I ran across this blog post about an upcoming track at an international conference I thought you might be interested in. The International Sociological Association has created a working group on social indicators, and in Barcelona, September 5 – 8, 2008 they'll present a conference track entitled "Are Things Getting Better or Worse, and Why? The Role of Social Indicators to Inform Public Policy."

They have seven sessions listed in the track (see listing here), each of which sound interesting.

You can read about the whole forum here. The theme of the conference is “Sociological Research and Public Debate.”

Are any of you planning on being there? Can you send me more information about what happens?