Conservation Volunteering: What Can We Learn About How to Build Social Capital?
While volunteering provides many benefits to individuals, it also builds valuable social capital in our communities
Social capital Articles from IPPO
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The societal responses to COVID-19: Evidence from the G7 countries
Read moreThis paper provides a picture of how societies in the G7 countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our point of departure is to examine the effects of the pandemic in terms of four fundamental normative sources for well-being: Solidarity (S; willingness for social cooperation), Agency (A; empowerment to shape one’s prospects through one’s own efforts), GDP (G), and Environmental Performance (E)—SAGE for short. The normative foundations of SAGE are communitarianism, classical liberalism, materialistic utilitarianism, and ecoethics. We find that although G and E responded predictably and uniformly to the pandemic (such...
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Are Policymakers Finally Ready to Invest in Social Capital Projects that Work?
Read moreSocial capital is back in fashion and that can only be a good thing. The Levelling Up agenda could be a springboard for investment in infrastructure that supports social capital in our communities.
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Born amid the devastation of COVID-19: a new index of civic strength for London
Read moreLondon's Civic Strength Index – co-designed by Londoners themselves – uses 75 indicators to capture how the power of local communities differs throughout the capital, and how it can be harnessed to tackle future crises
