The first International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP) Report published in 2018 provided a comprehensive review of the state of societies in the world. It covered economic, social, political, environmental and cultural issues and made an assessment of the positive trends and the mounting challenges/threats.

The synthesis built with over 350+ social scientists in the world gave an overview of the multiple linkages between the components of the societal system. It offered a vision of progress, in the form of a broad picture of the type of institutions and reforms that, allowing for substantial variations around the world, might realize a “better” society, inspired by values of equality, freedom, emancipation, participation and inclusion.

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• Aim
• Scope
• Process

• January 2015: Meeting of the IPSP Scientific Committee in Paris, France
• August 2015: First meeting of the IPSP Authors in Istanbul, Turkey
• January 2017: Second meeting of the IPSP Authors in Lisbon, Portugal
• July 2018: Publication of the IPSP Report “Rethinking Societies for the 21st Century”
• August 2018: Publication of the “Manifesto for Social Progress”
• Year 2019: Documentary “A New Society” and Worldwide dissemination meetings