Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
This webinar, co-organized with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), aims to contribute to discussions at the second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2), hosted by Qatar in November 2025, by highlighting how investing in public policies and social wellbeing can foster more resilient and inclusive societies.
Through presentations on alternative approaches and case studies, the webinar seeks to identify evidence-based practical solutions to show how governments, policy makers and international organizations can integrate well-being-driven approaches into social protection, economic policies and governance frameworks.
Guiding questions
—What policy frameworks effectively promote inclusion and social justice?
—How can governments and international organizations scale up successful well-being-based approaches?
—Which recommendations can we contribute to the ongoing negotiations of the political declaration of the WSSD2?
Agenda
Setting the scene / Opening session
—Mika Salminen, Director (THL)
—Magdalena Sepulveda, Director (UNRISD)
—Katja Hujo (UNRISD): The future of social development: Global and regional perspectives
—Heikki Hiilamo (THL and University of Helsinki): Measuring well-being beyond GDP
Q&A session
Panel: Policies for inclusion, social justice and well-being – evidence from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe
—Ritu Dewan (Prof. em. University of Mumbai): Community resilience and peasant movements in India: The gendered nature of crisis and resistance
—Eunice Sanchez (independent researcher): Care work and its impact on caregivers' health in Chile
—Ronnelle Burger (Stellenbosch University): Towards universal health coverage in South Africa
—Tuuli Hirvilammi (Tampere University): Social justice in times of climate change: some options for eco-social policy in Europe
Q&A session
This webinar, co-organized with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), aims to contribute to discussions at the second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2), hosted by Qatar in November 2025, by highlighting how investing in public policies and social wellbeing can foster more resilient and inclusive societies.
Through presentations on alternative approaches and case studies, the webinar seeks to identify evidence-based practical solutions to show how governments, policy makers and international organizations can integrate well-being-driven approaches into social protection, economic policies and governance frameworks.
Guiding questions
—What policy frameworks effectively promote inclusion and social justice?
—How can governments and international organizations scale up successful well-being-based approaches?
—Which recommendations can we contribute to the ongoing negotiations of the political declaration of the WSSD2?
Agenda
Setting the scene / Opening session
—Mika Salminen, Director (THL)
—Magdalena Sepulveda, Director (UNRISD)
—Katja Hujo (UNRISD): The future of social development: Global and regional perspectives
—Heikki Hiilamo (THL and University of Helsinki): Measuring well-being beyond GDP
Q&A session
Panel: Policies for inclusion, social justice and well-being – evidence from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe
—Ritu Dewan (Prof. em. University of Mumbai): Community resilience and peasant movements in India: The gendered nature of crisis and resistance
—Eunice Sanchez (independent researcher): Care work and its impact on caregivers' health in Chile
—Ronnelle Burger (Stellenbosch University): Towards universal health coverage in South Africa
—Tuuli Hirvilammi (Tampere University): Social justice in times of climate change: some options for eco-social policy in Europe
Q&A session
