This Festschrift is published in honor of Alex C. Michalos, a great scholar and inspiration to many upcoming and famous academics and practitioners. The Festschrift celebrates his lifelong, outstanding scientific and cultural contribution to Quality of Life Research. It contains contributions written by the most prestigious and renowned scholars in the field of social indicators research and quality of life studies. Taken together, the contributions from scholars around the world reflect Michalos' stance that even though there may be differences in individual scientific positions, the language in the field of quality of life has no limits and boundaries.

Dedicated to the founder of the field of social indicators Contains a collection of essays dedicated to social indicators research and quality of life studies Covers a variety of topics and thought-pieces from renowned scholars in the field quality of life studies

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Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Florence (Italy). She has a wide experience in survey design and analysis, with focus on questionnaire construction and definition, and sampling design.