Conference information
For those of you who may be unaware, registration to the “Wellbeing 2022 Conference: Knowledge for Informed Decisions” has opened online at https://www.wellbeing2022.lu/registration and will close for speakers on the 29th of April. Registration as an attendee will be available while space lasts. There are only 15 slots for attendees – we encourage you to register early. Fees include the social dinner, the welcome cocktail, and the city tour on Sunday morning.
We are now defining the programme for parallel and poster sessions. We expect to have approximately 100 speakers. Details of the keynotes, round table panelists, workshop, and the opening address are available online already.
Conference Grant: We recently received additional external funding, a portion of which can be used to cover the registration fees of up to five people in need of financial support. If you have already registered, you are still eligible. In the event you are selected, we will reimburse the fee.
To be considered, send an email to the address submitSWB2020@statec.etat.lu with the subject line reading Education Grant and your last name by 25 April. This email should include your name and affiliation. Be sure to indicate your rank (e.g., student, post-doc…), organization, and country of residence. Then, in a short paragraph of no more than 250 words, describe how the grant will benefit you. Preference is given to those with financial need, e.g., from developing countries.
Measuring Progress: STATEC Well-being Seminar Series
Sustainable Consumption and Wellbeing
Dr. Mònica Guillén Royo, CICERO Center for International Climate Research
27 April 2022 17:00 CET (11:00 AM Eastern) – 18:00 CET (12:00 PM Eastern)
Abstract: As preventing a 1.5 C of global warming becomes elusive, justifying high levels of consumption in terms of their positive impact on wellbeing is difficult to maintain. On the one hand, studies show that greater welfare is achieved in societies that cross several environmental thresholds. On the other hand, sustainable consumption practices such as eating vegetarian, cycling to work, repairing, sharing, recycling, or flying less do not seem to have a negative impact on wellbeing. In this presentation I will draw on findings from research following the economics of happiness tradition and from participatory studies based on human needs perspectives to reflect on the relationship between sustainable consumption and wellbeing. I will address the extent to which materialistic values, pro-environmental activism and low-carbon consumption practices are associated with measures of hedonic and eudemonic wellbeing in poor and rich settings. I will also discuss how needs-enhancing interventions such as working time flexibility or increased democratic participation can foster both wellbeing and environmental sustainability.
The webinar will be held in English via Cisco Webex and recorded.
Registration is required. Please use the link: REGISTER
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Measuring Progress Seminar Series
