BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Social Capital Association (ISCA) - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:International Social Capital Association (ISCA) 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:Asia/Colombo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:+0530 DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 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=Asia/Colombo:20250716T143000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Colombo:20250716T160000 DTSTAMP:20260509T084923 CREATED:20250603T220523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T190013Z UID:10000391-1752676200-1752681600@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Unveiling Trends in Social Capital Research: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review Approach DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Unveiling Trends in Social Capital Research: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review Approach\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, July 16\, 2025 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm IST \n \nInvited Speaker\nBuddhini Amarathunga\nSenior LecturerDepartment of Business Management\, Faculty of Business Studies and FinanceWayamba University of Sri Lanka \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcUl0SBI6yw \nThe Social Capital concept is investigated by researchers in numerous academic disciplines including\, business\, education\, entrepreneurship\, economics\, human resource management\, environmental and health sciences\, and political and social sciences. This webinar presented the outcomes of a dual-focused study\, utilising a Systematic Literature Review and bibliometric analysis (SLR) to examine the literature on social capital both quantitatively and qualitatively. This study examined seven research questions.; 1) the descriptive detail of the recognized previous studies on social capital\, 2) the tendencies of the annual scientific production on social capital\, 3) the greatly related and greater-influence factors on social capital\, 4) how sources are clustering based on Bradford’s Law? 5) the most relevant nations for social capital\, 6) the highly relevant authors and the authors’ productivity through Lotka’s Law of Authors’ Scientific Productivity\, and 7) the emerging trends and themes for future investigations in the field of social capital. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nMrs. Buddhini Amarathunga has been serving as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business Management\, Faculty of Business Studies and Finance\, at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka since 2013. She is a Ph.D student at Management and Science University\, Malaysia. She has authored over 100 research articles published in recognized indexed journals and conference proceedings\, both locally and internationally. Her research interests include human resource management\, graduate employability\, higher educational technology\, knowledge management and entrepreneurship. Mrs. Buddhini Amarathunga serves as a reviewer of several reputed indexed journals and refereed journals. \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-unveiling-trends-in-social-capital-research/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Event-template-Buddhini-Amarathunga.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Colombo:20250723T133000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Colombo:20250723T150000 DTSTAMP:20260509T084923 CREATED:20250527T014908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250723T221514Z UID:10000388-1753277400-1753282800@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Building Social Capital Through Mentoring Programmes At The Goa School In India DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Building Social Capital Through Mentoring Programmes At The Goa School In India\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, July 23\, 2025 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm IST \nInvited Speakers\n \nJonathan Burton\nAdvisor to The Goa School \n \nMadhuri Dass Woudenberg\nFounder-Director of The Goa School \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fICWScw7cE8The Goa School started as a social impact enterprise\, with a light-touch but effective approach to building social capital in India — a country beset with inequalities as it develops into the third largest economy in the world. Some Indians have jobs\, income security\, housing and access to healthcare and education\, while the majority of others\, quite simply\, do not. Those being rapidly lifted out of poverty have little access to modern\, development ideas in practice\, such as gender justice or sustainable living\, and also lack the knowledge and networks to survive except at the fringes of society\, where life continues to be a struggle. The Goa School chooses Fellows from difficult circumstances\, with a penchant for changemaking\, and takes them through a five-day immersion program designed to make them reflect on themselves\, as well as the rights and circumstances of others\, to help them design change within themselves/their community\, and to participate in civic life as global citizens. The immersion program is followed by a year of 1:1 mentorship\, and graduation to The Goa School HIVE Mind\, an alumni group which allows for collective learning and brainstorming as well as networking across batches of Fellows\, Mentors and Speakers\, all of whom ‘give back’ to society by investing their knowledge and resources back into the group. The Goa School has demonstrated a mixed bag of results in three years of operation as a social impact enterprise\, and is carrying its learnings into its new avatar as a public Trust. Jonathan Burton and Madhuri Dass Woudenberg will present the work of The Goa School\, and gather inputs from the audience about how to sharpen their efforts to build social capital via the mentoring programme at The Goa School. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenters:\nJonathan Burton is an advisor to The Goa School\, and has orchestrated hundreds of mentoring and capacity-building interventions throughout his career\, empowering communities\, building international solidarity and understanding. Today he on-boards new mentors to The Goa School and follows their work\, in addition to working as a part of an advisory group reporting to The Board Members of The Goa School Trust. Jonathan lives and works in Geneva\, Switzerland. Madhuri Dass Woudenberg is Founder-Director of The Goa School\, and brings 20 plus years of experience and connections from an international career in communications for sustainable development to each program at The Goa School\, where she curates spellbinding mentoring and learning experiences for young Indian changemakers\, designed to help them pursue compassionate and fulfilling lives. Madhuri lives and works in Goa\, India\, for a large part of the year. \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/building-social-capital-through-mentoring/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Event-template-Burton-and-Madhuri.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250730T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250730T133000 DTSTAMP:20260509T084923 CREATED:20250529T214048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T213704Z UID:10000389-1753876800-1753882200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Social Capital in Action: A Blueprint from Petaluma’s Civic Experiments DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Social Capital in Action: A Blueprint from Petaluma’s Civic Experiments\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, July 30\, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nJohn Crowley\nExecutive Director Aqus Community Foundation \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOafgfZuTZs \nThis session offers a hands-on exploration of how to build social capital through low-cost\, high-impact community initiatives. Drawing from real-world examples in Petaluma\, California—Aqus Café\, Aqus Community\, and Cool Petaluma—John Crowley shares field-tested strategies that transform everyday spaces and events into engines of connection. \nParticipants will walk away with: \n\n\nPractical frameworks for creating recurring gatherings that foster belonging \n\n\nProven formats like themed community dinners that connect people around shared interests \n\n\nApproaches to turn climate action and emergency preparedness into relationship-building tools \n\n\nA blueprint for the Joiners Initiative—a campaign encouraging people to join one local organization per year for five years \n\n\nTips for designing “third spaces” that invite organic interactions across diverse populations \n\n\nIdeal for nonprofits\, city planners\, community organizers\, and anyone looking to strengthen the social fabric\, this session delivers actionable tools—not just theory—for building more connected and resilient communities. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nJohn Crowley is a dedicated community builder based in Petaluma\, California. He is the founder of Aqus Café—a nationally recognized third space and cultural hub—and executive director of the Aqus Community Foundation. He also co-founded Cool Petaluma\, a citywide initiative that blends climate resilience with social connection. With a background in computer science and a passion for fostering meaningful connections\, John has been instrumental in creating spaces and initiatives that strengthen community ties. His efforts have earned him Petaluma’s highest civic honor\, the Good Egg Award\, for his contributions to local engagement through events\, gatherings\, and civic initiatives. \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-in-action/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Event-template-John-Crowley.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T120000 DTSTAMP:20260509T084923 CREATED:20250112T060057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T060057Z UID:10000368-1753959600-1753963200@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-48/ 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:20250731T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T223000 DTSTAMP:20260509T084923 CREATED:20250112T055316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055316Z UID:10000358-1753995600-1754001000@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-38/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/29996_image.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR