May 10, 2012
7-9 pm
D’Arbeloff Suite, Museum of Science, Boston
Happinomics: The Science and Economics of Finding Happiness
A roundtable discussion with Robert Frank, Daniel Gilbert, and Michael Norton hosted by NPR’s Robin Young
As part of its educational outreach program, the Northeastern University Affective Science Institute sponsored an event open to the greater Boston community that explored the science of happiness. We brought together leading experts in psychology, economics, and business to take part in a roundtable discussion hosted by RobinYoung, the host of WBUR’s Here and Now. The discussion centered on questions of whether money can buy happiness, how and why the mind often mispredicts what will lead to happiness, how individuals can structure their lives to increase their sense of wellbeing, etc. The discussion was an opportunity to present and discuss cutting-edge social science research with leading scholars in the field.
The panelists were:
Robert Frank, NYT Economics Scene columnist, Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and author of The Darwin Economy
Daniel Gilbert, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness
Michael Norton, Associate Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School
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