British Academy Debates – Wellbeing 
Our interim Chair Lord Gus O’Donnell, along with our own Gregor Henderson and Paul Dolan from LSE, are taking part in this series of wellbeing debates on public policy for greater prosperity in the new year #bigdebates
It looks like it will be a great line up of speakers and events across the UK:
- Salford 14 January What is Wellbeing?
- Cardiff 4 February Social and Economic Change and Wellbeing
- London 4 March Wellbeing and public policy
LSE Wellbeing Seminar Series Jan-March
We’re also excited for this new series of wellbeing seminars at the LSE including one about What Works for Early Intervention on 15th January from our friends at the Early Intervention Foundation.
The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics run an established Wellbeing Seminar series. It is organised by Professor Richard Layard, Dr Nick Powdthavee and Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
| 8 Jan | The long term effects of social and emotional skills in childhood | Alissa Goodman (CLS) |
| 15 Jan | What Works in Early Intervention. Early findings from a What Works Centre | Leon Feinstein (EIF) |
| 22 Jan | The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for recurrent depression | Willem Kuyken (Oxford) and Sarah Byford (IoP KCL) |
| 19 Mar | Childhood mental health and unemployment across the life-course | Liam Delaney (Stirling) |
| 26 Mar | TBC | John Brazier and Tessa Peasgood (Sheffield) |
These seminars are free and open to all – there is no need to register.
If external to LSE please bring a print out or save this information and bring it with you.
Thursdays at 1pm (with sandwiches from 12.45)
Location: 2nd floor Seminar Room (2.04), 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Details of the seminars are posted on the Wellbeing Programme events page, with papers/presentations when available. For any enquiries, please contact Harriet Ogborn, H.Ogborn@lse.ac.uk
whatworkswellbeing.wordpress.com 
We also have a couple of seminars in 2015 and a conference, that some readers may be interested in. Our ESRC funded seminar series ‘The Politics of Wellbeing’ is looking to define and develop the contribution of the politics discipline in relation to wellbeing. So far we have held seminars on the research agenda; methodologies, evidence and policy relevance; and governance and public policy. The series has not only brought politics into dialogue with other disciplines but also stimulated debate between academics and policy-makers.
We have a seminar on Political Economy and Wellbeing 30 January 2015 in Sheffield and our final seminar, on Political Theory and Wellbeing, 17 April 2015 in Newcastle. We also have our end of seminar series conference on 17 July 2015 in Sheffield. The call for papers for the conference is now open (deadline for 250 word abstracts is 27 February 2015). For more information on the series, seminars, and conference please visit our website http://politicsofwellbeing.group.shef.ac.uk/ or follow us on twitter @WellbeingPol
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