”Are Things Getting Better or Worse, and Why? The Role of Social Indicators to Inform Public Policy” ISA – Working Group 06 “Social Indicators” Conference Track at 1st ISA Forum “Sociological Research and Public Debate” Barcelona, September 5 – 8, 2008
The Programme of the social indicators working group is enclosed.
Session 6: Measuring Sustainability and Social Capital – Are Thing Getting Better or Worse?
Presenters:
Carmit Lubanov, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies - Environmental Policy Center, Israel : Social Indicators in Israel: A 'Conceptual Model' of Combining Sustainability Measurement Theory and Local Practice
Ulla Rosenström, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland, Ulla.Rosenstrom@ymparisto.fi ; Jussi Simpura, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (Stakes), Helsinki, Finland, jussi.simpura@stakes.fi : Improving the usability of the multitude of indicator sets: views on the usefulness of a national indicator portal in Finland
Robin Richards, Community Agency for Social Enquiry (C A S E), Johannesburg, South Africa, robinr@netactive.co.za : Working for Water: a case study on the impact of a South African Public Works Programme in improving the quality of life of programme beneficiaries
Melissa A. Young, State University of New York, USA, mayoun03@syr.edu : Exploring Sustainability At a Local Scale: Bridging The Gap Between Local Residents, Local Officials, And Experts Honglin Chen, The University of Hong Kong, China, honglin@hkusua.hku.hk : Social capital indicators as a public policy tool in China Chaime Marcuello-Servós, Zaragoza University, Spain, chaime@unizar.es : Social Efficiency Indicators in Non Profit Organizations
