Collections and calls for papers

Advanced techniques for constructing indicators and composite indicators

In the construction of indicators and also composite indicators, there are various sensitive aspects. Focusing on indicators, the choice of reliable methods for the adequate treatment of categorical/ordinal ...

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Call for Papers: Measuring Socioeconomic Inequalities in a Comparative Perspective

Following the Intermediate Conference of the RC55 on Social Indicators with the title “The measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in comparative perspective” to be held in the context of the XV Spanish Co...

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Call for Papers: The impact of the COVID-19 effects on individuals’ subjective well-being: medium- and long-term effects, heterogeneous consequences, related mechanisms, and variation by measurement

To date, research provides paramount evidence on how the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related disruptions across various life domains affected individuals’ quality of life. However, whethe...

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Data Science & Quality of Life

Data science (DS) is a rapidly developing and highly sought-after profession that leverages a variety of disciplines, including as statistics, scientific methodology, and data analysis, to derive value from ...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 October 2024

Data Science for Measuring Regional Competitiveness

In recent years the research field of statistical methods for measuring competitiveness has grown, exploiting the time-varying nature of available measures, like Composite Indexes (CIs) observed over time on...

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Geographies of Well-Being and Quality of Life

There is an emerging scientific interest in the connection between well-being (WB) or quality of life (QoL) on the one hand, and place on the other. Within regional science, this interest originates from lac...

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Indicators, methods and models for measuring the effects of digital disruption

We live in a period of radical changes engendered by digitalization, which is giving rise to a social revolution based on connectivity and the massive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)...

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Migration, skills wastage, and policy design

The topic of migrants’ skills wastage has generated a sizable but scattered body of research spanning economics, demography, sociology, law, and other social sciences over the past few years (Griesshaber and...

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Multidimensional Poverty Indicators

This special issue aims to catalyse a discussion on what the next generation of indicators of multidimensional poverty and well-being measures should be, particularly in medium human development contexts. Pa...

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Open

Submission deadline

Ongoing

Poverty, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: Measurement Issues, Empirical Evidence and Policies

This special issue focuses multiple facets and dynamics of poverty, inequality and intergenerational mobility, especially in the view of the rapidly changing economic and social reality. It aims to explore h...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 March 2025

Sustainability analysis on theoretical perspectives and tools for policy-makers: data, indicators, and models

This special issue includes a selection of papers presented at the: “First International Conference on Sustainability Analysis on theoretical perspectives and tools for policy-makers,” (ICSA 2022), organised...

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Closed