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WEBINAR: Dr Mario Marais: The role of Social Capital in ICT4D

This talk tells the story of a project and a research approach. The research used a novel definition of sustainable development that emerged from development philosophies developed in South America. Social capital is central to this definition which was used to study the sustainability of participants in a project to deploy internet access to about schools in a rural region in South Africa.
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WEBINAR: Dr Mason Mathews: How social capital is created and maintained to achieve development goals

Some development goals are unattainable with any one type of social capital; some goals require configurations of the three types of social capital. In some instances, people create mutually reinforcing bonding, bridging, and linking social capital that enables them to achieve development goals, while simultaneously expanding all three types of social capital.
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The role of regional social capital changes over the course of the entrepreneurial process

Invited Speaker Dr Johannes KleinhempelPostdoc in EntrepreneurshipCopenhagen Business School Register for free now We assess how social capital relates to individuals’ initial interest in becoming an entrepreneur, formally setting up a venture, and subsequent survival of the venture. Conceptualizing and measuring entrepreneurship as a sequential process inferred from cross-sectional data for 22,878 individuals living in […]

Minority racial concentration and COVID-19: The mediating role of social capital

Invited Speaker Dr Cary Wu Assistant Professor of Sociology York University Register for free Time converter at worldtimebuddy.comTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com Growing research suggests that areas with higher concentrations of racial and ethnic minorities have experienced more negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, I will consider the mediating role of social capital […]
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The High Cost of Cheap Social Capital Revisited

Please join Professor Lindon Robison and Tristan Claridge on March 22, 2023 webinar, as we revisit our 2021 discussion of cheap social capital. Since introducing the concept of cheap social capital in our earlier webinar, Professor Robison has written two important papers on the subject and has made these available on the Institute for Social […]

Exploring the outcomes of social capital

Tristan Claridge President International Social Capital Association Register for free Time converter at worldtimebuddy.comTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com Social capital has been described by some authors as lubricating the fabric of society and allowing modern economies to function efficiently (Fukuyama 2001). It is claimed that our society, economy, institutions, and political system could not exist without […]
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WEBINAR: Prof. Paul E. Peterson: Are Connections the Way to Get Ahead?

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Invited Speaker Professor Paul E. Peterson Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government,Harvard University Certificate of attendance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5NGMwPGsdo Are Connections the Way to Get Ahead? Social Capital, Student Achievement, Friendships, and Social Mobility Chetty et al. (2022) say county density of cross-class friendships (referred to here as “adult-bridging capital”) has causal impacts on social mobility within […]
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WEBINAR: Tristan Claridge: Outline for the social capital paradigm – Session 1

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Keynote Speaker Tristan Claridge President International Social Capital Association Certificate of attendance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7lX38j8jYA This webinar will sketch an outline for the social capital paradigm by identifying the common themes and underlying similarities between different meanings of social capital. I will propose a consistent logic schema for social capital and ten “pillars” of the paradigm; statements […]
Featured Featured Event Series WEBINAR: Tristan Claridge: Outline for the social capital paradigm

WEBINAR: Tristan Claridge: Outline for the social capital paradigm – Session 2

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Invited Speaker Tristan Claridge President International Social Capital Association Certificate of attendance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SzIKa8f2nM This webinar will sketch an outline for the social capital paradigm by identifying the common themes and underlying similarities between different meanings of social capital. I will propose a consistent logic schema for social capital and ten “pillars” of the paradigm; statements […]

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WEBINAR: Dr Esther Carmen: A socio-cultural perspective for working with social relationships in community sustainability initiatives in practice: A focus on relationship qualities

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Social capital is widely recognised as a critical resource within community sustainability initiatives and for enhancing community resilience more generally. This talk draws on three studies on social capital relating to community resilience and, more specially community-based sustainability initiatives.

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WEBINAR: Getting by and getting ahead: the influence of informal relationships on the lives of young people leaving out of home care.

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Social capital is widely recognised as a critical resource within community sustainability initiatives and for enhancing community resilience more generally. This talk draws on three studies on social capital relating to community resilience and, more specially community-based sustainability initiatives.

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