Measuring Progress Seminar Series

STATEC Research has a new seminar series in which scholars from around the world will discuss the quest for better lives. Speakers will focus on quality-of-life research generally and discuss both the broader background and policy implications. Presentations will take place virtually approximately every three weeks. We will periodically update this page with additional details. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to infoSWB2020@statec.etat.lu to let us know. The talks are held in English via Cisco Webex and recorded.

Schedule

14 November, Tuesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Leonie C. Steckermeier, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Thriving in an unequal world: How inequalities shape well-being and fuel well-being inequality
Invitation and registration here (Pdf, 633 Ko).

24 October, Tuesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Noemi Mantovan, University of Liverpool Management School
How Important are Mental and Physical Health in Career and Family Choices?
You can watch the recording here.

10 October, Tuesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Kristen Cooper, Gordon College
Toward a National Index of Well-Being.
You can watch the recording here.

20 September, Wednesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Christopher Barrington-Leigh, McGill University
Subjective well-being as the central goal for government? How, why, and why not quite.
You can watch the recording here.

10 May, Wednesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Jesús Peiró-Palomino, Department of Applied Economics II (University of Valencia)
Measuring non-economic social progress: recent insights for the European regions and the world
You can watch the recording here.

20 April, Wednesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Francesco Sarracino, STATEC Research
Happier and Sustainable: the Neo-Humanist Path to Post-Growth Societies
You can watch the recording here.

29 March, Wednesday: 17:15 CET, 11:15 AM Eastern

Dr. Gabriel Leite Mota, Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto
Using the happiness framework as a catalyst for the green transition
You can watch the recording here.

8 March, Wednesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Joseph Sirgy, Virgina Tech
Dr. Richard Estes, University of Pennsylvania
History of Social Indicators Research and Quality-of-Life Metrics
You can watch the recording here.

16 February, Thursday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Sarah Flèche, Sorbonne Economic Centre, University Paris 1
Teacher Impacts on Students' Non-Cognitive Skills and Young Adult Outcomes
You can watch the recording here.

18 January, Wednesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Thomas Gibon, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
Decarbonizing Luxembourg by 2050? A plan and its implications
You can watch the recording here.

Registration

Please check back here for a registration link or send us an email at infoSWB2020@statec.etat.lu. You will then be added to the event mailing list, which will be used to convey the most up to date information and registration links.

Questions

You may contact us here with questions: infoSWB2020@statec.etat.lu

 

Past Seminars and Recordings

2022

20 January
Dr. Martijn Hendriks, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Happiness and Migration, Paper
You can watch the recording here.

2 February
Dr. Sekou Keita, IAB – Institute for Employment Research
Out of sight, out of mind? Terror in the home country, family reunification options, and the well-being of refugees, Paper
You can watch the recording here.

1 March
Dr. María Rosalía Vicente, University of Oviedo, and Dr. Pablo de Pedraza, European Commission
Are Spaniards Happier When the Bars Are Open? Using Life Satisfaction to Evaluate COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs), Paper

30 March
Dr. Anthony Lepinteur, University of Luxembourg
Consequences and coping strategies in the face of job insecurity
You can watch the recording here.

13 April
Dr. Mallory Montgomery, Senior Economist at Amazon
Reversing the gender gap in happiness, Paper

27 April
Dr. Mònica Guillen-Royo, CICERO, International Center for Climate Research in Oslo
Sustainable consumption and wellbeing
You can watch the recording here.

25 May
Amanda Janoo, Wellbeing Economy Alliance
How to Design Policies for a Wellbeing Economy
You can watch the recording here.

28 September
Graciela Tonon, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina
Key actors in public policy making for quality of life
You can watch the recording here.

19 October
Dr. Mark Fabian, University of Warwick
Wellbeing Public Policy Needs More Theory
You can watch the recording here.

8 November
Dr. Lucía Macchia, City, University of London
Why governments should measure physical pain
You can watch the recording here.

23 November
Dr. Caspar Kaiser, University of Oxford
The Scientific Value of Numerical Measures of Human Feelings
You can watch the recording here.

7 December
Dr. Emma Pleeging, Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO)
Hope Mediates the Relation between Income and Subjective Well-Being
You can watch the recording here.

2021

21 September
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Binder, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Identity and Well-being in the Skilled Crafts and Trades, Abstract

15 October
Dr. Nuno Nunes, University Institute of Lisbon
Inequalities and well-being in Portugal: monitoring through a local system of indicators for Europe, Abstract
You can watch the recording here.

27 October
Saamah Abdallah, Wellbeing Economy Alliance
The Happy Planet Index: What does it mean for national statistics offices?, Abstract
You can watch the recording here.

23 November
Giulia Slater, University of Siena
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental well-being in UK: an analysis of the role of social capital, Abstract
You can watch the recording here.

14 December
Dr. Anke Plagnol, City, University of London
Parents’ division of housework and the mental load before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK – Implications for parental subjective well-being, Abstract

Opening Event: Measuring Progress - Online Forum on Well-Being - June 2021

This international event included leading thinkers discussing the quest for better lives. Economists traditionally advocated economic growth as the foremost policy goal, but now even economists often challenge this view. How should we measure progress? The discussion remains open, indeed flourishes, with more contributors than ever. The event contributes broadly to this discussion. Preeminent authors from the well-being and quality-of-life fields gave six talks over three days. Talks focused on their current research and included both the broader background and policy implications. Each session ended with questions from the audience.

Day 1
Stefano Bartolini, University of Siena
Happier and Sustainable. Possibilities for a Post-Growth Society, Abstract  

Richard Easterlin, University of Southern California
Explaining Happiness and Income in the Short and Long Run: A Lesson on Happiness, Abstract
You can watch the video here.

Day 2
Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick
Extreme Distress and Economics, Abstract

Carol Graham, Brookings Institution and University of Maryland
When Twin Public Health Crises Meet: Trends in Ill-Being and Deaths of Despair during the COVID Pandemic, Abstract
You can watch the video here.

Day 3
Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Greater happiness for a greater number: How can that be achieved? Abstract

John de Graaf, author, filmmaker, speaker
The Economics of Beauty – The Future of an Idea, Abstract
You can watch the video here.

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