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First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain
September 5 - 8, 2008


Working Group on
Social Indicators WG06

Main theme
Are things getting better or worse, and why?
The role of social indicators to inform public policy


Programme Coordinator
Heinz-Herbert Noll, Germany, heinz-herbert.noll@gesis.org

Programme Committee
Heinz-Herbert Noll, Germany, Ming-Chang Tsai, Taiwan, Ruut Veenhoven, Netherlands

Local Hosts
Ferran Casas, Universitat de Girona, Spain, ferran.casas@udg.es and Mónica González, Universitat de Girona, Spain, monica.gonzalez@udg.edu

Venue of WG06 sessions:

Faculty of Philosophy, Geography and History
University of Barcelona
Montalegre, 6
08001 Barcelona, Spain, map

Session 1: Indicators and their use to guide policies in the field of health

Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Heinz-Herbert Noll, GESIS-ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany,
heinz-herbert.noll@gesis.org

Session 2: The role of social indicators for community level policies

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, veenhoven@fsw.eur.nl

Session 3: Comparative social indicators for public policies – Europe

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Wolfgang Glatzer, University of Frankfurt, Germany, glatzer@soz.uni-frankfurt.de

Session 4: Social indicators for public policies - Asia and Latin America

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Ferran Casas, Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials, Universitat de Girona, Spain, ferran.casas@udg.es

Session 5: The role of social indicators to inform public policies: Welfare state and education

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Mariano Rojas, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico, mariano.rojas.h@gmail.com

Session 6: Measuring sustainability and social capital – Are things getting better or worse?

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Valerie Moller, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, V.Moller@ru.ac.za

Businees Meeting

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 13:30

Session 7: Indicators and their use to guide public policies: Migration, gender and poverty

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Liz Eckermann, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, liz.eckermann@deakin.edu.au