The Centre hosts a fortnightly research seminar to discuss work-in-progress by affiliated scholars and academic guests. Our seminars are open to all. Please let us know on wellbeing@hmc.ox.ac.uk if you want to join.
2020
- June 12
- Mark Fabian (Cambridge)
"Eudaimonic well-being and the Trump vote: Unearthing the psychological roots of racialized economics."
- Andrew Clark (Paris School of Economics)
"Employment Protection, Job Insecurity and the Family”
- May 29
- Roger Fernandez Urbano (EUI)
"Impossible is nothing? Perceived labour market opportunities and subjective wellbeing: a natural field experiment in Spain and the U.S."
- May 15
- Avinash Collis (MIT)
"How should we measure well-being in the digital economy?"
- May 1, 4-6pm, Maevadi Hall, Harris Manchester College
- Maria Cotofan (LSE)
"Learning from praise: evidence from a field experiment with teachers"
- Jose Marquez (University of Leeds)
"Education policy and student well-being"
- March 13, 4-6pm, Wellbeloved Room, Harris Manchester College
- Sid Bhushan (Oxford)
"Applying machine learning to better understand human wellbeing"
- Michael Plant (Oxford)
"Can I get a little less life satisfaction, please?"
- February 28, 4-6pm, Maevadi Hall, Harris Manchester College
- Margarida Madaleno (LSE)
"Performative social media as a measure of wellbeing"
- Shibeal O’ Flaherty (King’s College London)
"Happier, Healthier Professionals: Boosting the Wellbeing of UK Social Workers Using Behavioural Science"
- February 14, 4-6pm, Maevadi Hall, Harris Manchester College
- Andrew Oswald (Warwick)
"Why is there so much midlife distress in affluent nations?"
- Lucia Macchia (Oxford)
"Beliefs about a just world"
- January 31, 4-6pm, Maevadi Hall, Harris Manchester College
- Alberto Prati (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
"Subjective well-being and imperfect memory”
- Filip Gesiarz (UCL)
"How the wealth of foreign countries affects our well-being"
2019
- November 29
- Eileen Tipoe (Oxford)
“Time use and wellbeing”
- Marta Golin (Oxford)
“The effect of broadband internet on mental health”
- November 15
- Caspar Kaiser (Oxford)
“How threatening are transformations of reported happiness to subjective wellbeing research?"
- Michael Plant (Oxford)
"What is necessary and sufficient for interpersonal cardinality of subjective wellbeing?"
- Lucia Macchia (Oxford)
"Prosocial behaviour, inequality and social mobility”
- October 30
- Laura Giurge (LBS & Oxford)
“Using time-based behavioural interventions to improve wellbeing"
- Caspar Kaiser (Oxford)
“Using panel data to identify differential scale use in happiness reports”
- Karl Overdick (Oxford)
“Estimating the effect of mass shootings on wellbeing"
- Sid Bhushan & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (Oxford)
“The SDGs and human wellbeing"
