Past Seminars:
Wellbeing Seminar Series
This seminar series has now closed
22 May 2013
17:00
- 18:30
Taxpayer Preferences, Compliance, and Satisfaction: Experimental Evidence
Cait Lamberton
(University of Pittsburgh)
Location:
32L 1.04
1st Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
15 May 2013
17:00
- 18:30
A life course approach to the eudaimonics of wellbeing
Marcus Richards
(UCL)
Location:
32L 2.04
2nd Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
01 May 2013
17:00
- 18:30
The Macro-economy, Political Context and Individual Perceptions of Wellbeing
Ray Duch
(Nuffield College, University of Oxford)
Location:
32L 2.04
2nd Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
13 March 2013
17:00
- 18:30
Using the ALSPAC birth cohort to study child wellbeing
Liz Washbrook
(University of Bristol)
Location:
32L 2.04
2nd Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
13 February 2013
17:00
- 18:30
Adaptation to Income, Loss Aversion and Experienced Utility
Bert Van Landeghem
(Maastricht University)
Location:
32L 2.04
2nd Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
12 December 2012
17:00
- 18:30
The Midlife Crisis in Humans and Other Animals
Andrew Oswald
(IZA and University of Warwick)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
28 November 2012
17:00
- 18:30
What predicts a successful life? A model of the life-course
Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee
(CEP and University of Melbourne)
, joint with Richard Layard and James Vernoit (CEP)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
21 November 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Are you happy while you work?
Alex Bryson
(NIESR & CEP)
, joint with George Mackerron (UCL)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
14 November 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Where the Streets Have a Name: Income Comparisons in the US
Abel Brodeur
(Paris School of Economics (PSE))
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
31 October 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Positive affect and longevity
Andrew Steptoe
(Psycho-biology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
10 October 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Intergenerational Mobility, Human Capital Formation and the Timing of Parental Income
Emma Tominey
(University of York)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
27 June 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Do People Adapt to Cancer? A Test of the Hedonic Treadmill in the Face of Potentially Terminal Diseases
Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee
(CEP and University of Melbourne)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
20 June 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Conclusions about Group Differences in Happiness May Depend on Difficulty of Reaching Respondents
Matthew Rabin
(University of California, Berkeley)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
06 June 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Towards National Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
Daniel Benjamin
(Cornell University)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
30 May 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Winning big but feeling no better? The effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health
Andrew Clark
(CEP & PSE Paris)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
16 May 2012
17:00
- 18:30
Genes, Economics and Happiness
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
(UCL and CEP)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
02 May 2012
17:00
- 18:30
The optimism bias
Tali Sharot
(UCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
07 March 2012
17:00
- 18:00
Well-Being Measurement Experiments in Understanding Society
Steve Pudney
(ISER, University of Essex)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
29 February 2012
17:00
- 18:00
Global Well-Being: Lessons from the Gallup World Poll and Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
Andrew Rzepa
(Gallup)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
15 February 2012
17:00
- 18:00
How can we Measure and Value a Well-Being Adjusted Life Year
Tessa Peasgood
(University of Sheffield)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
01 February 2012
17:00
- 18:00
Smoking Bans and Life Satisfaction
Alois Stutzer
(University of Basel)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
18 January 2012
17:00
- 18:00
Phone or E-Mail? The Effects of Mode of Administration on Happiness Reports
Paul Dolan
(LSE)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
29 June 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Pay and Happiness: Evidence from the Industry Wage Structure
Steve Pischke
(CEP)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
22 June 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Happiness and Work: Evidence from Laboratory Experiments
Daniel Sgroi
(University of Warwick)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
08 June 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Which employer policies improve worker wellbeing, and which do not?
Richard Freeman
(Harvard and NBER)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
01 June 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Psychological well-being at work: Research evidence and current issues
Ivan Robertson
(Robertson Cooper and Leeds University Business School)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
11 May 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Job Quality and Employee Well-being
Francis Green
(University of Kent)
, joint with Andy Charlwood (University of York)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
16 March 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Prevention: the effects of the Penn Resiliency Programme in Britain
Steve Machin
(CEP, CEE & UCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
02 March 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Causes of common mental health problems in adults
Peter McGuffin
(Department of Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, KCL)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
16 February 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Causes of mental health problems in children
Robert Goodman
(Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, KCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
26 January 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Evidence-based therapy for children: short-term and long-term effects
Paul Stallard
(Department for Health, University of Bath)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
19 January 2011
17:00
- 18:30
Effective delivery of evidence-based therapy to adults: the effects of IAPT
David Clark
(Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, KCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
01 December 2010
17:00
- 18:30
Well-Being and quality of life of patients with chronic physical illnesses
Andrew Steptoe
(Psycho-biology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
17 November 2010
17:00
- 18:30
Depression and health outcome in patients with severe physical illness: the case of coronary heart disease
Chris Dickens
(Research Division of Psychiatry, University of Manchester)
Location:
LRB 407
FMG Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
03 November 2010
17:00
- 18:30
Early life adversity, biological risk factors, and later health
Andrea Danese
(Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, King's College London)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
20 October 2010
17:00
- 18:30
Stress, Well-Being and Physical Health Risk: an Epidemiological Perspective
Mika Kivimäki
(Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL)
Location:
LRB 505
Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
06 October 2010
17:00
- 18:30
Stress, Well-Being and Biology: Introduction to the Seminar Series, and Assessments in Everyday Life
Andrew Steptoe
(Psycho-biology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL)
Location:
LRB 405
CEP Conference Room
4th Floor, Research Laboratory, entrance in 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
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