Call for Abstracts

We welcome abstracts for papers and posters dealing with scientific research or best practice examples in all areas of quality-of-life, well-being and happiness. All proposals should be submitted by the presenting author via EasyChair. The authors should choose one endowed track, topic or special session from the list below.

Deadline for the abstract submission is 30 December 2024. Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed to the presenting author by 20 February 2025.

The presenting author of accepted abstracts has to register for the conference to be included in the conference program.

Tracks and Topics

This is an interdisciplinary conference welcoming contributions from all scientific disciplines and practical applications related to quality-of-life and well-being. We especially welcome papers on the following tracks and topics:

Endowed Tracks

• “Takashi Inoguchi Endowed Track on Quality-of-Life and Well-being in East Asia”.
• “Mahar Mangahas Endowed Track for the Advancement of Quality-of-Life and Well-Being in Southeast Asia”.
• “The Daniel Shek-Wofoo Foundation Endowed Track for the Advancement of Adolescent Quality of Life Research”.
• “The Kenneth C. Land Endowed Track on the Advancement of Quality-of-Life and Well-Being of Children”.
• “The Elizabeth Eckermann Endowed Track on Gender and Quality-of-Life”.
• “The Ronald E. Anderson Endowed Track on the Alleviation of Human Suffering”.
• “The Rhonda G. Phillips Endowed Track for the Promotion of Community Development and Community Well-Being”.
• "The M. Joseph Sirgy Endowed Track on Well-Being and Policy"

Topics

Cultures, Concepts and the History of Well-being

Keywords: Understandings of well-being; Well-being across cultures; History of well-being; Religion, spirituality and well-being; Eudaimonia; Capabilities; Affect.

Well-being In and Across Regions

Keywords: NUTS 2; Urban/Rural; World Regions; Arctic; Indigenous; Global South; Transition economies.

Well-being in Different Populations

Keywords: Demography; Disabled; Elderly; Adolescents; Migrants; Refugees; The Poor; The Rich; Minorities; Diversity; Intersectionality; Horizontal Inequalities.

Methodological Issues in the Study of Quality-of-life, Happiness and Well-being

Keywords: Big data; Causality issues; Experiments; Composite indices; Database handling; Measurement of quality-of-life and well-being; Modelling; Psychometrics; Validity and reliability; Qualitative research; Quantitative methods; Surveys; Administrative data; Data matching; Well-being Inequality; Well-being Efficiency.

Disciplinary Approaches to Well-Being, Happiness and Quality-of-life

Keywords: Anthropology; Biology; Ecology; Economics; Education; Medicine; Neuroscience; Philosophy; Political science; Psychology; Sociology; Social work. 

Promoting Well-Being: Public Policy and Development

Keywords: Human development; Poverty alleviation; Sustainable development and sustainability; Social development; Policy evaluation; QALY; WELLBY.

Beyond GDP: New Understandings and Measures of Progress 

Keywords: Measuring the performance of societies; New understandings of progress in societies and how to measure it; Degrowth; Government initiatives to monitor and report well-being.

Social Capital and Well-being

Keywords: Volunteerism; Altruism; Philanthropy; Pro-social behavior; Trust in others and/or in institutions; Interpersonal relations.

Well-being, Environment and Sustainability

Keywords: Climate change; sustainability; climate crisis; natural disasters; biodiversity; eco-anxiety; pro-environmental behaviors; Future generations.

Labor and Workplace Well-being

Keywords: Job satisfaction; Work relations; Unemployment; Productivity; Engagement; Absenteism; Resignation; Quits; Self-employment, Entrepreneurship; Human resources; Labor Unions.

Ill-being

Keywords: Death of despair; Suicide; Loneliness; Stress; Anxiety; Pain; Depression; Mental illness; Suffering.

Wealth, Income and Quality-of-Life

Keywords: Poverty; Inequality; Consumption; Savings; Housing; Loss aversion.

Other Causes and Consequences of Well-being 

Keywords: Business and marketing; Education; Financial; Personal health; Housing and neighbourhood; Pharmacology and health care; Recreation and using of leisure time; Household and intimate relations; Traveling and tourism; Urban planning and policies; Information & Technology; Artificial Intelligence.