BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Social Capital Association (ISCA) - ECPv6.16.5.1//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:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC 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:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST DTSTART:20240101T000000 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: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:Asia/Colombo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:+0530 DTSTART:20240101T000000 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: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:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250915T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250915T210000 DTSTAMP:20250916T002653Z CREATED:20250905T014752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T002653Z UID:10000406-1757966400-1757970000@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:Social Capital 2026 Conference Information Session 2 DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nINFORMATION SESSION: Social Capital 2026 Conference\nFree Public Session on ZoomMonday\, September 15\, 2025 @ 8:00 am & 8:00 pm UTC \nAbout the Information Session\nJoin us for an open and welcoming session to learn more about the Social Capital 2026 Conference\, taking place in Dubai on 25–28 March 2026 at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus. \nThis session is your chance to hear directly from the organisers\, explore what the conference has to offer\, and ask any questions you may have about submitting\, presenting\, or attending. We’ll share details about the themes\, keynote speakers\, abstract submission process\, sponsorship opportunities\, and what to expect when you join us in Dubai. \nWhether you’re a researcher\, practitioner\, policymaker\, or simply curious about the role of social capital in addressing today’s global challenges\, this session will help you get the most out of your conference experience. \nWe invite you to bring your questions and ideas\, and to connect with others who are also planning to take part. \n👉 Visit the conference website to learn more. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-2026-conference-information-session-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Networking ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Social-Capital-2026-Information-Session.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250915T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250915T090000 DTSTAMP:20250916T002712Z CREATED:20250905T012513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T002712Z UID:10000405-1757923200-1757926800@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:Social Capital 2026 Conference Information Session 1 DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nINFORMATION SESSION: Social Capital 2026 Conference\nFree Public Session on ZoomMonday\, September 15\, 2025 @ 8:00 am & 8:00 pm UTC \nAbout the Information Session\nJoin us for an open and welcoming session to learn more about the Social Capital 2026 Conference\, taking place in Dubai on 25–28 March 2026 at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus. \nThis session is your chance to hear directly from the organisers\, explore what the conference has to offer\, and ask any questions you may have about submitting\, presenting\, or attending. We’ll share details about the themes\, keynote speakers\, abstract submission process\, sponsorship opportunities\, and what to expect when you join us in Dubai. \nWhether you’re a researcher\, practitioner\, policymaker\, or simply curious about the role of social capital in addressing today’s global challenges\, this session will help you get the most out of your conference experience. \nWe invite you to bring your questions and ideas\, and to connect with others who are also planning to take part. \n👉 Visit the conference website to learn more. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-2026-conference-information-session-1/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Networking ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Social-Capital-2026-Information-Session.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250910T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250910T213000 DTSTAMP:20250711T000128Z CREATED:20250711T000128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T000128Z UID:10000400-1757534400-1757539800@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:ISCA AGM Session 2\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Annual General Meeting\, which will be held across two sessions to allow members across all time zones the opportunity to participate. Members may attend one or both sessions – the same information will be provided at both sessions. \nAt the AGM\, members will have an opportunity to review the organisation’s progress and to vote for Directors to the Board. \nThe AGM will be held on Zoom. All members will receive a link by email to join the AGM. If you have not received your invite link\, please first check your spam email and contact admin@intsocialcapital.org for further help. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/isca-agm-session-2-2025/ LOCATION:Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250910T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250910T093000 DTSTAMP:20250711T000104Z CREATED:20250711T000104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T000104Z UID:10000399-1757491200-1757496600@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:ISCA AGM Session 1\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Annual General Meeting\, which will be held across two sessions to allow members across all time zones the opportunity to participate. Members may attend one or both sessions – the same information will be provided at both sessions. \nAt the AGM\, members will have an opportunity to review the organisation’s progress and to vote for Directors to the Board. \nThe AGM will be held on Zoom. All members will receive a link by email to join the AGM. If you have not received your invite link\, please first check your spam email and contact admin@intsocialcapital.org for further help. URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/isca-agm-session-1-2025/ LOCATION:Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250908T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250908T143000 DTSTAMP:20250908T222050Z CREATED:20250519T232843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T222050Z UID:10000387-1757336400-1757341800@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Leading with Social Wealth: Relational Design for the Future of Work DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Leading with Social Wealth: Relational Design for the Future of Work\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeMonday\, September 8\, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm PDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nShelley Doyle\nSocial Wealth Strategist\nThe Communiverse \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBnZu2dH-lg \nWhile much of the literature on social capital focuses on its utility – helping individuals “get by” or “get ahead” – this research asks a different question: What does it take for leaders to feel socially wealthy? \nDrawing on qualitative and quantitative research with over 1\,200 Canadian leaders\, this session explores how remote and hybrid leaders experience social well-being\, and how their efforts to activate\, maintain\, or even neglect their relationships shape their sense of social wealth – a concept rooted not in status or scale\, but in emotional reciprocity\, trust\, and belonging. \nWe’ll explore the nuanced reality of distributed leadership: the evolving social needs of leaders\, the subtle experience of loneliness\, and the rituals and micro-behaviours that build meaningful personal and professional relationships. This session introduces the Social Wealth Continuum – a conceptual tool for understanding how leaders self-assess their relational wellbeing across different spheres of life — and how organizations can support relational infrastructure beyond “team bonding” or ad hoc social events. \nParticipants will leave with a deeper understanding of how social capital functions in hybrid environments\, and how intentional relationship design can foster sustainable leadership\, emotional resilience\, and a greater sense of belonging in today’s flexible world of work. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nShelley Doyle is a Social Wealth Strategist\, podcaster\, and international Master’s student at Royal Roads University. With over 20 years in communications – including internal and purpose-driven campaigns across the UK\, Europe\, and Australia\, Shelley now guides remote leaders and distributed teams through research-based workshops and programs designed to help them design social wealth into their hybrid life\, for sustained social health. \nHer current thesis\, Leading with Social Wealth: How Relationship Efforts Shape the Social Health of Remote and Hybrid Leaders\, explores the relational strategies that help leaders feel connected\, trusted\, and supported – online\, offline. \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-leading-with-social-wealth/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Event-template-Shelley-Doyle2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250903T090000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250903T103000 DTSTAMP:20250903T231820Z CREATED:20250704T123915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T231820Z UID:10000397-1756890000-1756895400@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Social capital in the age of AI: Does current pedagogy help students build real connections in a virtual world? DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Social capital in the age of AI: Does current pedagogy help students build real connections in a virtual world?\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, September 3\, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am SAST \n \nInvited Speaker\nSidney Peimer\nLecturer Red & Yellow Creative School of Business \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72GuIGmUw4 \nThis presentation explores a bolstered role for tertiary educators in the accrual of students’ social capital (SC) in today’s digital world. This talk underscores the importance of a fresh lens to support the development of valuable SC accrual for the next generation of leaders. The roles of bridging and bonding ties are reassessed for students’ needs\, as well as the many alternatives available to teachers\, ensuring pedagogy that supports both the academic and future social needs of students. With SC considered to be the resources and benefits available\, students need to be primed in terms of recognising potential resources and exhibiting the necessary agency to acquire them. This emphasises the crucial role that SC plays in providing access to resources and opportunities\, as well as building the required resilience and collaborative traits required. In addition to documented and published methods\, Sid will share emerging methods that have emanated from Africa’s highest ranked creative business school\, where he is tenured. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nSidney Peimer is a lecturer at the Red & Yellow Creative School of Business\, where he teaches Marketing Strategy and Research to BA and BCom undergrads. He is also the programme manager of the honours-level Creative Leadership course. Red & Yellow is the number one ranked creative business school in Africa through their unique methodology of combining creative magic with commercial logic. Sid has a wealth of experience across sectors such as civil society\, ICT\, education\, manufacturing\, healthcare\, retail\, government\, and marketing. Qualified as a pharmacist\, and with an MBA from the University of Cape Town\, Sid combines analytical thinking with creative problem-solving to help organizations develop fresh \, implementable and effective strategies. His career includes serving as CEO of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry for seven years\, where he played a key role in contemporising the 200-year-old institution. Sid has provided strategic communication services to companies like SABMiller\, FedEx\, Nestlé\, Liberty\, Mr Delivery and Netcare\, amongst others. Currently pursuing a PhD in marketing (the prospective marketing orientation of students) with social capital as the independent variable\, Sid is dedicated to exploring how relationships and networks can contribute to a better life for young people. Known for his engaging and practical approach\, Sid brings a blend of insight and creativity to his presentations\, making complex concepts accessible\, actionable and enjoyable. He is the Paarl 1972 Coca-Cola Yo-Yo Champion (for the record). \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-in-the-age-of-ai/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Event-template-Sidney-Peimer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T223000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055359Z CREATED:20250112T055359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055359Z UID:10000359-1756414800-1756420200@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-39/ 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:20250828T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T120000 DTSTAMP:20250112T060146Z CREATED:20250112T060146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T060146Z UID:10000369-1756378800-1756382400@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-49/ 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/Chicago:20250827T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250827T163000 DTSTAMP:20250827T220756Z CREATED:20250211T090944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T220756Z UID:10000375-1756306800-1756312200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Dynamics of Social Interaction in Technology Adoption: Social Capital versus Social Learning DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Dynamics of Social Interaction in Technology Adoption: Social Capital versus Social Learning\n\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, August 27\, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Central Daylight Time \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Haluk Gedikoglu\nAssociate Professor of Agricultural Economics Konya Food & Agriculture University \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNO54PVbqSU \nThe objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of social interaction on adoption of new technologies to promote sustainable use of soil and water resources. We specifically aim to understand through which mechanism\, social capital versus social learning\, the social interaction is influencing the adoption of new technologies. We analyze the influence of social learning both in different social settings and various technological specifications. We specifically analyze it when there are social and moral norms and when the technology has location specific risk and uncertainties. To be able to evaluate the influence social learning in different social settings\, we used treatment effects framework and a hypothetical field experiment results that measured the existence of social and moral norms. Our results indicate both social capital and learning from neighbors can positively influence adoption of new technologies. However\, when the technology has location based risk and uncertainties (e.g. drip irrigation)\, there can be strategic delays and the influence of social learning could be low. In those cases the influence of social capital can be larger. Hence\, in these situations social capital can be used by policy makers more effectively to promote use of soil and water conservation practices. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nDr. Haluk Gedikoglu is currently serving as an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at Konya Food & Agriculture University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in agricultural economics from University of Missouri and his M.Sc. degree in economics from Iowa State University and his other M.Sc. degree in international agricultural sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin. Dr. Gedikoglu attended to Ankara University for his B.Sc. degree in agricultural economics. Prior to joining to Konya Food & Agriculture University\, Dr. Gedikoglu served as a faculty at Lincoln University of Missouri and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is currently doing research on identifying the impact of social capital on farmers’ decision to use sustainable agricultural practices\, as previous research showed that the standard framework for technology adoption can’t fully explain the farmers’ decision to use conservation practices. Dr. Gedikoglu is also conducting research on consumers’ willingness-to-pay for new food products and labels. Dr. Gedikoglu served as the principal investigator on USDA-AFRI-Bioenergy\, USDA-Capacity Building Grants Program\, and TUBITAK (Scientific Research Counsel of Turkey) projects. \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-versus-social-learning/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Event-template-Haluk-Gedikoglu-new.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250820T090000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250820T103000 DTSTAMP:20250822T024357Z CREATED:20250606T002837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T024357Z UID:10000393-1755680400-1755685800@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Gbenopo as an expression of social capital in Badagry's Ogu musical culture. DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Gbenopo as an expression of social capital in Badagry’s Ogu musical culture\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, August 20\, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am SAST \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Joseph Kunnuji\nSenior Lecturer in African Music University of the Free State Bloemfontein\, South Africa \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBZ1rpaEII8 \nIn many postcolonial societies\, indigenous knowledge and systems are often at risk of being rendered obsolete\, especially with the introduction of formal education\, a change in the political structure and integration into the global economy. Yet certain aspects of indigenous knowledge and values have shown resilience\, sometimes being reimagined and recontextualised within postcolonial structures. In this webinar\, I will discuss gbenopo (a conviviality concept among Ogu people of Badagry\, Lagos\, Nigeria) as a form of social capital that has been preserved as a survival strategy within contemporary structures\, helping communities navigate layers of marginalisation and economic hardship. I will explore this concept by examining Ogu music and its performance settings as a case that animates Ogu philosophies and worldview. