Italian-Chinese Dialogue on Covid-19 and Globalization
Eurispes in Italy and CASS in China are among the many institutes IASQ collaborates with. Prof. dr Gian Maria Fara (Eurispes) and dr Sun Yanhong (CASS) have shared their thoughts …
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Twenty Years of Social Quality Thinking
The year 2020 marks twenty years of the social quality approach. This is why we have provided an overview of the work that has been done since the beginning in …
Important SQA Publication Available as E-book
Palgrave MacMillan has re-published Social Quality: From Theory to Indicators (2012) as an e-book via SpringerLink. The availability of this milestone publication on social quality has been limited for a …
Covid-19 Reveals Stigmatization and Discrimination
“We have not learned our lessons from earlier generations.” This conclusion of the article from IJSQ on the treatment of Mary Mellon (“Typhoid Mary”) in the early 20th century is …
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New Developments in Social Quality Theory
A new elaboration of the Social Quality Theory has been published on this website. It is a work in progress, part of an ongoing project, and invites scholars to think …
IJSQ 9(2) released with full access
Volume 9(2) of the International Journal of Social Quality has been digitally released. All content has been made freely accessible through June 30 by Berghahn Journals. The articles in this …
Publisher gives unlimited access to journal
In a thoughtful gesture to the academic community, Berghahn Journals have given unlimited digital access to all their published journals through June 30. Berghahn publishes the International Journal of Social …
Sharpening the SQ approach and developing indicators
Two topics central to social quality thinking and its policy application are the focus of the International Journal of Social Quality, issue 9(1). The first is how to sharpen the …
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Brexit from a Social Quality perspective
Over the past years, IASQ has actively taken steps to analyze the British vote on Brexit from a social quality perspective, and to translate the outcome of the …
NGOs condemn outcomes of climate conference
Tim Cadman (member of the advisory committee of the International Journal of Social Quality) has attended the COP 24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland. On his blog, he …
New issue of Journal: A more global point of view
Issue 8.1 of the International Journal of Social Quality marks the start of the collaboration of Berghahn Journals, IASQ and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). As …
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Social Quality – Building Bridges
The International Association on Social Quality (IASQ) contributes to building bridges toward cohesive and sustainable human societies. To do this, IASQ develops the social quality theory, methodology and policy application. Social quality is defined as the extent to which people are able to participate in social relationships under conditions which enhance their well-being, capacity and individual potential. Read about the basics of Social Quality.
Development of the Social Quality Approach
The development of the social quality approach is a collective endeavor by a large number of scientists all over the world. Their common goal is to address urgent societal issues. Overall sustainability is more and more recognized as a key issue. Development of the social quality approach has started in the 1990s and is an ongoing process. For in-depth information, read Working Paper 13. An executive summary is also available. The paper presents an overview of the development of social quality theory, methodology and policy application.
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