOLS)
Deadline: 26 Feb 2026

Exploring how culture shapes well-being—beyond religion, across traditions & attitudes.
🔗 link.springer.com/collections/...
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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🎓 Join our next ISQOLS Webinar: Selective Higher Education and Students’ Wellbeing with Dr. Sarah Flèche (CNRS, Paris 1, ISQOLS Young Scholar Awardee).

🗓️ Oct 8 | ⏰ 10am EDT / 4pm CEST | 📍 Online

👉 Register free: isqols.org/event-6355887

#ISQOLS #Wellbeing #HigherEd
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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📢 New Issue Alert! Applied Research in Quality of Life (Vol. 20, Issue 4) is out 🎉

16 articles (6 open access) on mental health, work–family balance, migration, well-being & more.

🔗 Read here: link.springer.com/journal/1148...

#ISQOLS #ARQOL #Wellbeing #HappinessResearch
Applied Research in Quality of Life
Applied Research in Quality of Life is a scientific journal that publishes innovative papers contributing to the understanding, assessment and enhancement of ...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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📢✨ Stay Connected with ISQOLS! ✨🌍 Our Sept 2025 newsletter has key dates for conferences, fellowships, & awards to advance well-being research. Don’t miss out!
📖 Read: conta.cc/4nTRoJE
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#QualityOfLife #ISQOLS
News from the International Society for Quality-Of-Life Studies: SEPTEMBER 2025
Email from ISQOLS Quality-of-Life, Happiness, Well-being updates from the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies isqols.org International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQO
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September 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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ICYMI 🎥 Watch our ISQOLS webinar, “Conceptualizations of Well-Being & Quality of Life: Global Trends & Future Directions” featuring ISQOLS 2025 Post-Doctoral Fellows Dr. Kate Sollis & Dr. Hossein Mousazadeh
📺 youtu.be/L1X5xSwba1o
#Wellbeing #QualityOfLife #CBPR
ISQOLS Webinar Conceptualizations of Well-Being & Quality of Life: Global Trends & Future Directions
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September 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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🚨 #ISQOLSArgentina Submission Deadline Extended: 30 Oct!
📢 2026 ISQOLS Regional Conf – Buenos Aires
📅 9–11 Mar 2026 | Universidad de Palermo
#QualityofLife, #Wellbeing & #Happiness in #LatinAmerica
💰 Discounts & Grants available
🔗 isqols.org/Argentina
September 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM