1.     First, list your current professional title. Second, describe your background, experience, and research as it relates to Quality-of-life studies.  

I have a PhD in Political Sciences, and I am a social worker.

I have been working as professor and researcher since the last 35 years, first dedicated to social work, children, communities, inequalities, qualitative research methods and public policies, and since the 2000, to the quality-of-life field.

Simultaneously and for 26 years I worked in the professional field as social worker dedicated to children maltreatment and living in poverty and vulnerability conditions.

Currently I direct the Institute in Social Studies-UNICOM at Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora in which I created in 2004 the Research Program in Quality of Life. https://www.sociales.unlz.edu.ar/index.php/unicom/

Also, I direct the Research Center in Social Sciences CICS-UP at University of Palermo, Argentina, https://www.palermo.edu/cienciassociales/investigacion-y-publicaciones/cics/

where I have created an online course Quality of Life and Happiness: constructing better societies, which is an elective course than can be taken for the students of all the programs of the university. Also, I teach the course Research in Quality of Life, for the Phd Program in Psychology.

In the publication field I am the Editor of the International Handbooks of Quality of Life Series (ISQOLS-Springer) https://www.springer.com/series/8365/editors

and the Associate Editor of Applied Research in Quality of Life (ISQOLS-Springer) https://link.springer.com/journal/11482/editors

Also I am the creator and director of the Journal of Social Sciences of Universidad de Palermo, written in English and Spanish language https://dspace.palermo.edu/ojs/index.php/jcs/about/editorialTeam

I am member of the Olympic National Committee (Argentina) being part of the Sports and Active Society Commission.

2.     What initially attracted you to the field of quality-of-life studies?

The work of Richard Estes in social indicators who is one of the founders of ISQOLS and the work of Ferran Casas in the field of children quality of life.

3.     What are some areas of quality-of-life studies you feel are lacking attention? Any advice for future QoL researchers?

I think we need to develop more research in the field of public policies, IA, environment and climate change, new technologies.

4.     How long have you been a member of ISQOLS? Why did you choose to be a member of ISQOLS? How has your involvement in ISQOLS impacted your career/research/advancement in your knowledge of QoL studies?

I joined ISQOLS at the 2000 in the Conference in Girona, Spain, this is to said I have been a member for 24 years till now and I will continue.

Since this moment I had different positions in our association: Board member, VP of External Affairs, VP of Membership, VP of Publications (currently).

I choose to be a member of ISQOLS because I agree with the framework and the theory and because it is an association that promotes good relations, collaboration and solidarity between its members. This is to say the association promotes its members quality of life.

5.     Feel free to include any other important comments or things you'd like to share with the ISQOLS community.

My books in the Quality-of-Life Field (English)

Tonon, G. (Ed.) (2024) Urban Inequalities: A Multidimensional and International Perspective. The Urban Book Series,  Springer Cham Springer Nature Switzerland AG ISBN 978-3-031-59745-9. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031597459.

Tonon, G. (2022) (Editor) Key Actors in Public Policymaking for Quality of Life: Facilitators and Obstacles. Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making Series. Switzerland, Springer Nature.ISBN 978-3-030-90466-1. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030904661

Tonon, G.  (Editor) (2020) Teaching Quality of Life in Different Domains. Social Indicators Research Series Nª 79. Cham, Switzerland, Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-21551-4. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-21551-4

Tonon, G. (Editor) (2017) Quality of Life in Communities of Latin Countries. Community Quality of Life and Well-being Series, Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-53183-0. Cham, Switzerland. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-53183-0

Tonon, G. (Editor) (2016) Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America. Social Indicators Research Series, Vol. 62. ISBN 978-3-319-28842-0. Dordretch, New York. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-28842-0

Tonon, G. (Editor) (2015) Qualitative Studies in Quality of Life Methodology and Practice. Social Indicators Research Series, Vol. 55. ISBN 978-3-319-13778-0. Dordretch, New York. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-13779-7

Tonon, G. (2012) Young people´s quality of life and construction of citizenship. Series SpringerBriefs in Well-being and quality of life research. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, ISBN 978-94-007-2995-7. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-2996-4

For books in Spanish language, please contact me.

I am preoccupied about the young researchers and how to collaborate with the development of their careers in the field of quality of life.