Alex Michalos

{{Short description|Canadian political scientist and philosopher}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Alex Michalos

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}}

| image =

| image_size =

| image_upright =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name = Alexandros Charles Michalos

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|08|01}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| death_cause =

| resting_place =

| resting_place_coordinates =

| home_town =

| other_names =

| pronounce =

| residence =

| citizenship =

| nationality = Canadian

| fields = Philosophy
Political science

| workplaces = University of Guelph
University of Northern British Columbia

| patrons =

| education = Western Reserve University
University of Chicago

| alma_mater =

| thesis_title = Probability and Degree of Confirmation: A Study of the Disagreement Between Karl Popper and Rudolf Carnap from 1934 to 1964

| thesis_url =

| thesis_year = 1965

| doctoral_advisor =

| academic_advisors =

| doctoral_students =

| notable_students =

| known_for = Quality of life research

| influences =

| influenced =

| awards = Order of Canada (2010)

| author_abbrev_bot =

| author_abbrev_zoo =

| spouse = Deborah Poff

| partner =

| children =

| signature =

| signature_alt =

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

Alexandros Charles Michalos {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born August 1, 1935){{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80002309.html |title=Michalos, Alex C. |website=Library of Congress Name Authority File |access-date=2019-10-23}} is a Canadian political scientist and philosopher known for his work in quality of life research. He is professor emeritus of political science and former chancellor at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he served as the founding director of the Institute for Social Research and Evaluation. Before joining the University of Northern British Columbia, he taught at the University of Guelph from 1966 to 1994.{{Cite journal |last=Zumbo |first=Bruno D. |date=June 2014 |title=Alex C. Michalos: Pioneer of Quality of Life and Social Indicators Research |journal=Applied Research in Quality of Life |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=457–459 |doi=10.1007/s11482-013-9293-z |issn=1871-2584|doi-access=free }} He served as senior research advisor to the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, and continues to serve as a member of their Canadian Research Advisory Group.{{Cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing/people-profiles/alex-michalos |title=Alex Michalos |date=2018-01-25 |website=Canadian Index of Wellbeing |language=en |access-date=2019-10-23}} He served as president of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies from 1999 to 2000.{{Cite web |url=https://isqols.org/Executive-committee |title=Executive Committee |website=ISQOLS |access-date=2019-10-23}} He is the founder or co-founder of seven peer-reviewed academic journals, and as of 2010, still served as editor-in-chief of one of them: the Journal of Business Ethics. He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2010.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-7235 |title=Mr. Alex Charles Michalos, C.M. |last=General |first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor |website=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=2019-10-23}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.unbc.ca/releases/2010/06-30order-of-canada |title=Former UNBC Chancellor and Longtime Prince George Resident Alex Michalos Named to Order of Canada |website=University of Northern British Columbia |access-date=2019-10-23}}