What's on archive 2011

Seminar: Measuring well-being

19 Jan 2011, 17:00, Harris Lecture Theatre, Hogkin building, Guy's Campus

Event series: KHSC Seminar Series on Well-being
School / area: Social Science & Public Policy
Department: King's Health and Society Centre
Location: Guy's Campus
Location map: Guy's: detail
Speaker: Mr Paul Allin
Speaker institution: Deputy Director: Measuring National Well-being, Office for National Statistics

The new UK government has announced plans to monitor people’s psychological and environmental well-being. However, critics question the usefulness of such indexes in the context of the impact of the economic crisis. The initiative is not unique and is a response to the views of two Nobel Prize Laureates (Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen) who highlighted the need to move away from purely economic measures. Several governments (notably France and Canada) have already responded and developed plans regularly to assess the general well-being of their citizens.

In this context, KHSC presents a seminar focusing on the reasons behind the interest in well-being, approaches to its measurement, and the strengths and weaknesses of the different indexes and their constituent components. Experts will draw on their own experience and reflect on the lessons learnt.
 
Speakers:

• Paul Allin (Measuring National Well-being, Office for National Statistics)
• Prof Sarah Stewart- Brown (University of Warwick)
• Dr Sam Thompson (new economics foundation)
• Lucy Smith (Lambeth First)

This event will be chaired by Gregor Henderson, National Well-being lead at the National Mental Health Development Unit.

If you would like to attend this seminar, please rspv at khsc@kcl.ac.uk.

Contact name: Nuria Vazquez
Email: khsc@kcl.ac.uk
Tel: 02078482982

 

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