BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Social Capital Association (ISCA) - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for International Social Capital Association (ISCA) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250604T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250604T153000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250421T175250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T020246Z UID:10000384-1749045600-1749051000@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR Native American College Student Perceptions of Social Capital Development through Facebook DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Native American College Student Perceptions of Social Capital Development through Facebook\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, June 4\, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Monte Schaff\nDean of Enrollment Management \nUnited Tribes Technical College \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV28X2NWQAk \nThis presentation will discuss recent research that explored Native American college students perceived development of bridging\, bonding\, and campus capital through the social network Facebook. The presenter will provide an overview of the tribal college and university (TCU) context\, and highlight the theoretical frameworks used for social and campus capital. The presentation will include the themes which emerged from the study data\, and how these themes helped to answer the study’s research questions. The presenter will share the theoretical and practical applications of the study’s findings and provide suggestions for future areas of research with respect to social capital development through social networking. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nMonte Schaff\, Ph.D.\, serves as the Dean of Enrollment Management at United Tribes Technical College. His responsibilities include overall leadership of the Enrollment Services Staff\, including Admissions\, Registrar\, Financial Aid\, Transfer and Career Services\, Apprenticeships and Internships\, and Student Retention and Activities. Prior to his current role\, Schaff served as Institutional Research Analyst in the Office of Institutional Research. He began his career at UTTC in 2010 and has worked in a variety of departments including Academic Affairs\, IT\, and serves as an adjunct instructor. \nAbout Our Webinar Series\nThis event is part of our regular webinar sessions for social capital researchers including PhD/master students. These sessions include invited presentations from prominent scholars as well as presentations by PhD students and experts in professional practice.\nFor social capital researchers\, these sessions are an opportunity to hear about the latest social capital research and insights from scholars working on the concept. They can be a great way to connect with people\, to get advice\, discuss ideas or issues\, get suggestions for literature to read\, or you can just listen. \nAre you researching social capital and want to present your research? Click here for more information and to submit a proposal. \nGenerally\, presentations can be 20 to 30 mins. The content of your presentation will depend on your research stage. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/webinar-social-capital-development-through-facebook/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Event-template-Monte-Schaff.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250618T103000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250502T213746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T071539Z UID:10000386-1750237200-1750242600@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Rooted in Community? Social Capital and the Rise of Sustainability Community Enterprises DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Rooted in Community? Social Capital and the Rise of Sustainability Community Enterprises\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, June 18\, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am CEST \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Matthijs B. Punt\nAssistant Professor Innovation Studies Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentUtrecht University \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF22a-eGMn4 \nCommunity enterprises—such as renewable energy cooperatives\, Repair Cafés\, and food forests—play an increasingly important role in sustainability transitions. These sustainability-focused community enterprises often face distinct challenges in scaling\, as they aim to balance social and economic objectives while explicitly enhancing the well-being of their (often place-based) communities. We argue that one key factor influencing the emergence of such initiatives is the existing stock of social capital in local communities. In our research\, we distinguish between bonding and bridging social capital. Bonding social capital refers to strong\, inward-looking ties within a specific social group that offer emotional support and a sense of belonging. Bridging social capital involves outward-looking ties and is derived from ties across more disparate social groups. While bridging ties are generally emphasized as key for innovation and entrepreneurship\, we argue that bonding social capital is more important for community entrepreneurship\, as it enables the collective action on which these initiatives rely. \nThis presentation draws on a recently published article (Geskus et al.\, 2024) that examines how these different forms of social capital explain the varying prevalence of renewable energy cooperatives across Dutch municipalities. These findings are complemented by two ongoing studies on food forests and Repair Cafés. In all of these studies\, we rely on detailed social media data (from the now defunct social media platform Hyves) to measure bonding and bridging social capital at the level of citizens’ social networks within and across municipalities\, consistent with the social network perspective on social capital. Our results suggest that different types of sustainability community enterprises relate differently to bonding and bridging social capital\, depending on the nature of their activities. Bonding social capital seems to play a particularly important role in the emergence of these sustainability community enterprises. \nGeskus\, S.\, Punt\, M. B.\, Bauwens\, T.\, Corten\, R.\, & Frenken\, K. (2024). Does social capital foster renewable energy cooperatives? Journal of Economic Geography\, 24(6)\, 887–905. