14th October 2014 This event launched the report resulting from the inquiry on mechanisms to increase wellbeing without increasing public expenditure. Christine Berry, report author, introduced the...
APPG Inquiry, Evidence session 5: Gus O’Donnell
9th June 2014 Our fifth and final evidence session took a step back from policy detail to explore overarching questions about the role of well-being in policy, and the challenges that must be...
APPG Inquiry, Evidence session 4: Planning policy and wellbeing
12th May 2014 This session aims to explore three key questions: How can the planning system support well-being? How far is this in tension with the current focus on the need for planning to...
APPG Inquiry, Evidence session 3: Mindfulness in health and education
9th April 2014 This session aimed to explore two key questions: What policy interventions related to mindfulness could improve wellbeing in the UK without increasing public expenditure? What are...
APPG Inquiry, Evidence session 2: Labour markets and wellbeing
10th March 2014 This session aims to explore two key questions: What would UK labour market policy look like if it was motivated by the aim of maximising well-being rather than growth? What changes...
APPG Inquiry, Evidence session 1: Culture
11th December 2013 The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Wellbeing Economics held an inquiry into how policy can increase wellbeing without increasing public expenditure. This took place over a...
Wellbeing across the UK: Why are there differences and what can we do about it?
12th March 2013 Analysis of the new subjective wellbeing data collected by the Office for National Statistics has shown, for example, that the highest levels of wellbeing are found on the small...
Lessons from Costa Rica? Topping the Happy Planet Index
12th July 2012 The speakers discussed why Costa Rica scored well across all three component measures used to calculate NEF’s Happy Planet Index (HPI): life expectancy, experienced well-being and...
Happy workers = Business growth?
17th May 2012 The panellists discussed whether promoting the wellbeing of employees helps increase workplace productivity and business profit, and then took questions from the audience. Speakers:–...
Is economic growth essential for wellbeing?
31st January 2012 The meeting explored whether economic growth is essential to our wellbeing in the short and long-term; whether it is possible to move to a new economic model where growth, as...