International Social Capital Association (ISCA)

Events from this organiser

Today

  • Featured

    WEBINAR: All is Not Lost: Organized Crime and Social Capital Formation

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Professor Paolo Buonanno Department of Economics University of Bergamo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBjngbp3xA We investigate how a disruptive social event, namely the emergence of organized crime infiltration in the local government, shapes social capital. We exploit the dismissal of city councils infiltrated by organized crime and a novel and fine-grained measure of social capital in Italy. […]
    Free

  • Featured

    WEBINAR: Health and social capital: a series of empirical studies on the causal effects of health on social capital

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Dr Michael Lebenbaum Senior Manager, Health Economics & Outcomes Research Canadian Cancer Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oy5n8RWes0 Although there is a rich literature examining the relationships between social capital and health, a neglected topic has been the effects of health on social capital. Economic models highlight that health is an important input into the production of […]
    Free
  • Featured

    Mapping Social Capital For Emergency Preparedness Through Identification of Societal Institutions

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Dr Jeff Donaldson Principal Researcher Preparedness Labs Incorporated Disaster Resilience Interest Group This webinar is organised by the Disaster Resilience Interest Group. This is a free public event. Everyone is welcome to attend.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkRt6iaUcg Despite considerable efforts to issue emergency preparedness ideas across a number of mediums, the population has largely ignored the instructions […]
    Free
  • Featured

    Mapping Social Capital For Emergency Preparedness Through Identification of Societal Institutions

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Dr Jeff Donaldson Principal Researcher Preparedness Labs Incorporated Register for free Disaster Resilience Interest Group This webinar is organised by the Disaster Resilience Interest Group. This is a free public event. Everyone is welcome to attend. Despite considerable efforts to issue emergency preparedness ideas across a number of mediums, the population has largely […]
    Free
  • Featured

    WEBINAR: Social Capital and Social Learning

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Dr Alexander W. Craig Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Economics New York University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JScFZpRLYPA Researchers have shown that social capital facilitates communication between disparate parties. This improvement in the use of society’s knowledge is one form of “social learning”. I argue that social learning also takes place through social capital via indirect, emergent means. […]
    Free

  • Featured

    WEBINAR: What do triads reveal about social capital?

    Zoom
    This webinar will explore a unique and innovative line of inquiry to understanding social capital. Social capital theory has typically been used to study binary relationships. This webinar will move beyond traditional binary relationships to examine triads of binary connections. By studying triads, important social structures emerge, revealing insights that are not evident when only considering binary relationships.
    Free
  • Featured

    WEBINAR: Social Capital Matters: Industry Perspectives

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Dr Rahmat Shazi Technology Director ShazInnovation Solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSocR1DjCfg There are multiple definitions of Social Capital, among others by Bordieu (1986), Burt (1992) and Putnam (1995). However, a number of these perspectives are difficult to either be understood or operationalized by industry. Their conceptualization of Social Capital is not aligned with the way many […]
    Free

  • Featured

    WEBINAR: Social Value: A New Approach to Social Ties, Communities and Outcomes

    Zoom
    Invited Speaker Professor Dmitri Williams Professor of Communication University of Southern California, Annenberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsSx_gB8spE We know intuitively that people affect each other, but it’s hard to say how much. What if we knew? Imagine we could pinpoint exactly who caused other people to do things, and how much–whether that was shopping, going to the doctor, […]
    Free
  • Featured

    WEBINAR: The buffering effect of social capital in young people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing

    Zoom
    Home Events WEBINAR: The buffering effect of social capital in young people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing Free Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday, May 22, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm AEST Invited Speakers Associate Professor Jill Duncan School of Education, University of Newcastle Dr Tim Byatt School of Education, University of Newcastle […]
    Free