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nMatthijs B. Punt is assistant professor Innovation Studies at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development\, Utrecht University. His research focuses on forms of innovation that are primarily institutional or social—rather than technological—in nature. He is particularly interested in the emergence and life-cycle dynamics of new organizational forms and social innovations\, specifically community-driven initiatives for sustainability and digital platforms. He typically examines these phenomena through a geographical and institutional lens. \nAbout Our Webinar Series\nThis event is part of our regular webinar sessions for social capital researchers including PhD/master students. These sessions include invited presentations from prominent scholars as well as presentations by PhD students and experts in professional practice.\nFor social capital researchers\, these sessions are an opportunity to hear about the latest social capital research and insights from scholars working on the concept. They can be a great way to connect with people\, to get advice\, discuss ideas or issues\, get suggestions for literature to read\, or you can just listen. \nAre you researching social capital and want to present your research? Click here for more information and to submit a proposal. \nGenerally\, presentations can be 20 to 30 mins. The content of your presentation will depend on your research stage. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-and-the-rise-of-sustainability-community-enterprises/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Event-template-Matthijs-B.-Punt.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250620T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250620T083000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250603T022150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T194443Z UID:10000390-1750402800-1750408200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Toward a Unified Framework of Social Capital: What is it\, how does it work\, and why does it matter? DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Toward a Unified Framework for Social Capital: What is it\, how does it work\, and why does it matter?\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeFriday\, June 20\, 2025 @ 7:00 am & 7:00 pm CEST \n \nInvited Speaker\nTristan Claridge\nDirector of the Institute for Social Capital\nPresident of the International Social Capital Association \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kq8VVy146U \nSocial capital is a widely used concept that remains fragmented across disciplines and applications\, often applied without a shared understanding or common theoretical foundation. In this webinar\, we step away from the impulse to catalogue the differences further and instead explore the underlying commonalities in how social capital is understood and applied. Drawing from a capital-theoretic perspective\, this presentation investigates the internal logic of social capital—what it is\, how it forms\, and why it functions as a form of capital. \nRather than treating competing theories as incompatible\, I consider the possibility that each perspective reveals a part of a more coherent whole. Grounded against the logic of capital\, as a process\, we can identify consistency across approaches and gain deeper insights into how social capital facilitates the outcomes we are interested in. \nThis webinar will be held twice\, at 7am and 7pm CEST\, to make it accessible globally. The webinar will provide scholars\, practitioners\, and policymakers with a clearer conceptual foundation for social capital theory and a practical framework for understanding its diverse applications. Regardless of your interest in social capital\, this webinar will provide tools for thinking more clearly—and working more effectively—with social capital. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nTristan Claridge is the Director of the Institute for Social Capital and Visiting Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University. He is an independent researcher\, consultant\, and trainer working to advance the concept of social capital. His work utilises the concept of social capital in various applications\, including economic development\, community development\, organisational and project performance\, poverty alleviation\, and others. Over the last twenty years\, he has worked to refine the theories of social capital and help others enhance their understanding and application of the concept in research\, practice\, and policy. He has developed an approach to the application of social capital that is logically consistent\, theoretically grounded\, and easy to understand and apply to research and practical applications. He draws on lessons from economics\, sociology\, political science\, psychology\, urban planning\, and other disciplines that contribute to understanding the concept. Driven by his belief in the power of discourse and collaboration\, Tristan continues to work towards advancing social capital theory and practice globally. Tristan is the current President of the International Social Capital Association and chair of the Social Capital Paradigm Interest Group. \nAbout Our Webinar Series\nThis event is part of our regular webinar sessions for social capital researchers including PhD/master students. These sessions include invited presentations from prominent scholars as well as presentations by PhD students and experts in professional practice.\nFor social capital researchers\, these sessions are an opportunity to hear about the latest social capital research and insights from scholars working on the concept. They can be a great way to connect with people\, to get advice\, discuss ideas or issues\, get suggestions for literature to read\, or you can just listen. \nAre you researching social capital and want to present your research? Click here for more information and to submit a proposal. \nGenerally\, presentations can be 20 to 30 mins. The content of your presentation will depend on your research stage. \n\n\n \n Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWORKSHOP: Introduction to Social Capital for Research\nFree Public Workshop on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, February 26\, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am UTC and @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm UTC URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/toward-a-unified-framework-of-social-capital/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Event-template-Social-Capital-Framework.