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World Wellbeing Panel

What is the World Wellbeing Panel (WWP)?

The World Wellbeing Panel promotes wellbeing as the ultimate purpose of all major decision makers, particularly government.

To this end, we ask an international panel of experts questions of relevance to wellbeing policy. The answers are given on personal title. This poll fosters debates about policy in terms of its impacts on wellbeing, which over time should lead to better policies and decisions.

The panel launched in 2016 as part of the Wellbeing Program at the LSE Center for Economic Performance (CEP) under Professor Paul Frijters. Since then, the panel has been led in turn by Doctor Tony Beatton and then Professor Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (IAE-CSIC and BSE), and is now directed by Chris Barrington-Leigh (McGill).

How is the survey run?

Questions are selected from a prior list suggested by our experts, policy makers, and journalists. The questions are vetted for language and suitability. Then they are sent out to 40-50 international experts who can express their agreement or disagreement with the question, and provide a short explanation of their answers.

The results of the poll are then written up by a World Wellbeing Panel member, after which they are disseminated amongst journalists, politicians, and anyone on the dissemination list.

Managing Committee

Professor Chris Barrington-Leigh
Professor Chris Barrington-Leigh

Associate Professor, McGill University

WWP DIRECTOR

Doctor Tony Beatton
Doctor Tony Beatton

Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Professor Paul Frijters
Professor Paul Frijters

Professorial Research Fellow, CEP Wellbeing Programme, London School of Economics

Professor Arthur Grimes
Professor Arthur Grimes

Chair of Wellbeing and Public Policy, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington

World Wellbeing Panel members

The World Wellbeing Panel includes economists, sociologists, behavioral scientists, and public policy experts from institutions in Australia, Bhutan, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.