On the same day that this year's edition of the World Happiness Report is published, we will dive into the findings and limitations of happiness research.
We will provide an academic framework for understanding and discussing both the foundations and the limitations of the results presented in the report. We will also draw attention to alternative approaches to measuring quality of life.
After three short presentations, there will be ample time for questions and discussion.
You will meet
- Professor Marc Schulz (Bryn Mawr College), co-author of the bestselling book The Good Life. The book presents findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has followed hundreds of individuals for several decades with the aim of understanding why some people flourish while others do not.
- Irene Teulings, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Oslo. Irene is affiliated with Promenta and the Modeling Human Happiness project, and investigates well-being through a focus on what people themselves find important. Her work includes a broad range of relevant wellbeing aspects that go beyond “feeling happy” and adopting novel statistical approaches such as network analyses.
- August Nilsson, a PhD candidate in psychology at OsloMet. August uses computational methods to analyse national datasets on quality of life, and has, among other things, done work to uncover how people understand subjective well-being measures.
The discussion will be moderated by Paal Kvarberg, a researcher at the University of Oslo.
Practical info
The event is free and open to everyone. However, as capacity is limited, registration is required to attend.
The event is part of a series on quality of life organized by the research group behind the interdisciplinary project Modeling Human Happiness.
The event will be recorded.