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250625T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250625T203000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250605T070917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T155809Z UID:10000392-1750878000-1750883400@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:PANEL: How Leveraging Social Capital can assist Families affected by Wildfires DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nPANEL: How Leveraging Social Capital can Assist Families Affected by Wildfires\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, June 25\, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CDT \nPanelists\n \nSharon Bak\n \nJeff Donaldson\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iec7G8BjQhU \nWildfires pose complex challenges for families and communities\, especially when displacement\, trauma\, and resource scarcity intersect with existing social vulnerabilities. This panel explores how social capital can be harnessed to support families affected by wildfires—both in the immediate aftermath and in long-term recovery. Panelists will examine the role of social networks in maintaining critical social supports\, the unique dynamics between rural and urban contexts\, and how social capital can foster sustained collaboration across community members\, service providers\, and local institutions. Through real-world examples and interactive discussion\, the panel will highlight how intentional strategies to strengthen social capital can improve resilience outcomes for those most at risk. \nThis event is organized by the Disaster Resilience Special Interest Group of the International Social Capital Association. It is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the panelists:\nSharon Bak is a registered social worker with decades of experience in navigating the field of disaster resilience\, providing support to communities\, evacuees\, and vulnerable populations across North America. \nJeff Donaldson is a veteran\, professor and entrepreneur in the preparedness field of emergency management. He holds an MA and PhD in disasters and public policy respectively and serves as the CEO of Preparedness Labs Incorporated\, a Canadian preparedness education and research firm. Dr. D advocates for strong resilient communities through building social ties and personal responsibility. The lone wolf perishes\, the pack thrives. \nAbout Our Webinar Series\nThis event is part of our regular webinar sessions for social capital researchers including PhD/master students. These sessions include invited presentations from prominent scholars as well as presentations by PhD students and experts in professional practice.\nFor social capital researchers\, these sessions are an opportunity to hear about the latest social capital research and insights from scholars working on the concept. They can be a great way to connect with people\, to get advice\, discuss ideas or issues\, get suggestions for literature to read\, or you can just listen. \nAre you researching social capital and want to present your research? Click here for more information and to submit a proposal. \nGenerally\, presentations can be 20 to 45 mins. The content of your presentation will depend on your research stage. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-families-affected-by-wildfires/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Interest Group Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DEM-June-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T120000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250112T055850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055915Z UID:10000366-1750935600-1750939200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:Social Capital Research Design and Methods DESCRIPTION:A workshop discussing the research process with a focus on social capital research.\n\n\n\nAre you conducting research on social capital?\nWould you like to discuss or get some help with your research design?\nDo you have any problems or challenges with your research design?\n\nThese sessions are a supportive way to learn more about social capital research design and methods. You can connect with people\, ask questions\, get advice\, and discuss ideas or issues. \nWho is this for? \nAlthough this workshop is focused on PhD students\, we welcome anyone conducting research on social capital. \nWho will run the workshop? \nBeverly Sloan has a PhD in Organisational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force with more than 32 years of service. Her leisure activity includes mentoring masters and doctoral candidates on research practices. \nHow will the session work? \nIn these sessions\, we aim to discuss the research process. This includes defining research; discussing research significance\, problems\, and purposes; examining your worldview and philosophical stance; developing research questions\, sub-questions\, and hypotheses; and your theoretical or conceptual framework. We will discuss the initial literature review and its purpose in helping you build your initial central research question. We will use the initial research question to guide the preliminary literature review. During the preliminary literature review\, we will consider defining your key concepts and how they will drive your overall literature review. As we discuss the literature review\, the goal is to refine the research question\, identify gaps in the literature\, and focus the literature review on the central aspects of your research question. This should also help us develop a good outline for our literature review and identify variables or sub-research questions. Once we understand how the literature review shapes our study\, we will move on to research methods and design or our roadmap for collecting data. Then we will move on to data analysis and conclude by combining all the pieces. This will not be a linear process\, but it will be a process. \nAccess requirements \nWe seek to make our events accessible\, and this is no exception. If there is something that will help you to engage more effectively in this session\, please email us on: events@intsocialcapital.org. Sometimes\, it’s the small things that make a big difference\, so do email us if you have an access request. We recognise that not all participants are able to attend all sessions for the full duration. You are free to join us and leave at any time during the session. We request that you have your name on Zoom (this can be just a first name) to make it easier for us to facilitate the session and address participants correctly. It helps to have cameras on\, but we recognise that sometimes this isn’t possible\, for a variety of reasons. