Measuring Progress Seminar Series

Schedule

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

Dr. Kelsey J. O’Connor, STATEC Research
The Happiness Revolution in Europe
You can watch the recording here.

19 February, Wednesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Prof. Alex Bryson, University College London
The relative importance of the establishment in the determination of job quality
You can watch the recording here.

25 March, Tuesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Dr. Emma Lawrance, Imperial College London
Climate change and mental health: common causes, common solutions!
You can watch the recording here.

24 April, Thursday: 10:00 AM CET, 6:00 PM AUS Eastern

Katherine Trebeck, University of Edinburgh, the Next Economy, and Centre for Policy Development
Why it matters how the government measures progress.
You can watch the recording here.

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

Dr. Ekaterina Oparina, London School of Economics
Active & Connected: Wellbeing Impacts of Volunteering and Exercise
You can watch the recording here.

3 June, Tuesday: 17:00 CET, 11:00 AM Eastern

Prof. Rutger Hoekstra, Universiteit Leiden
Beyond-GDP Breakthrough
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Registration

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Questions

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Past Seminars and Recordings

2024

18 January

Dr. Andreas Krafft, University of St. Gallen
Our hopes, our fears, our future
You can watch the recording here.

31 January

Gabriella De Bernardo, Parthenope University of Naples
Efficiency in Well-being and Progress Towards the SDGs
You can watch the recording here.

28 February

Dr. Frank Martela, Aalto University
Beyond life satisfaction - How to comprehensively measure subjective well-being
You can watch the recording here.

21 March

Dr. Ute Stephen, King’s College London
Wellbeing and Entrepreneurship: What we know and what we still need to know
You can watch the recording here.

17 April

Dr. Fengyu Wu, STATEC Research
Happiness in an Aging Society: Insights and Implications from China
You can watch the recording here.

15 May

Dr. Chris Krekel, London School of Economics and Political Science
Well-being Policy Making
You can watch the recording here.

18 September

Prof. Christopher Barrington-Leigh, McGill University
The World Wellbeing Panel
The recording is available here.

1 October

Beth Allgood, OneNature Institute
Integrating Community Well-Being into Wildlife Conservation: The Wild Happiness Approach
The recording is available here.

15 October

Dr Laura Fumagalli, University of Essex
Subjective well-being, social comparisons and the gender composition of the reference group
The recording is available here.

23 October

Prof. Dr. Milena Nikolova, University of Groningen
Robots, tasks, and the meaning of work
The recording is available here

20 November

Prof. Shun Wang, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University and World Happiness Report
Ten years of the World Happiness Reports
You can view the recording here.

3 December,

Prof. Ana Pérez-Luño, Trinity College Dublin
Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being and Long Working Hours: How do Gender and Socioeconomic Status Impact this Relationship?
You can view the recording here.

2023

18 January

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.

16 February

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.

8 March

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.

29 March

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.

20 April

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

10 May

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 September

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 October

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

24 October

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.

14 November

Dr. Leonie C. Steckermeier, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Thriving in an unequal world: How inequalities shape well-being and fuel well-being inequality
You can watch the recording here.

30 November

Dr. Talita Greyling, University of Johannesburg
Big data, sentiment analysis, and subjective well-being
You can watch the recording here.

13 December

Dr. Peter Howley, University of Leeds
Immigration and subjective well-being.
You can watch the recording here.

2022

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

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

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

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
You can watch the video here.

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

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