Welcome to the conference page for Well-Being 2021: Knowledge for informed decisions.

This international conference will bring together leading scholars to discuss the quest for better lives. Economists traditionally advocated economic growth as the foremost policy goal, but now even economists often challenge this view. The discussion remains open, indeed flourishes, with more contributors than ever. How do we promote well-being? What are the best policies? What is the role for civil society?

The conference will take place over three days from the 28th to the 30th of June 2021. We have scheduled four keynote speakers and a roundtable discussing how policy-makers can integrate the findings from well-being studies. Registration fees are 275 EUR and 200 EUR for students.

If you have any questions, please contact us here:
infoSWB2020@statec.etat.lu

To apply, please, submit an abstract including the name of the author/s and a title to: submitSWB2020@statec.etat.lu.
Extended abstracts and full manuscripts are welcome. The deadline for application is the 15th of January 2021. We will notify the authors of accepted papers by the end of March 2021.

John de Graaf, journalist from Seattle, Washington

Stefano Bartolini from the University of Siena

Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick

Carol Graham from the University of Maryland and Brookings Institution

Scientific Committee:

Serge Allegrezza, STATEC
Martijn Burger, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Conchita d’Ambrosio, University of Luxembourg
Johannes Hirata, Hochschule Osnabrück, University of Applied Sciences
Kelsey O’Connor, STATEC
Chiara Peroni, STATEC
Maurizio Pugno, University of Cassino
Francesco Sarracino, STATEC