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-research-design-and-methods-46/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/29996_image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T223000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250112T055237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055237Z UID:10000357-1750971600-1750977000@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:Social Capital Research Design and Methods DESCRIPTION:A workshop discussing the research process with a focus on social capital research.\n\n\n\nAre you conducting research on social capital?\nWould you like to discuss or get some help with your research design?\nDo you have any problems or challenges with your research design?\n\nThese sessions are a supportive way to learn more about social capital research design and methods. You can connect with people\, ask questions\, get advice\, and discuss ideas or issues. \nWho is this for? \nAlthough this workshop is focused on PhD students\, we welcome anyone conducting research on social capital. \nWho will run the workshop? \nBeverly Sloan has a PhD in Organisational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force with more than 32 years of service. Her leisure activity includes mentoring masters and doctoral candidates on research practices. \nHow will the session work? \nIn these sessions\, we aim to discuss the research process. This includes defining research; discussing research significance\, problems\, and purposes; examining your worldview and philosophical stance; developing research questions\, sub-questions\, and hypotheses; and your theoretical or conceptual framework. We will discuss the initial literature review and its purpose in helping you build your initial central research question. We will use the initial research question to guide the preliminary literature review. During the preliminary literature review\, we will consider defining your key concepts and how they will drive your overall literature review. As we discuss the literature review\, the goal is to refine the research question\, identify gaps in the literature\, and focus the literature review on the central aspects of your research question. This should also help us develop a good outline for our literature review and identify variables or sub-research questions. Once we understand how the literature review shapes our study\, we will move on to research methods and design or our roadmap for collecting data. Then we will move on to data analysis and conclude by combining all the pieces. This will not be a linear process\, but it will be a process. \nAccess requirements \nWe seek to make our events accessible\, and this is no exception. If there is something that will help you to engage more effectively in this session\, please email us on: events@intsocialcapital.org. Sometimes\, it’s the small things that make a big difference\, so do email us if you have an access request. We recognise that not all participants are able to attend all sessions for the full duration. You are free to join us and leave at any time during the session. We request that you have your name on Zoom (this can be just a first name) to make it easier for us to facilitate the session and address participants correctly. It helps to have cameras on\, but we recognise that sometimes this isn’t possible\, for a variety of reasons. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-research-design-and-methods-37/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/29996_image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T080000 DTSTAMP:20260509T093709 CREATED:20250611T120047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250629T144054Z UID:10000394-1751007600-1751011200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:MEETING: Social Capital Measurement Interest Group DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nMEETING: Social Capital Measurement Interest Group\nFree Public Meeting on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, June 27\, 2025 @ 7am and 5pm EDT \nAre you interested in the measurement of social capital? We’re excited to announce the formation of a new Measurement Interest Group within the International Social Capital Association—and we’d love for you to be part of it. \nDespite the widespread use of the concept\, there are still few robust instruments and established procedures for measuring social capital. Many researchers and practitioners are left to reinvent the wheel. This lack of clarity and consistency undermines our ability to compare findings\, inform policy and practice\, and build evidence for what works. \nThis group is not about offering ready-made answers. In fact\, we recognize that many of the key questions around measuring social capital remain open. Our goal is to explore these questions together—with curiosity\, rigor\, and collaboration. \nIn this group\, we aim to bring scholars\, practitioners\, and policy-makers together to explore the existing ways of operationalizing social capital\, evaluate construct validity in its usage\, and develop guidelines and resources for people who want to measure social capital. \nWhether you’re new to the topic or have been working in this area for years\, we invite you to join us at our first meeting to learn more and help shape the direction of the group. \nThe group will be led by Dr Eunice Park from Montclair State University\, who has been working on the measurement of social capital for several years. \nThis is a great opportunity to connect with others who are passionate about making sense of social capital measurement in real-world contexts. \nEveryone is welcome\, regardless of your membership in ISCA. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout Our Webinar Series\nThis event is part of our regular webinar sessions for social capital researchers including PhD/master students. These sessions include invited presentations from prominent scholars as well as presentations by PhD students and experts in professional practice.\nFor social capital researchers\, these sessions are an opportunity to hear about the latest social capital research and insights from scholars working on the concept. They can be a great way to connect with people\, to get advice\, discuss ideas or issues\, get suggestions for literature to read\, or you can just listen. \nAre you researching social capital and want to present your research? Click here for more information and to submit a proposal. \nGenerally\, presentations can be 20 to 30 mins. The content of your presentation will depend on your research stage. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-measurement-sig/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Interest Group Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Social-Capital-Measurement-Interest-Group.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR