John Helliwell, February 28 - Latest Advances in the Science of Happiness
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Enhancing Quality of Life:
Latest Advances in the Science of Happiness Dr. John Helliwell  February 28, 2012 - Presentation followed by Q & A:
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm SFU-Woodward’s Building, Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema 149 Hastings St W, Entrance off Cordova St Tickets  About the Event
Join UBC's John Helliwell, one of the leading minds investigating what makes us happy, for a special Speakers Series event. Dr. Helliwell's lecture will combine scientific evidence with stories to illustrate where research on happiness is heading, and how its results can be used to improve your quality of life.
The science of well-being embraces insights, evidence, and methods from many disciplines, ranging from psychology, philosophy, genetics, epidemiology and neuroscience to sociology, anthropology, political science and economics, all sharing Aristotle’s curiosity about what makes for a good life. The biggest recent innovation has been to replace top-down expertise by democratic attention to how people evaluate their own lives.
These reports are increasingly being used to assess the quality of life in families, workplaces, communities and nations, with many disciplines collaborating to figure out what makes people happy, and experimenting with different ways of adapting public institutions and private choices to improve the all-important social context.
Dr. Helliwell's presentation will be followed by his dialogue with Maria LeRose, award-winning television producer who has moderated panels featuring the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sir Ken Robinson and other luminaries.
About Dr. John Helliwell
Dr. John F. Helliwell is an Arthur J.E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and co-director of CIFAR’s program on ‘Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being’. He is also Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of British Columbia, a member of the National Statistics Council, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
He was visiting special advisor at the Bank of Canada in 2003-04, visiting research fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 2003, of St. Catherine's College, Oxford, in 2001, and Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard 1991-94. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada.     The DLC was created in 2005 to promote the Dalai Lama's vision of kindness, compassion and interconnectedness. We work to translate this vision into initiatives and programs that can make a difference in people's lives and help them make a difference in the world. Previous Speakers Series guests included Jody Williams, Paul Ekman and Sir Ken Robinson. For more information on the DLC, visit our web site at dalailamacenter.org. |
