PROGRAM

16 JUNE

h. 9.00

h. 9.30


h. 10-10.40



h. 10.40-11.10



Panel 1

h. 11.10-13.10







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h. 13.10


Panel 2

h. 14.30-16.30





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h. 16.30-17.00

h. 17.00-19.00

h. 19.15



17 JUNE

h.
9.00-11.00

h. 11.00-11.30

Panel 3


h. 11.30-13.30










h. 13.30

Panel 4

h. 15.30-16.30





h
16.30-17.00

h 17.00-18.00


h 18.00-19.00



h 19.15

h 20.00

h 21.30



18 JUNE


h. 9.30-11.30

h. 9.00-12.00


h. 12.00

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Registration


Introduction
(PL. Porta and Flavio Comim)

Opening Lecture:
Stefano Zamagni "Why happiness and capabilities should stay together"

Break



 Happiness and good life


Ed Diener "
In Defense of Happiness"

Carol Graham
"Some Insights on Development from the Economics of Happiness"

Dialogue

Chair: Flavio Comim


Lunch

Social relations as source of happiness

Robert Sugden "
Capability, Happiness and Opportunity"

Richard Ryan
"Basic psychological needs: Arguments and empirical evidence concerning the universal foundations of well being from the perspective of self-determination theory"

Dialogue

Chair: Marina Calloni

Coffee Break

Parallel sessions 1

Dinner





Parallel sessions 2

Coffee Break

Subjective Well-Being or Psychological Well-Being?

Carol Ryff
"Varieties of Well-Being and Biology: Understanding the Neurophysiology of Human Flourishing"

Edward Deci "
The Relation of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Goals to Well-being (SWB and PWB)"

Dialogue

Chair: Maurizio Pugno

Lunch

Happiness and Capabilities

Richard Easterlin
"Life Cycle Happiness and Its Sources: Why Psychology and Economics Need Each Other"

Chair: Pier Luigi Porta

Coffee Break

Amartya Sen
"Why happiness is important but not uniquely so"

General discussion

Chair: Neil De Marchi

Shuttle to Ristorante la Torretta

Social Dinner


Piano Concert (Theatre la Torretta): Pianist Maestro Enrico Pompili (more info...)



Parallel Session 3

Meeting on national indicators (only invited scholars), chaired by Ed Diener

Conclusion and Perspectives (Pier Luigi Porta and Enrica Chiappero)


 

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