Web-based social networking applications gained considerable popularity in the recent years. However, most social networking platforms suffer from the limits of the centralized paradigm they adopted, limiting the mobility of their users, and their chances to benefit from diverse services. In this paper we want to illustrate how these limitations can be overcome by enabling a global naming servi...

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Its work is guided by the conviction that, for effective development policies to be formulated, an understanding of the social and political context is crucial. The Institute attempts to prov...

The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has Impact Factor 5.120 (2020 JCR, received June 2021)

Social integration in global mental health: what is it and how can it be measured? Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, in press. Social integration is now regarded as an important outcome of mental health care. It is achieved through the provision of psychosocial interventions, for example, by long-term community-based residential care or supported employment programmes. These interventions ...