2023 ISQOLS Best PhD Dissertation Award on Quality of Life, Well-being, and Happiness

The International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) calls for nominations for the “2023 ISQOLS Prize for the Best Dissertation on Quality-of-Life, Well-being, and Happiness.” The deadline for nominations is January 31^st, 2023.

The aim of the prize is to promote the activity of young researchers working on quality-of-life, happiness, and well-being issues. All dissertations that have been successfully defended during the two calendar years prior to the award deadline are eligible for consideration. Resubmissions of unsuccessful nominations from prior years are welcome, as long as the dissertation defense date remains within the period of eligibility. Dissertations which have been awarded in the previous year are not allowed to be submitted again. Dissertations must be written in English.

The member student’s advisor or the scholar most familiar with the student's research must send the nomination. Nominations must be sent via email to office@isqols.org with the title “Dissertation Award Nomination” in the subject line. The deadline for the nomination is January 31^st, 2023.

The nomination letter should be written in English and it should include the following information: 

• ·       The title and abstract of the dissertation;
• ·       The name of the candidate;
• ·       The name of the candidate’s primary advisor;
• ·       The name of the institution where the dissertation was defended;
• ·       The date of the dissertation defense;
• ·       A two page summary of the significance of the dissertation research. Nominations should explain the precise nature and merits of the work.
• ·       An electronic copy of the full dissertation in Word or .pdf format;
• ·       A list of publications produced from the dissertation work.

ISQOLS awards the best dissertation with a lump sum of $1,500 USD, one-year free membership to ISQOLS, one-year free access to the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life Studies, and free registration to the 21st ISQOLS conference that will be held in August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

To further promote the research on quality-of-life, well-being, and happiness, ISQOLS may award up to five second best candidates who will receive a lump sum of $300 USD, one-year free membership to ISQOLS, one-year free access to the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life Studies, and free registration to the 21st ISQOLS conference.

The submissions will be reviewed by a committee chaired by ISQOLS’s Vice-President of Academic Affairs.

Successful candidates will receive their prizes at the concluding ceremony of the 21st ISQOLS conference. They are expected to present a summary of their work during a special session of the conference or at a special webinar to be facilitated by ISQOLS.  Successful candidates are also expected to acknowledge ISQOLS in their publication. 

Winners will be notified by May 30^th, 2023.

2022 Award recipients: 

First Place:

Caspar Kaiser

“Four essays on applied and methodological issues in the study of subjective life satisfaction”

Second Place:

“Understanding hope. Insights into the definition, relevance and measurement of hope from an interdisciplinary perspective”

-and-

Alberto Prati

“Memory and Subjective Well-Being. Empirical Analysis of Workers' and Consumers' Endogenous Recall Behaviors”

Honorable Mention: 

Laura Dewitte

“Losing memory, losing meaning? Towards a deeper understanding of meaning in life in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease.”

2021 Award recipients: 

First Prize:

Lucía Macchia

Subjective well-being and economic and political conditions in Latin America

Second Prize: 

Lucía Morán

Quality of life in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability

and

Antje Jantsch

An investigation into the relationship between subjective well-being and (relative) wealth in Germany

Honorable Mention: 

Susanne Elsas

Satisfaction as an outcome, as a means, and as a cause 

and

Jessica Dávalos Aceves

The Impact of Economic and Social Context Over Human Well-Being in Latin America

2020 Award recipients: 

First Prize:

"Quality of life in parents of very preterm infants: insights from family integrated care"

Download here: Mariana Filipa da Silva Amorim Dissertation .pdf

Second Prize: 

David B. Newman

"The Dynamics of Well-Being in Daily Life: A Multilevel Perspective"

Download here: David Newman Dissertation.pdf

Honorable Mention: 

Yu Heng Kwan

“Quality of Life of Patients with Spondyloarthritis”

Download here: Yu Heng Kwan Dissertation.pdf