Upcoming events

>> 3-5 July 2013

This will be the third international conference of economists interested in welfare economics and public policy broadly defined. This conference will follow those organised in Oxford (July 2009) and Paris (July 2011). The 2013 OECD-Universities Joint Conference will be informed by the work done over the past decade by economists, statisticians and social analysts to develop broad measures of well-being, and touch on some of the well-being dimensions included in recent OECD reports on the subject.

The conference will feature roundtables, plenary sessions and contributed research papers on the wide range of issues that matter to the economics of human well-being. It will include three major strands: policy and empirical economics; economic theory; and econometrics. The conference may also include sessions on other relevant social sciences.

The conference is organised by the OECD, Oxford University and the Open University and will be held at the OECD Headquarters in Paris. For hotels and how to get there please see: http://www.oecd.org/site/conferencecentre/ 

For registration and further information please see: http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/welfareconomicstheory/

OECD World Fora on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”

The OECD World Fora on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy” gather decision makers, policy actors, social leaders, statisticians and academics to discuss how best to measure and foster the progress of societies.

>> 16-19 Oct. 2012

The main objectives of the 4^th OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" was to further the discussions on the different aspects that make for a good life today and in the future in different countries of the world and to promote the development and use of new measures of well-being for effective and accountable policy-making. Read the Forum's Highlights and Conclusions.

>> 27-30 Oct. 2009

3^rd OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policies", Busan, Korea

>> 27-30 June 2007

>> 10-13 Nov. 2004

Regional conferences

Past events

>> 21 January 2013

Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work and Social Integration: The European Experience in the Great Recession, OECD Headquarters, Paris, France

The OECD and the European Social Survey organised a seminar on ‘Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work and Well-Being – The European Experience in the Great Recession’.   The seminar presented findings from the European Social Survey and gathered some of the most prominent researchers working on the relationship between the quality of work and quality of life. The programme is available by clicking here.

>> 22-23 Nov. 2011

Conference on Economic Insecurity Measurement, Causes and Policy Implications, OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) and the OECD).

The objective of the conference was to deepen the understanding of economic insecurity from both a theoretical and empirical perspective.

Please click here for further information.

Conference "Two years after the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi report: What well-being and sustainability measures?",  OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by France and the OECD).

This conference aimed to deepen on-going reflection on responses and policy implications, following the recommendations of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission.

>> 6-8 July 2011

Conference on New Directions in Welfare, OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by The Open University, Oxford University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the OECD).

This event gathered researchers and academics working in welfare economics. It aimed to deepen the dialogue between policy-makers and the academic community, and to engage the latter in a discussion on policies to improve people's well-being.

>> 24-25 May 2011