International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS)

📢 FINAL Call! #ISQOLS2026 Abstract deadline: 28 Feb 2026

🗓 Aug 11–14, 2026 | 📍 Lexington, KY (Univ. of Kentucky)
Theme: “Beyond the Bluegrass”

🎤 Bartram, Biswas-Diener, Graham, Huerta
🎓 Scholarships available (15 Mar)

Submit: isqols.org/2026

#ISQOLS #QualityOfLife #CallForPapers

🎉 ISQOLS is pleased to announce Dr. Fabio Battaglia as our 2026 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow! His work explores the politics of measurement, beyond GDP metrics, and wellbeing in policymaking.

Learn more: isqols.org/Fellowship

#ISQOLS #Wellbeing #QualityOfLife

🌍 Join our upcoming #ISQOLS webinar: “Youth Well-Being & Inequalities in Digital Contexts” with Pablo Gracia (UAB/CED).
Explore digital divides, parenting, and social media’s impact on adolescent mental health. 18 Feb | 10AM EST / 4PM CET
isqols.org/event-6541511

📢 Deadline approaching! Submit your abstract for #ISQOLS2026 (Aug 11–14, 2026 | Lexington, KY).
Theme: Beyond the Bluegrass: Harnessing Research to Enhance Quality of Life

🗓 Abstracts due Feb 28, 2026
🎓 Grants due Mar 15

Details: isqols.org/2026

#QualityOfLife #WellBeing #CallForAbstracts

YouTube video by ISQOLS 🎧 Rethinking Success Beyond GDP with Kelsey O’Connor | Quality-of-Life Matters ISQOLS Podcast

🎧 New #QualityOfLife Matters episode: Rethinking Success Beyond GDP with @kelseyoc.bsky.social

Host Roger Fernandez-Urbano speaks with Kelsey J. O’Connor (STATEC Research) on why progress must go beyond GDP—toward well-being, trust, and hope.

📺 youtu.be/bEA1erXdViA

#WellBeing #BeyondGDP

🌎 One month away! Join the first-ever ISQOLS Latin America Regional Conference on Quality of Life, Well-being & Happiness 📍Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 | 🗓 9–11 March 2026. View program: isqols.org/Argentina

The ISQOLS 2026 Winter Virtual Conference
🧭 Pathways to Inclusive Well-being
📅 29–30 Jan 2026 | 💻 Virtual

✨ Only USD $25 for ISQOLS members
🎓 40 presentations by early-career wellbeing researchers worldwide
🎥 Includes access to all recordings

🔗 View program & register: isqols.org/2026virtual

🎉 New year, new opportunities with ISQOLS in 2026!
3 conferences—virtual, regional & global—bringing researchers together to network, learn & share work on quality of life, well-being & happiness. 🌍
👉 conta.cc/4jrndIT

#ISQOLS2026 #QualityOfLife #Wellbeing #HappinessResearch

We’re honored to announce the 2025–2026 ISQOLS Ruut Veenhoven Award recipients: Martijn Hendriks (EHERO) and Kelsey O’Connor @StatecResearch This award celebrates outstanding early-career research in Happiness Studies.🔗 isqols.org/Ruut-Veenhov...

New ISQOLS Working Paper!
“What explains the well-being differences between immigrant and native adolescents?” Using PISA data from 42 countries, the study links SWB gaps to culture, immigrant population traits, and institutional quality. @kelseyoc.bsky.social
DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

How connected are we? Join #ISQOLS webinar w/ Carrie Exton (@OECD WISE), sharing insights from the new report on social connections & #loneliness. OECD WISE is the 2025 ISQOLS Award winner for Betterment of the Human Condition.
📅 Nov 25, 12:00 CET
🔗 isqols.org/event-6403564

Nov 20, ISQOLS–CIC Practitioners’ Perspectives Workshop: Using Community Indicator Data to Achieve Wellbeing for All.
Register: isqols.org/event-6367965
#Wellbeing #DataForGood #Equity #CommunityIndicators

🚨 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

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

YouTube video by ISQOLS ISQOLS Webinar • Family Relationships and Children’s Well-Being

🎥 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

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

📣 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

🎥 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?...

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

📰 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

🌍 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

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...

🚨 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

YouTube video by ISQOLS Practitioners’ Perspectives Virtual Workshop | Minnesota Compass: Measuring What Matters

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

📢 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

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

YouTube video by ISQOLS Inside the World Happiness Report with Barry Grimes | "Quality of Life Matters" ISQOLS Podcast

🌍 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

YouTube video by ISQOLS ISQOLS Webinar, "Selective Higher Education and Students’ Wellbeing", Featuring Dr. Sarah Fleche

📽️ 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

🚀 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

📢 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

📢 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