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nJoseph Kunnuji is a Senior Lecturer in African Music at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein\, South Africa. His doctoral research examined Ogu music as a marginalised practice in Lagos. His recent projects continue to explore lesser-known African musical practices.  He is an associate editor with the Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa and has published in the Yearbook for Traditional Music and Popular Music and Society among others.  \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-gbenopo-as-an-expression-of-social-capital/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Event-template-Joseph-Kunnuji.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T163000 DTSTAMP:20250813T224940Z CREATED:20250711T192757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T224940Z UID:10000404-1755097200-1755102600@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Out of a Crisis Comes Resilience: Community Schools Potential to Generate Social Capital DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Out of a Crisis Comes Resilience: Community Schools Potential to Generate Social Capital \nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, August 13\, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Jessica Shiller\nDirector of the Maryland Center for Community Schools\nTowson University \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-xgTGnBP1E \nThe global pandemic was traumatic for everyone\, and it revealed the vast inequity in public services to which people have access. Fortunately\, community schools in the United States had been coordinating services to meet the needs of their families prior to the pandemic\, and when schools closed in 2020\, they kicked into high gear to provide for those needs. In this session\, participants will learn about the concept of community schools and how their effort to meeting families’ basic needs (i.e. food\, shelter\, clothing) generated trusting relationships\, producing social capital in their neighborhoods. This is especially important in racially and economically isolated neighborhoods which many community schools serve. In the end\, this webinar will share examples of how community schools have worked in action and discuss their potential for converting the social capital they generate into further advocacy alongside the families with whom they work. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nJessica T. Shiller\, Ph.D.\, is a professor of education at Towson University in Maryland and the director of the Maryland Center for community schools. She is the author of many publications including “Preparing for democracy: How community-based organizations build civic engagement among urban youth\,” and “The Transformative Capacity of Baltimore’s Community Schools: Limits and Possibilities in a Spatially Unjust Urban Context for Black Communities.” \nRegister for this webinar\n\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/community-schools-potential-to-generate-social-capital/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Event-template-Jessica-Shiller.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T223000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055316Z 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T120000 DTSTAMP:20250112T060057Z 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=Asia/Colombo:20250716T143000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Colombo:20250716T160000 DTSTAMP:20250716T190013Z 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=America/New_York:20250627T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T080000 DTSTAMP:20250629T144054Z 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T223000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055237Z 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:20250626T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T120000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055915Z 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/Chicago:20250625T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250625T203000 DTSTAMP:20250627T155809Z 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=Europe/Paris:20250620T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250620T083000 DTSTAMP:20250620T194443Z 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=Europe/Berlin:20250618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250618T103000 DTSTAMP:20250619T071539Z 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=America/Chicago:20250604T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250604T153000 DTSTAMP:20250605T020246Z 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=America/New_York:20250529T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T223000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055201Z CREATED:20250112T055201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055201Z UID:10000356-1748552400-1748557800@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-36/ 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:20250529T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T120000 DTSTAMP:20250112T060013Z CREATED:20250112T060013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T060013Z UID:10000367-1748516400-1748520000@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-47/ 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/Los_Angeles:20250528T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T133000 DTSTAMP:20250529T065628Z CREATED:20250429T214616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T065628Z UID:10000385-1748433600-1748439000@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: The Role of Social Capital for FGLI Black College Women DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: The Role of Social Capital for FGLI Black College Women\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, May 28\, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Sheena Harvey\nDirector of the Fitness and Recreational Sports (FRS) Department University of Nevada \n https://youtu.be/L9fqcE_6rV0 \nBlack college women\, especially those who are first-generation and low-income (FGLI)\, navigate higher education with intersecting identities that often render their experiences invisible. While much research has focused on Black college men or broader first-generation populations\, the nuanced realities of Black college women at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) remain understudied. This presentation will share findings from a dissertation study exploring how FGLI Black college women\, who participated in campus fitness programs\, built and accessed social capital within the often exclusionary spaces of higher education. Drawing on Critical Race Theory and Bourdieu’s concept of social capital\, the research revealed both the challenges and triumphs these women faced from racial microaggressions and stereotyping to the creation of powerful support systems through campus counter spaces\, peer groups\, and affirming relationships with staff and administrators. \nWebinar attendees will gain insight into the structural barriers confronting FGLI Black college women\, the transformative impact of culturally relevant support systems\, and practical implications for higher education practitioners\, researchers\, and policymakers looking to promote equity and belonging on college campuses and universities. