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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The annual BeWell Meeting will be held for the first time in Halle (Saale), Germany, on 26–27 February 2026. The international scientific meeting on happiness research is organised by the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in cooperation with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and will bring together researchers from Germany and beyond.
Over recent years, the BeWell Meeting has established itself as a key platform for exchange in interdisciplinary happiness research. It focuses on questions of how people evaluate their lives, which factors shape subjective well-being and life satisfaction, and which societal and political framework conditions enable people to live a good life. In doing so, the conference makes an important contribution to current debates on social progress beyond purely economic indicators (“Beyond GDP”).
A highlight of this year’s programme is the keynote lecture by Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Łódź (Poland). She is internationally recognised as one of the leading voices in the philosophical debate on well-being and happiness. In her lecture, she will discuss key ethical and philosophical perspectives on what constitutes a good life.
In addition to the keynote, the BeWell Meeting features open panels with contributions from economics, sociology and psychology. In particular, early-career researchers are given the opportunity to present and discuss their work in front of an international academic audience. The conference language is English.The event will take place on 26–27 February 2026 at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Further information can be found on the BeWell website.
About the BeWell Network
The Berlin Network of Research on Well-Being (BeWell) is an interdisciplinary research network that brings together scholars from economics, sociology and psychology. Its aim is to foster cross-disciplinary exchange and to initiate joint research projects on the analysis of subjective well-being. Although BeWell is anchored at Freie Universität Berlin, the network has an international orientation.
About IAMO
The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) analyses economic, social and political processes of change in the agricultural and food sector, and in rural areas. The geographic focus covers the enlarging EU, transition regions of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Asia. IAMO works to enhance the understanding of institutional, structural and technological changes. Moreover, IAMO studies the resulting impacts on the agricultural and food sector as well as the living conditions of rural populations. The outcomes of our work are used to derive and analyse strategies and options for enterprises, agricultural markets and politics. Since its founding in 1994, IAMO has been part of the Leibniz Association, a German community of independent research institutes.
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