Programme
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Programme
Breakfast and continued registration
Plenary presentations
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GYP1i7IgMkMBreak for coffee and refreshments
Breakout sessions
Session #1: Fundamental issues in wellbeing measurement (I)
Session #2: Wellbeing policy and interventions (I)
Session #3: Economics of wellbeing
Session #4: Wellbeing in education
Lunch
Plenary presentations
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPpCZV4nPR4Prof. Claire Haworth
Prof. Andrew Clark
Prof. Cassie Mogilner Holmes
A Conversation with Prof. Daniel Kahneman
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rf8rLu6vKgMProf. Daniel Kahneman
Prof. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Awards Ceremony
Break for coffee and refreshments
Breakout sessions
Session #5: Fundamental issues in wellbeing measurement (II)
Session #6: Wellbeing policy and interventions (II)
Session #7: The future of work and wellbeing
Session #8: Global perspectives on wellbeing
Evening aperitifs and exclusive dinner at the Bodleian Library's Divinity School

Breakfast
Opening keynote: Lord Gus O'Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Hg5NS2dqngLord Gus O'Donnell
Roundtable #1: How to best operationalize wellbeing in policy
With a special focus on HM Treasury's Green Book supplement on wellbeing and cost-benefit analysis
https://www.youtube.com/embed/k01BYLQvHAsChaired by Nancy Hey (Director, What Works Wellbeing)
Panelists:
Break for coffee and refreshments
Roundtable #2: Perspectives on the use of subjective wellbeing in policy
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eSLgWhQZ91UModerated by Prof. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (University of Oxford)
Panelists:
Prof. Lord Richard Layard
Prof. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Prof. Diane Coyle
Prof. Paul Dolan
Roundtable #3: Wellbeing and Philanthropy
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_bEm5VnS0SAModerated by Dr. Michael Plant (Happier Lives Institute; University of Oxford)
Panelists:
Dr. John Bare
Dr. Alonzo Plough
Sarah Davidson
Prof. Anna Vignoles
Prof. Miranda Wolpert, MBE
Lunch
Roundtable #4: Local policy and community interventions to raise wellbeing
https://www.youtube.com/embed/RBbQ4EJnN9IModerated by Karen Guggenheim (CEO, World Happiness Summit)
Panelists:
Dr. Mark Williamson
Dr. Dexter Shurney
Sue Polis
Jonathan Rose
Launch of the World Wellbeing Movement
Prof. Lord Richard Layard
Marco Alverà
Roundtable #5: Business policy and the role wellbeing metrics can play in measuring the social impact in ESG standards
https://www.youtube.com/embed/t87ywSpaVCUModerated by Joumanna Bercetche (Anchor, CNBC)
Panelists:
Alan Jope
Josh Krichefski
LaFawn Davis
Sofia Maroudia
Manjit Jus
Martin Dewhurst
Break for coffee and refreshments
Roundtable #6: International wellbeing policy initiatives
https://www.youtube.com/embed/il1qv4QdILMModerated by Dr. Alden Lai (Global Wellbeing Initiative; New York University)
Panelists:
Dr. Alden Lai
Amanda Janoo
Prof. John Helliwell
Andy Rzepa
Keynote speech: Katrín Jakobsdóttir
https://www.youtube.com/embed/r1JhVoAWxqcKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Evening aperitifs and exclusive dinner at Balliol College

* The policy events are generously supported by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Research Sessions
Chair: Prof. Claudia Senik (Paris School of Economics)
Caspar Kaiser (University of Oxford)
'Machine Learning and Human Wellbeing'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/l-TNmTYS0xMMark Fabian (University of Cambridge)
'What Do Responses to Life Satisfaction Scales Mean? Evidence from Cognitive Interviewing'
Alberto Prati (University of Oxford)
'Global Evidence of Decreasing Satisfaction Gradient'
Chair: Dr. Chris Barrington-Leigh (McGill University)
Christian Krekel (LSE)
'Happy to Help: The Welfare Effects of a Nationwide Micro-Volunteering Programme'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WfcZ3fZiFzQGeorge MacKerron (University of Sussex)
'Back to Edgeworth? Estimating the Value of Time Using Hedonic Experiences'
Sarah Fleche (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/LSE)
'Do Family Policies Improve Mothers' Wellbeing?'
Chair: Prof. Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick)
Alois Stutzer (University of Basel)
'Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XsvtyqmXU50Lauren Howe (Universität Zürich)
'The Human Cost of COVID-19: CEO Acknowledgment of the Costs of Crisis and its Effect on Company Financial Value During Economic Turbulence'
Sergio Pirla (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
'Happiness Without a Financial Safety Net: Low Income Predicts Emotional Volatility'
Chair: Laura Taylor (University of Oxford)
Jose Marquez (University of Manchester)
'The #BeeWell Project: Making Young People's Wellbeing Everybody's Business'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/qVq6c1FX8D4Julie Selwyn (University of Oxford) & Linda Brikheim-Crookall (Coram Voice)
The Subjective Wellbeing of Children in Care of the State'
Kelsey O'Connor (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
'Effects of Teaching Practices on Life Satisfaction and Test Scores: Evidence from the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA)'
Chair: Prof. Laura Kubzansky (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Alex Bryson (UCL)
'Taking the Pulse of Nations: A Biometric Measure of Well-being'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/QTfZqlO1M4MJohannes C. Eichstaedt (Stanford University)
'The Current State of the Art in the Population Measurement of Well-being Through Twitter'
Luciano Espósito Sewaybricker (University of São Paulo),
'Mbyá Guarani's teko porã: An Indigenous Perspective on Wellbeing and Obstacles to Measure It'
Chair: Prof. Alois Stutzer (Basel University)
Giulia Ferrari (LSE)
'The Impact of Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programming: Which Measures of Wellbeing Better Capture Welfare Effects?'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/7m3ZmCzY4woGang Chen (Monash University)
'Developing Preference-Based Wellbeing Index: Discrete Choice Experiments from Five Developed Countries'
Yoon Irons (University of Derby)
'Group Singing as an Effective Wellbeing Intervention for Older Adults'
Chair: Laura Giurge (LSE/University of Oxford)
Claudia Senik (Paris School of Economics)
'Adopting Telework. The Causal Impact of Working from Home on Subjective Well-being in 2020'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sj31kbbzz4QEliza-Jane Stringer (LSE)
'People Versus Machines: The Impact of Being in an Automatable Job on Australian Workers' Mental Health and Life Satisfaction'
George Ward (MIT)
'Workplace Happiness and Employee Recruitment: Evidence from a Field Experiment'
Chair: Prof. Carol Graham (Brookings Institution)
Caroline Chesang & Giulia Greco (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
'Exploring the Relationship Between Violence and Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ITzvbMBkKwAnne-Marie Bagnall (Leeds Beckett)
'Community Power and Its Connection to Positive Wellbeing and Health in Places of Multiple Deprivation'
Chris Barrington-Leigh (McGill University)
Response Functions Around the Globe: Cultural Differences in Cognitive Evaluations of Life'