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nDr. Sheena Harvey is currently serving as the Director of the Fitness and Recreational Sports (FRS) Department at the University of Nevada\, Reno. She holds a PhD in Education (Equity and Diversity) from the University of Nevada\, Reno. She enjoys researching all components surrounding collegiate fitness\, recreation\, and sports and their pivotal role in supporting student success in higher education. Her dissertation research was focused on first-generation low-income (FGLI) Black college women and their experiences in campus fitness. In this research she is explored the relationship between collegiate fitness programs\, social capital\, social network connections\, while also exploring how race\, gender\, and social class intersects in student participant experiences. Outside of her work in higher education\, she engages in promoting positive community health practices serving on various boards and commissions within her community that help breakdown some of the preconceived notions associated for racially marginalized population health disparities\, and their access to environments to conduct physical activity. Her community work and involvement also include leading youth fitness exercise engagement initiatives and mentorship throughout the Reno/Sparks community. \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-black-college-women/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Event-template-Sheena-Harvey.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250507T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250507T183000 DTSTAMP:20250508T221324Z CREATED:20250212T055843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T221324Z UID:10000376-1746637200-1746642600@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Unveiling health inequities: Exploring the role of social capital and public trust in bridging racial disparities in health‐care coverage for Hispanics DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Unveiling health inequities: Exploring the role of social capital and public trust in bridging racial disparities in health‐care coverage for Hispanics\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, May 7\, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm CDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Hyunseok Hwang\nAssistant ProfessorDepartment of SociologyAjou University South Korea \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC_ywqxV8yk \nThis study examines the racial disparity in health‐care coverage between Hispanics and whites. Racial disparities in accessing health‐care services have worsened in the United States\, exacerbating social and economic inequality between whites and racial/ethnic minority groups. While existing research primarily attributes these disparities to income differences among racial groups\, this study focuses on the mediating role of social capital and the moderating role of public trust in formal institutions\, while controlling for income and other socioeconomic factors. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nHyunseok Hwang is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Ajou University in South Korea. He received a Ph.D. in sociology and an MPA from Texas A&M University. His academic interests include organization theory\, environmental sociology\, community resilience\, philanthropic studies and social entrepreneurship. His research has an overarching theme of identifying how organizations respond to institutional heterogeneity\, grand societal challenges (i.e.\, massive social and environmental issues) and challenges to organizational sustainability. \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-health-inequities-social-capital-and-public-trust/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Event-template-Hyunseok-Hwang.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T223000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055124Z CREATED:20250112T055124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055124Z UID:10000355-1745528400-1745533800@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-35/ 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:20250424T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T120000 DTSTAMP:20250112T055806Z CREATED:20250112T055806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T055806Z UID:10000365-1745492400-1745496000@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-45/ 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/Chicago:20250423T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250423T153000 DTSTAMP:20250424T120755Z CREATED:20250321T034403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T120755Z UID:10000383-1745416800-1745422200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Perversity and Deficiency: A Social Capital Understanding of Violent Crime Against Women DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Perversity and Deficiency: A Social Capital Understanding of Violent Crime Against Women\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, April 23\, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nMaya FarrHenderson\nResearcherBehavioral Health & Performance Laboratory \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq7Zqi0cT-A \nOver the past two decades\, femicide—the gender-based killing of women or girls—has become an issue of international concern. Yet relatively little data on perpetrators exist. Current research primarily focuses on individual risk factors with less attention on community and