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Tracks and Topics
This is an interdisciplinary conference welcoming contributions from all scientific disciplines and practical applications related to quality-of-life and well-being. We especially welcome papers on the following tracks and topics:
Endowed Tracks
- “Takashi Inoguchi Endowed Track on Quality-of-Life and Well-being in East Asia”.
- “Mahar Mangahas Endowed Track for the Advancement of Quality-of-Life and Well-Being in Southeast Asia”.
- “The Daniel Shek-Wofoo Foundation Endowed Track for the Advancement of Adolescent Quality of Life Research”.
- “The Kenneth C. Land Endowed Track on the Advancement of Quality-of-Life and Well-Being of Children”.
- “The Elizabeth Eckermann Endowed Track on Gender and Quality-of-Life”.
- “The Ronald E. Anderson Endowed Track on the Alleviation of Human Suffering”.
- “The Rhonda G. Phillips Endowed Track for the Promotion of Community Development and Community Well-Being”.
- "The M. Joseph Sirgy Endowed Track on Well-Being and Policy"
Topics
Cultures, Concepts and the History of Well-being
Keywords: Understandings of well-being; Well-being across cultures; History of well-being; Religion, spirituality and well-being; Eudaimonia; Capabilities; Affect.
Well-being In and Across Regions
Keywords: NUTS 2; Urban/Rural; World Regions; Arctic; Indigenous; Global South; Transition economies.
Well-being in Different Populations
Keywords: Demography; Disabled; Elderly; Adolescents; Migrants; Refugees; The Poor; The Rich; Minorities; Diversity; Intersectionality; Horizontal Inequalities.
Methodological Issues in the Study of Quality-of-life, Happiness and Well-being
Keywords: Big data; Causality issues; Experiments; Composite indices; Database handling; Measurement of quality-of-life and well-being; Modelling; Psychometrics; Validity and reliability; Qualitative research; Quantitative methods; Surveys; Administrative data; Data matching; Well-being Inequality; Well-being Efficiency.
Disciplinary Approaches to Well-Being, Happiness and Quality-of-life
Keywords: Anthropology; Biology; Ecology; Economics; Education; Medicine; Neuroscience; Philosophy; Political science; Psychology; Sociology; Social work.
Promoting Well-Being: Public Policy and Development
Keywords: Human development; Poverty alleviation; Sustainable development and sustainability; Social development; Policy evaluation; QALY; WELLBY.
Beyond GDP: New Understandings and Measures of Progress
Keywords: Measuring the performance of societies; New understandings of progress in societies and how to measure it; Degrowth; Government initiatives to monitor and report well-being.
Social Capital and Well-being
Keywords: Volunteerism; Altruism; Philanthropy; Pro-social behavior; Trust in others and/or in institutions; Interpersonal relations.
Well-being, Environment and Sustainability
Keywords: Climate change; sustainability; climate crisis; natural disasters; biodiversity; eco-anxiety; pro-environmental behaviors; Future generations.
Labor and Workplace Well-being
Keywords: Job satisfaction; Work relations; Unemployment; Productivity; Engagement; Absenteism; Resignation; Quits; Self-employment, Entrepreneurship; Human resources; Labor Unions.
Ill-being
Keywords: Death of despair; Suicide; Loneliness; Stress; Anxiety; Pain; Depression; Mental illness; Suffering.
Wealth, Income and Quality-of-Life
Keywords: Poverty; Inequality; Consumption; Savings; Housing; Loss aversion.
Other Causes and Consequences of Well-being
Keywords: Business and marketing; Education; Financial; Personal health; Housing and neighbourhood; Pharmacology and health care; Recreation and using of leisure time; Household and intimate relations; Traveling and tourism; Urban planning and policies; Information & Technology; Artificial Intelligence.
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