Wellbeing and Public Policy Conference
Victoria University will host the country‘s first international conference on Wellbeing and Public Policy on 13—14 June, followed by a day of workshops on 15 June.
Victoria University will host the country‘s first international conference on Wellbeing and Public Policy on 13—14 June, followed by a day of workshops on 15 June.
Registrations are now open for the conference, which will bring together world experts and policy makers in order to discuss recent advances in wellbeing research and their application to policymaking at all levels of government. Victoria staff and PhD students are especially welcome.
The conference is being organised under the auspices of the International Journal of Wellbeing which is edited through Victoria and the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.
We are delighted with the response we have received from both overseas and within New Zealand. A total of 34 abstracts have been accepted. They will run in three separate streams at or close to the Rutherford House venue of Victoria University in central Wellington.
These papers are in addition to our four keynote lectures from:
Andrew Clark, Paris School of Economics, France (http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.com/clark-andrew/)
Robert Cummins, Deakin University, Australia (http://www.deakin.edu.au/health/staffprofiles/index.php?username=cummins)
Paul Frijters, The University of Queensland, Australia (http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/frijters-paul-146359)
Robert MacCulloch, University of Auckland, New Zealand (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.macculloch)
We are pleased to announce our five sponsors so far: The New Zealand Treasury, Statistics New Zealand, the Institute of Policy Studies, and The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, as well as the support received from Victoria University of Wellington itself. You can register online at www.wellbeingandpublicpolicy.org. If you have any questions, please contact wellbeingandpublicpolicy@vuw.ac.nz.