societal factors. This conversation will draw on a study of femicide which analyzed the extent to which crime perpetrators experience and perceive social punishment (exclusion/withdrawal of social capital). \nWithin a social network\, individuals trust one another not to violate behavioral norms; otherwise\, offenders can expect consequences and social isolation. Yet crime and violence persist even within tight social networks. We will discuss and consider two primary social capital related explanations for the incidence of violent crime: a deficit of social capital and the perversion of social capital. The social capital deficit approach suggests the absence of key moral referees in the social environments of perpetrators whereas perverse social capital may incentivize violent crime to establish and maintain social connections. \nWe measured social capital pre- and post-incarceration among 208 male perpetrators of violent crime (femicide\, homicide\, and non-lethal violence). Our data show a lack of social punishment for femicide compared to other crimes\, indicating some degree of social legitimization of femicide. These findings support the development of community-level interventions to prevent femicide  . \nMaya FarrHenderson is presenting a summary presentation of her work\, “Perceptions of Social Capital Before and After the Perpetration of Femicide\, Homicide\, and Other Serious Crimes: Evidence from Argentina” co-authored by Martín Hernán Di Marco and Dabney P. Evans. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nMaya FarrHenderson\, MPH is a researcher at the Behavioral Health & Performance Laboratory\, Houston\, TX. Her current work focuses on the effect social relationships have on health. \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-violent-crime-against-women/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Event-template-Maya-FarrHenderson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T160000 DTSTAMP:20250416T211226Z CREATED:20250319T223350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T211226Z UID:10000382-1744815600-1744819200@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Networking or Nepotism: Navigating the Tension between Social Capital and Meritorcracy in the Job Search DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Networking or Nepotism: Navigating the Tension between Social Capital and Meritorcracy in the Job Search\nFree Public Webinar on ZoomWednesday\, April 16\, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT \nInvited Speaker\nLaura Adler\nAssistant Professor of Organizational Behavior\, Yale School of Management\n \nIn the process of looking for work\, job seekers who want to leverage their social connections confront a dilemma: on one hand\, using connections increases access to good jobs; on the other hand\, we generally believe that we should earn a job based on what we can do\, rather than who we know. Using qualitative and experimental data from Spain\, this research shows how people experience the tension between social capital and meritocracy—two conflicting logics governing the job search—and how they resolve this tension through a process of justification that we call situational alignment. By making sense of the alignment between the job seeker\, the job\, and the type of help that connection provide\, people overcome their meritocratic concerns and justify using connections to gain an advantage in the job search. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nLaura Adler’s research examines topics at the intersection of organizations and cultural sociology with a focus on the future of work. Her recent research explores how the interaction between organizations and pay equity laws has shaped employers’ pay-setting practices. Other projects explore the world of work from the perspectives of workers\, employers\, and regulatory authorities. Laura specializes in mixed methods design\, using fieldwork to develop novel hypotheses and testing these in using experiments\, surveys\, and archival data. \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-networking-or-nepotism/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Event-template-Laura-Adler.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250402T153000 DTSTAMP:20250402T215125Z CREATED:20250312T014726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T215125Z UID:10000381-1743602400-1743607800@www.intsocialcapital.org SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Social Capital and Community Heterogeneity: A 2019 County-Level Analysis of the U.S. DESCRIPTION:Home\n \n \n\n \n Events\n \n \n\nWEBINAR: Social Capital and Community Heterogeneity: A 2019 County-Level Analysis of the U.S.\nFree Public Webinar on Zoom and YouTubeWednesday\, April 2\, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT \n \nInvited Speaker\nDr Alina Peluso\nResearch ScientistOak Ridge National Laboratory \nIn this talk\, we will discuss the creation of an updated 2019 county-level social capital index for the contiguous United States and its spatial analysis. We will explore how social capital relates to ethnic and economic diversity across regions\, using advanced spatial regression models to uncover regional variations. This work provides an updated\, region-specific measure of social capital that can be used to better understand community dynamics and inform policies aimed at promoting social cohesion\, improving health outcomes\, and fostering economic growth. \nTime converter at worldtimebuddy.com \nAbout the presenter:\nAlina is a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee\, specializing in biostatistics\, environmental epidemiology\, and health econometrics. She holds a PhD in Statistics from Brunel University in the UK and focuses on applying advanced statistical methods\, machine learning\, and AI to analyze clinical\, observational\, and public health data. Her research aims to advance population health equity\, with current projects including developing risk-prediction models for suicide and drug overdose with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and utilizing Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) to enhance population-level studies and address health disparities. \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-and-community-heterogeneity/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Event-template-Alina-Peluso.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR