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The Conference will be held in in Östersund, Sweden, 22-24 June 2010. The deadline for submitting an abstract is 15 February 2010.
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| Handbook of Social Capital |
The Handbook of Social Capital, edited by G.T. Svendsen e G. L. H. Svendsen, approaches the study of social capital, balancing the ‘troika’ of
sociology, political science and economics. It includes contributions from new Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom, M. Paldam, F. Sabatini and E. Uslaner.
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| Latest books |
Economic Growth and Structural Features of Transition, edited by Enrico Marelli and Marcello Signorelli.
Gangs, Marginalised Youth and Social Capital, by Ross Deuchar.
Unanticiped Games: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life, by Mario L. Small.
Handbook of Social Capital. The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics, edited by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen and Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen.
Social Capital and Internet Usage of Rural Guatemalan Teachers, by Douglas Tedford.
Social Capital & Urban Networks of Trust, edited by Jouni Häkli and Claudio Minca.
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| Latest papers |
New: Archive of all the papers on social capital and related topics published in 2008.
Papers are taken from the NEP-Soc newsletter on "Social norms & social capital" edited by Fabio Sabatini within the RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Project. Every week the newsletter proposes, for free, a series of new downloadable papers selected from the ones inserted in the archive of the RePEc system, the main world database of Economics studies.
In the foreground
Luca Stanca, 2009. Suffer the Little Children: Measuring the Effects of Parenthood on
Well-Being Worldwide.
Andreas Knabe, Steffen Rätzel, Ronnie Schöb, Joachim Weimann, 2009. Dissatisfied with
life, but having a good day: time-use and well-being of the unemployed.
Leonardo Becchetti, Elena Giachin Ricca, Alessandra Pelloni, 2009. The 60es turnaround
as a test on the causal relationship between sociability and happiness.
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PhD theses on social capital,
development and
related topics
This is a new tentative section aiming to collect PhD theses in
the field of social capital and related topics.
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| Postgraduate programs and scholarships |
This section collects all the information I acquire on graduate schools such as Phd and master programs, grants and scholarships, seminars series and so on.
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Post-doctoral positions on social capital
Post Doc Researcher in Economics at the Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University (Denmark). The application deadline is February 12, 2010.
Post doc grant at the Universitat de Barcelona (Spain). The application deadline is February 15, 2010.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Regulatory/Environmental Economics at the University of Heidelberg. The application deadline is February 15, 2010.
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1st Joint DIW Berlin/IZA Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research, in Bonn, Germany, 25-26 February 2010.
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Institutions, networks and trust in European-russian relations, in Florence, Italy, 26-27 March 2010. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 February 2010.
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| Post-doctoral positions on social capital |
2 Post-Doc positions at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America seeks applicants for a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to conduct research on social capital, broadly defined to include issues of social inequality, social solidarity, and civic engagement. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2010.
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| Latest conference announcements |
Well-being, Happiness and the Environment, in Stirling, United Kingdom, 8-9 April 2010. The deadline for paper submission is March 1, 2010.
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Workshop in honour of Robert Sugden, in Naples, Italy, 7 May 2010. The deadline for submitting an abstract is February 28, 2010.
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Social Capital in Practice, in Mellieha, Malta, 7-10 May 2010. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 February 2010.
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4th ISRICH Conference on Health Economics, in Paris, France, 13-14 May 2010. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2010.
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Annual Scientific Meeting on Social Enterprise, in Rome, Italy, 21-22 May 2010. The deadline for paper submission has expired.
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The Charismatic Principle in Economic and Civil Life:
History, Theory and Good Practice, in Loppiano, Florence, Italy, 28-29 May 2010. The deadline for abstract submission has expired.
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Constructing Identity in and around Organizations, in Rhodes, Greece, 11-13 June 2010. The deadline for abstract submission has expired.
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Comparing Inequalities, in Assisi, Italy, 22-23 June 2010. The deadline for full paper submission is 31 March 2010.
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Heritage, Regional
Development and Social Cohesion, in Östersund, Sweden, 22-24 June 2010. The deadline for submitting an abstract is 15 February 2010.
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Thirteenth World Congress of the
Association for Social Economics "Social Economics, the Social Economy, and Wellbeing"
The conference will take place at the Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, from June 28 to July 1, 2010. The deadline for submitting an abstract is February 15, 2010.
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Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) Annual Conference, in San Diego, CA., USA, 2-5 August 2010. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 March 2010.
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Sustainable Regional Growth and Development in the Creative Knowledge Economy, in Jönköping, Sweden, 19-23 August 2010. Deadlines vary across the sessions.
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Beyond the Crisis.
First International Conference in Political Economy, in Rethymno, Greece, 10-12 September 2010. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2010. A panel on social capital that would address issues from a critical point of view is under construction.
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International Conference on Applied Business & Economics, in Coruña, Spain, 16-18 September 2010. The deadline for submitting an abstract is 30 July 2010.
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Not only social capital
Rankings of world Universities and Departments
This section collects links to web sites reporting rankings
of world universities and departments. Selected rankings are
based on criteria like research publications.
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Rankings of scholarly journals
This section collects rankings of social science peer-reviewed journals based on some poular indexes of their impact on the scientific research.
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SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2009 World Report
The SIR 2009 World Report shows a ranking with more than 2000 of the best worldwide research institutions and organizations whose output surpass 100 scholarly publications during 2007.
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This section catalogues social capital studies according to
the particular country to which the main focus is devoted. At the present time, the section is under construction.
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Rankings of world universities and departments.
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Upcoming conferences
Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good, in Rennes, France, January 2010.
Economics of Culture, Institutions, and Crime, in Milan, Italy, January 2010.
1st Joint DIW Berlin/IZA Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research, in Bonn, February 2010.
Institutions, networks and trust in European-russian relations, in Florence, Italy, March 2010.
Well-being, Happiness and the Environment, in Stirling, UK, April 2010.
Social Capital in Practice, in Mellieha, Malta, May 2010.
Workshop in honour of Robert Sugden, Naples, Italy, May 2010.
The Charismatic Principle in Economic and Civil Life:
History, Theory and Good Practice, in Florence, Italy, May 2010.
4th ISRICH Conference on Health Economics, in Paris, France, May 2010.
Annual Scientific Meeting on Social Enterprise, in Rome, Italy, May 2010.
Constructing Identity in and around Organizations, in Rhodes, Greece, June 2010.
Heritage, Regional
Development and Social Cohesion, in Östersund, Sweden, June 2010.
Comparing Inequalities, in Assisi, Italy, June 2010.
Social Economics, the Social Economy, and Wellbeing in Montréal, Canada, June-July 2010.
Sustainable Regional Growth and Development in the Creative Knowledge Economy, in Jönköping, Sweden, August 2010.
Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, August 2010.
Beyond the Crisis.
First International Conference in Political Economy, in Rethymno, Greece, September 2010.
International Conference on Applied Business & Economics, in Coruña, Spain, September 2010.
Other Events on
social capital and related topics
Other resources for social sciences
Working papers
Databases and E-Journals
Social sciences departments
Useful links
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