The short history of measuring Social Capital included two forms of measurement:
The operationalization of aggregated data e.g. on voluntarism, voting and memberships in groups
Household questionnaires providing a maximum of correlation factors such as the SOCAT of the World Bank
Open access=social inclusion: since 2016, the World Social Capital Monitor allows citizens to score eight local social goods in 50 languages on any Mobile anonymous without registration. The survey includes the offer to have a qualitative say and to choose a ZIP, district or even village.
The participants of our Webinar are though invited to:
When Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) became Nobel Laureate in 2019, Dill founded the Basel Institute of Commons and Economics www.commons.ch .
He published many books and studies on Social Capital. Since 2016, the World Social Capital Monitor is a UN SDG Partnership Project. Since 2017, Dill contributes to the UN Inter Agency Task Force on Financing for Development.
His policy paper on Public Goods ranks at the top in Google when you type “SDG Public Goods”.
About Our Webinar Series
This 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.
For 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.
The International Social Capital Association is an international non-profit member-based association devoted to advancing the research on and the application of the social capital concept for the benefit of all.