World Wellbeing Panel

What is the World Wellbeing Panel?

The World Wellbeing Panel promotes wellbeing as the ultimate purpose of all major decision makers, particularly government.

To this end, we ask an international panel of experts questions of relevance to wellbeing policy. The answers are given on personal title. This poll fosters debates about policy in terms of its impacts on wellbeing, which over time should lead to better policies and decisions.

The panel launched in 2016 as part of the Wellbeing Program at the LSE Center for Economic Performance (CEP) under Professor Paul Frijters. It is now directed by Professor Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (IAE-CSIC and BSE).

How is the survey run?

Questions are selected from a prior list suggested by our experts, policy makers, and journalists. The questions are vetted for language and suitability. Then they are sent out to 40-50 international experts who can express their agreement or disagreement with the question, and provide a short explanation of their answers.

The results of the poll are then written up by World Wellbeing Group members, after which they are disseminated amongst journalists, politicians, and anyone on the dissemination list.

Managing Committee

World Wellbeing Panel members

The World Wellbeing Panel includes economists, sociologists, behavioral scientists, and public policy experts from institutions in Australia, Bhutan, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

  
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Alpaslan Akay
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
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Alexandrova
Anna Alexandrova
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge (UK)
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Daniela Andrén
Senior Lecturer, Örebro University School of Business (Sweden)
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Barrington-Leigh
Chris Barrington-Leigh
Assistant Professor, McGill University (Canada)
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Bartolini
Stefano Bartolini
Professor of Economics, University of Sienna (Italy)
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Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology - QUT (Australia)
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Bechetti
Leonardo Bechetti
Professor of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)
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Benjamin
Daniel Benjamin
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Southern California (USA)
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Biddle
Nicholas Biddle
Associate Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (Australia)
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Martin Binder
Professor of Socio-Economics, Bundeswehr University Munich (Germany)
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Christopher Boyce
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Stirling and Wellbeing Economy Alliance Research Fellow (UK)
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Sonam Choiden
President of Gedu College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan (Bhutan)
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Richard Cookson
Professor at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
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D'Ambrosio
Conchita D'Ambrosio
Professor of Economics, Université du Luxembourg
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De Neve
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Associate Professor of Economics and Strategy, University of Oxford (UK)
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Delhey
Jan Delhey
Professor of Sociology, University of Magdeburg (Germany)
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Richard Easterlin
Professor of Economics, University of Southern California (USA)
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Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonnell
Professor of Economics, IAE-CSIC (Spain)
Affiliated Professor, Barcelona School of Economics
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Sarah Flèche
CNRS Research Fellow, University of Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne (France)
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Foster
Gigi Foster
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, School of Economics, UNSW Business School (Australia)
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Frey
Bruno Frey
Visiting Professor of Economics and Wellbeing, University of Basel (Switzerland)
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Paul Frijters
Professorial Research Fellow, CEP Wellbeing Programme, London School of Economics (UK)
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Graham
Carol Graham
Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (USA)
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Talita Greyling
Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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Arthur Grimes
Chair of Wellbeing and Public Policy, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
Senior Fellow, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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Haybron
Dan Haybron
Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University (USA)
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Heffetz
Ori Heffetz
Associate Professor of Economics, Cornell University and Hebrew University (USA)
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Helliwell
John Helliwell
Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of British Columbia (Canada)
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Kapteyn
Arie Kapteyn
Professor of Economics, University of Southern California (USA)
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Knabe
Andreas Knabe
Professor (Chair in Public Economics), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Germany)
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Christian Krekel
Assistant Professor in Behavioural Science, London School of Economics (UK)
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Layard
Richard Layard
Professor of Economics, London School of Economics (UK)
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Darma Mahadea
Associate Professor and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)
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Guy Mayraz
Lecturer, University of Sydney (Australia)
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Kelsey J O'Connor
Researcher in the Economics of Well-being, STATEC Research (Luxembourg)
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Debayan Pakrashi
Assistant Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)
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Steven Pinker
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (USA)
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Plagnol
Anke Plagnol
Lecturer in Psychology (Behavioural Economics), City University, London (UK)
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Powdthavee
Nick Powdthavee
Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK)
Associate, Wellbeing Programme, CEP
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Eugenio Proto
Alec Cairncross Professor of Applied Economics and Econometrics, University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School (UK)
Research Fellow at CEPR, IZA, CESifo
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Maurizio Pugno
Full Professor of Economics, University of Cassino (Italy)
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Jordi Quoidbach
Associate Professor of Behavioral Decision Making in the Department of People Management, ESADE Business School (Spain)
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Rojas Benjamin Radcliff
Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame (USA)
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Rojas
Mariano Rojas
Professor of Economics, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
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Stephanié Rossouw
Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
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Francesco Sarracino
Economist, Research Division of the Statistical Office of Luxembourg -STATEC (Luxembourg)
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Schöb
Ronnie Schöb
Professor, School of Business and Economics, Freie Universität Berlin
Research Professor, ifo Institute, Dresden Branch (Germany)
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Sgroi
Daniel Sgroi
Professor of Economics, University of Warwick (UK)
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Conal Smith
Senior Associate at Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
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Stutzer
Alois Stutzer
Professor of Political Economics, University of Basel (Switzerland)
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William Tov
Associate Professor of Psychology, Singapore Management University (Singapore)
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Unanue
Wenceslao Unanue
Assistant Professor, Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile)
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Bert Van Landeghem
Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield (UK)
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Veenhoven
Ruut Veenhoven
Professor of Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
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Vendrik
Maarten Vendrik
Senior Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Maastricht University (Netherlands) 
Associate, ROA, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
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Shun Wang
Professor of Economics, KDI School of Public Policy and Management (South Korea)
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Welsch
Heinz Welsch
Professor of Economics, University of Oldenburg (Germany)
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Wooden
Mark Wooden
Professorial Research Fellow and Director of the HILDA Survey Project, Melbourne Institute, Applied Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne (Australia)
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Wu
Stephen Wu
Professor of Economics, Hamilton College (USA)
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Zarghamee
Homa Zarghamee
Assistant Professor of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University (USA)
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