ISQOLS Dissertation Award for Quality of Life Studies

The basic requirement for eligibility for the Best Dissertation Award is evidence of completion of a doctoral dissertation at a recognized university in the last two years of the application to that award. The dissertation topic has to be directly related to QOL research. Short versions of dissertations are submitted to the annual conference chairs, who in turn review the dissertations with the assistance of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs and an ad hoc review committee.

Submitted dissertations may examine quality of life and its relation with such issues as: the environment, ecology, work, home, women’s rights, technology, special populations and segments, population growth, health care, public policy, social measurement, religion, refugees, macromarketing, ethics, economic development, justice, etc.