{"id":1723,"date":"2012-04-20T08:37:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T07:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2012-04-20T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T07:37:53","slug":"cfp-wellbeing-and-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2012\/04\/20\/cfp-wellbeing-and-public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Wellbeing and Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may be of interest to readers…<\/p>\n

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory – Ninth Annual Conference<\/strong>
\nManchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), University of Manchester<\/strong>
\n5th – 7th September 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workshop on Well-being and Public Policy: Call for Abstracts<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Cameron, in a recent speech on introducing national measures of well-being to inform public policy, claimed that the UK government is aiming to measure the progress of the nation, “not just by how our economy is growing, but by how our lives are improving; not just by our standard of living, but by our quality of life.” In short, the UK government is looking to measure the nation’s well-being in order to “help make a better life for people.” Other governments and international organizations are also increasingly focusing upon well-being as a policy goal.<\/p>\n

This workshop will focus on whether, and how, public policy can and should be informed, in some way, by considerations of the public’s well-being. There will be up to 12 speakers in total, who will be invited to give a 30 minute presentation, followed by a discussion. Potential areas of interest include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n