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: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:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T173000 DTSTAMP:20260509T052112 CREATED:20251010T172918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T000954Z UID:10000407-1762876800-1762882200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:Toward a Unified Conceptualization of Social Capital DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Toward a Unified Conceptualization of Social Capital\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeTuesday\, November 11\, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nProfessor jimi adams\nSociology\nMcCausland College of Arts and Sciences\nUniversity of South Carolina \n https://youtu.be/0HGhgUAf9dk \nSocial capital is among the most broadly used concepts in social science. Despite its shared understanding as beneficial resources available from the connections between people\, authors vary widely in their conceptualizations of social capital. To extract clarity from these disparate perspectives\, we offer a systematic framework for conceptualizing social capital\, which identifies three primary theoretical dimensions of scholars’ conceptualizations of social capital: (a) where beneficial resources reside\, ranging from within individuals to the relationships between individuals; (b) beneficial network structure\, differentiating closure from brokerage arrangements; and (c) the level to which rewards accrue\, distinguishing individual from collective benefits. We illustrate how combining these dimensions produces a unifying perspective that fosters reintegrating social capital’s disconnected conceptualizations. Finally\, we draw on this framework to both reconcile seeming contradictions and gaps in social capital scholarship\, and provide a principled means for prioritizing questions for future developments of social capital. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\njimi adams studies how networks constrain or promote the diffusion of information and/or diseases through populations. Much of this work has focused on HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 among populations in the US and Sub-Saharan Africa. Recently\, his work has focused more on the integrative patterns and processes in problem-focused areas of science that draw from many academic disciplines (e.g.\, HIV/AIDS\, demography\, the environment). \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/toward-a-unified-conceptualization-of-social-capital/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Event-template-jimi-adams.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T173000 DTSTAMP:20260509T052112 CREATED:20251027T181130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T022959Z UID:10000410-1763568000-1763573400@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:Building Social Capital by Design DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Building Social Capital by Design\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, November 19\, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT \nInvited Speakers\n \nGeeta Mehta\nAdjunct Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Columbia University in New York &\nFounder of Social Capital Initiatives \n \nSushmita Shekar\nUrban Design Professional at Skidmore\, Owings\, and Merrill \n https://youtu.be/MKGhlZKEJDM \nSocial Capital is the greatness of great cities and great communities. It brings people together to undertake actions of social good\, and find a bigger meaning in their lives. It improves the quality of life\, environment and culture in a way that money alone cannot. The tendency of measuring everything in terms of money over the past decades has resulted in neglect and depletion of Social Capital in many countries\, developed as well as developing. The webinar aims to contribute to the global conversation about the urgent need to include social and ecological capital\, alongside financial capital in design of all projects and policies. Tangible results of Social Capital in our neighborhoods and cities include better quality and management of public spaces\, streets\, water and sanitation infrastructure\, public transportation\, and more. These elements not only impact public safety\, health\, environmental stewardship\, and social tolerance\, but all of the Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by members of the United Nations. These goals are the only international framework we have for actualization of social\, ecological and financial capital for our planet. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenters:\nGeeta Mehta is an adjunct professor of architecture and urban design at Columbia University in New York. She is also the founder of Social Capital Initiatives (formerly Asia Initiatives) a non-profit organization that works with underserved communities to help improve neighborhoods\, the environment and people’s livelihoods through social capital. Geeta is the innovator of Social Capital Credits (SoCCs)\, a virtual currency for social good that has won the World Changing Idea award from the Fast Company\, and prizes from MIT SOLVE\, General Motors\, Vodafone\, Caterpillar and others. She was recognized in the Forbes List of 50 over 50 Impact Makers\, by Women’s eNews as one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century\, and is a Purpose Prize Fellow. \nGeeta serves on the New York City Mayor’s Waterfront Management Advisory Board\, and the Management Policy Council of the University of Tokyo. She also served as the president of the American Institute of Architects’ Japan Chapter while she lived in Tokyo. “Sustainable Cities for the Future”\, the 7th book she has co-authored was launched at the T20/G20 meeting in India in 2023. \nSushmita Shekar is an urban designer\, policy advocate and architect committed to advancing urban development that prioritizes social and environmental capital. Through her work at Skidmore\, Owings\, and Merrill (SOM) and Sangath\, she has been on the forefront of working with local and national governments in several countries including US\, China\, Russia\, India and Middle East Regions to promote sustainable urban and economic growth. She was honored as one of the Future 100 designers in the US and Canada region by Metropolis Magazine. Sushmita is a Board member of Social Capital Initiatives and Consultative Delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)\, where she contributes to international policy and urban strategy through statements at various UN convenings like UN ECOSOC Youth Forum and the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. Sushmita is also a part of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development Urban Cluster where she supports programs around the UN2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. She contributed a chapter to “Livable Cities of the Future” for the G20 Summit. She is a Fellow of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a Research Affiliate at the Columbia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development. \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-by-design/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Event-template-Geeta-and-Sushmita.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T120000 DTSTAMP:20260509T052112 CREATED:20250112T060356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T060356Z UID:10000372-1763636400-1763640000@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-52/ 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:20251120T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T223000 DTSTAMP:20260509T052112 CREATED:20250112T055602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055602Z UID:10000362-1763672400-1763677800@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-42/ 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=Australia/Sydney:20251126T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251126T193000 DTSTAMP:20260509T052112 CREATED:20251020T195004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T093158Z UID:10000408-1764180000-1764185400@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:The monetary value of social capital in post-disaster contexts: Evidence from Australia DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: The monetary value of social capital in post-disaster contexts: Evidence from Australia\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, November 26\, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm AEDT \nInvited Speakers\n \nDr Aaron Nicholas\nSenior Lecturer in the Department of Economics in Deakin Business School \n \nBridget Tehan\nSenior Advisor at Australian Red Cross \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5g4mquZ9w8 \nThis presentation will explore the critical role of social capital in enhancing disaster resilience in Australia\, with a focus on bushfires. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review and original modelling\, the research quantifies the impact of different forms of social capital—bonding\, bridging\, and linking—on household recovery\, particularly in terms of mental health\, life satisfaction\, and economic well-being. A novel economic model estimates the “windfall income” equivalent of social capital\, revealing its substantial value\, especially in remote communities. The findings underscore the importance of investing in social infrastructure as a means to improve disaster outcomes and community resilience. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenters:\nDr Aaron Nicholas is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics in Deakin Business School. Aaron is a behavioural and experimental economist. He is broadly interested in issues of how to measure and define unobservables within the revealed preference paradigm and specifically interested in how the ‘rules of the market’ (e.g. competition\, prices\, profit-seeking) and the ‘rules of the family’ (e.g. altruism\, reciprocal exchange\, fairness) interact. \nBridget Tehan is a Senior Advisor at Australian Red Cross. She has more than 15 years’ experience in emergency management and disaster resilience policy and practice\, and has significant expertise in community resilience\, including in strengths\, needs and priorities of people who may be vulnerable or disadvantaged before\, during and after emergencies as well as their needs in the mitigation\, transition and adaptation to climate change. Bridget is also co-founder and President of the Australasian Women in Emergencies Network which works to promote\, support and recognise the contributions of women to emergencies and disaster resilience. \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/monetary-value-of-social-capital-in-post-disaster/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Event-template-Nicholas-and-Tehan.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR