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What produces a happy society and a happy life? Written by two of the world’s leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, Richard Layard and Jan-Emmanuel de Neve, the book Wellbeing: Science and Policy shows how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it and how it can be improved. This interdisciplinary concept brings us new notions about how building a happier society is also a path to implementing successful policies.
The event will start with a brief presentation by the authors, followed by an expert panel moderated by the Dean of the School of Government, Ngaire Woods. On it, Professors Anna Petherick, Kate Orkin, Paul Collier and Roger Crisp explore how their research in the fields of policy, economics, philosophy, and development interacts with the study of happiness. The panel closes with an open Q&A session.
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
bsg.ox.ac.uk
What produces a happy society and a happy life? Written by two of the world’s leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, Richard Layard and Jan-Emmanuel de Neve, the book Wellbeing: Science and Policy shows how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it and how it can be improved. This interdisciplinary concept brings us new notions about how building a happier society is also a path to implementing successful policies.
The event will start with a brief presentation by the authors, followed by an expert panel moderated by the Dean of the School of Government, Ngaire Woods. On it, Professors Anna Petherick, Kate Orkin, Paul Collier and Roger Crisp explore how their research in the fields of policy, economics, philosophy, and development interacts with the study of happiness. The panel closes with an open Q&A session.
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
bsg.ox.ac.uk
