BJIR Annual Lecture 2009 - “Emotional Prosperity: Biomarkers, Economic Markers, and the Stiglitz Commission on Human Progress”

Tuesday, 17th November 2009, 6pm to 7:30pm
Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
A reception will follow in the foyer adjoining the lecture theatre

The event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Speaker: Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick, UK

The lecture will discuss the idea of emotional prosperity. It will suggest how we should measure that in the century to come. It will describe the recommendations of the Stiglitz Commission, on which the author sits, which was set up by Nicolas Sarkozy to review for the future the way in which human progress ought to be measured. In an industrialized country where everyone has enough food, nearly all jobs are clean and safe, and mental health may be our main concern, how can we decide what counts as progress for our workers and citizens? The lecture will describe how, literally, we look into people's hearts and heads to decide. It will discuss money, heart rate, food, work, stress, blood pressure, and happiness.

Andrew Oswald is professor of economics at the University of Warwick and also holds an ESRC research professorship. He has published across the fields of economics, psychology,
epidemiology, statistics and law, but is perhaps best known for his work on the economics of happiness, labour markets, and entrepreneurship. He has recently been Jacob Wertheim Fellow at Harvard University and a visiting professor at Cornell University and the University Zurich. Andrew Oswald also writes for newspapers and other media.

Chair: Carola Frege
Chief Editor of BJIR, Professor of EROB, Dept of Management, LSE

Contact: s.roesch@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 7931.

LSE Lecture on Biomarkers and Economics

Professor Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick, is giving the British Journal of Industrial Relations Annual Lecture on the issue of biomarkers and well-being at LSE on 17th November 2009. The title of his talk is"Emotional Prosperity: biomarkers, economics and the Stiglitz commission on human progress". For details of the event and how to attend go to:

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2009/20090826t1645z001.aspx

Literature Review on Biometric Wellbeing, Subjective Wellbeing and Behaviour.

Richard Freeman, Alex Bryson, Giulia Ferrari and Laure de Preux are conducting a literature review to establish what is already known about the links between biomarkers and economic behaviour.

We are planning to have a first draft by the end of January 2010 and to hold a workshop at the CEP in February or March 2010, where you are all welcome.

Further information will be posted on this blog.

Welcome to the BEB Research Group

We welcome any comments related to biomarkers and economic behaviour.