Published is Volume 12 (1) 2022
With studies about interrelated complex problems: (1) the (socioeconomic) recovery in the Postwar Ukraine, (2) the societal significance of informal economics in the African city of Tamale in Ghana during …
ISS Working Paper on 2030 SDG Agenda
ISS, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam, has kindly allowed us to pubish one of their working papers on our website. It concerns a paper from 2020, titled Adding Human Security …
Open Letter from Ukrainian Scholars
The continuing Russian attack on Ukraine, with its destruction of cities, disrupting the lives of millions, and leading to over 3 millions of refugees, is deeply shocking. IASQ Chair Alan …
2021 Precarity Report
At the end of 2021 the Network International Research Group on Precariousness and Social Uncertainty (SUPI), coordinated by the Free University of Berlin and in collaboration with Eurispes in Rome, …
Declaration on the war in Ukraine
Alan Walker, Chair of IASQ, has written a declaration, expressing “outrage at the unprovoked and inlawful invasion of Ukraine.” Walker notes that “social quality might provide one of the tiny …
Journal on Societal Impact of COVID-19 Published–First Issue with Open Access
The double issue of the International Journal of Social Quality, Vol. 11, 1&2 is available now! This thematic issue is dedicated to the societal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue includes case …
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Milestone: Journal to Be Published as Open Access
Thanks to the generous support from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), IJSQ will be published as an Open Access journal starting with Volume 11. There are no submission …
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A Thematic Issue of the Journal on Central and Eastern Europe
The region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) plays a central role in the new issue of the International Journal of Social Quality (Volume 10.2), now published by Berghahn Journals. …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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