The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies 22-25 July, 2025, Luxembourg |
Call for Submissions Call for Workshops On 21 July, there is the opportunity to organize a pre-conference workshop. Workshops have an educational character and cater to early-stage researchers and practitioners. Please send an e-mail to isqols2025@gmail.com if you would like to organize a workshop before November 15th. Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed to the proposed organizers by December 1st. Call for Special Sessions There is the possibility to organize special sessions, with alternative formats or special topics. Please send an e-mail with your proposal, including details about the format and participant organization, to isqols2025@gmail.com before November 15th. Note that all participants in a special session have to submit their abstract via this online submission system (insert Easy Chair abstract submission link here). You may contact us in advance for informal inquiries. Session organizers will be notified by December 1st to discuss deadlines and additional planning. |
Call for Abstracts
We welcome abstracts for papers and posters dealing with scientific research or best practice examples in all areas of quality-of-life, well-being and happiness. All proposals should be submitted by the presenting author via EasyChair (coming soon). The authors should choose one endowed track, topic or special session from the list below.
Deadline for the abstract submission is December 15th, 2024. Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed to the presenting author by January 30, 2025.The presenting author of accepted abstracts has to register for the conference to be included in the conference program.
Tracks and Topics
This is an interdisciplinary conference welcoming contributions from all scientific disciplines and practical applications related to quality-of-life and well-being. We especially welcome papers on the following tracks and topics:
Endowed Tracks
Topics
Cultures, Concepts and the History of Well-being
Keywords: Understandings of well-being; Well-being across cultures; History of well-being; Religion, spirituality and well-being; Eudaimonia; Capabilities; Affect.
Well-being In and Across Regions
Keywords: NUTS 2; Urban/Rural; World Regions; Arctic; Indigenous; Global South; Transition economies.
Well-being in Different Populations
Keywords: Demography; Disabled; Elderly; Adolescents; Migrants; Refugees; The Poor; The Rich; Minorities; Diversity; Intersectionality; Horizontal Inequalities.
Methodological Issues in the Study of Quality-of-life, Happiness and Well-being
Keywords: Big data; Causality issues; Experiments; Composite indices; Database handling; Measurement of quality-of-life and well-being; Modelling; Psychometrics; Validity and reliability; Qualitative research; Quantitative methods; Surveys; Administrative data; Data matching; Well-being Inequality; Well-being Efficiency.
Disciplinary Approaches to Well-Being, Happiness and Quality-of-life
Keywords: Anthropology; Biology; Ecology; Economics; Education; Medicine; Neuroscience; Philosophy; Political science; Psychology; Sociology; Social work.
Promoting Well-Being: Public Policy and Development
Keywords: Human development; Poverty alleviation; Sustainable development and sustainability; Social development; Policy evaluation; QALY; WELLBY.
Beyond GDP: New Understandings and Measures of Progress
Keywords: Measuring the performance of societies; New understandings of progress in societies and how to measure it; Degrowth; Government initiatives to monitor and report well-being.
Social Capital and Well-being
Keywords: Volunteerism; Altruism; Philanthropy; Pro-social behavior; Trust in others and/or in institutions; Interpersonal relations.
Well-being, Environment and Sustainability
Keywords: Climate change; sustainability; climate crisis; natural disasters; biodiversity; eco-anxiety; pro-environmental behaviors; Future generations.
Labor and Workplace Well-being
Keywords: Job satisfaction; Work relations; Unemployment; Productivity; Engagement; Absenteism; Resignation; Quits; Self-employment, Entrepreneurship; Human resources; Labor Unions.
Ill-being
Keywords: Death of despair; Suicide; Loneliness; Stress; Anxiety; Pain; Depression; Mental illness; Suffering.
Wealth, Income and Quality-of-Life
Keywords: Poverty; Inequality; Consumption; Savings; Housing; Loss aversion.
Other Causes and Consequences of Well-being
Keywords: Business and marketing; Education; Financial; Personal health; Housing and neighbourhood; Pharmacology and health care; Recreation and using of leisure time; Household and intimate relations; Traveling and tourism; Urban planning and policies; Information & Technology; Artificial Intelligence.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
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