Feb 26, 2015
Paul Dolan is an internationally renowned expert on happiness, behaviour and public policy. He is currently a Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Paul has previously held academic posts at York, Newcastle, Sheffield and Imperial and he has been a visiting scholar at Princeton University, working with Daniel Kahneman.
Professor Dolan has over 100 peer-reviewed publications which cover many topics including behavioural science, subjective wellbeing, equity in health and health valuation.
Paul is currently a Member of the World Economic Forum Panel on Behavioural Science, the Chief Academic Advisor on Economic Appraisal for the UK Government's Economic Service. He is also a member of National Academy of Sciences Panel on Wellbeing and of the Measuring National Wellbeing Advisory Forum for the Office for National Statistics in the UK.
Paul is the author of ‘Happiness by Design’.
Find Out:
- How Paul evolved from a health economist to a behavioral economist.
- How many years of your life would you be willing to give up to avoid being anxious or being down.
- if Aristotle and other philosophers are right in saying that happiness can only be defined on a death-bed when reflecting upon your life.
- how to create a pleasure-purpose balance that’s right for you.
- how you can use the production function process to produce happiness.
- what is this production process that makes us happy.
- if money makes you happier.
- how happiness studies influence policy decision-making.
- about the limitations to happiness research and what can be done to make better research.
- what nudging is.
- how nudging by policy-makers can make you happier.
- about the morality of nudging.
- how supermarkets can nudge you into buying their breads and cakes.
- why self-help books are a waste of money as they try to change your mindset.
- why Paul’s book, ‘Happiness By Design’ will help you to change what you do.
- about Paul’s ‘3 Pillars of Happiness’ - Deciding, Designing and Doing.
- how designing your life to make things simple and easy can help you achieve your goals.
- about the essence of mindfulness.
- why people who are easily distracted are more likely to be less happy.
- if your phone can make you unhappy and what you should do about it.
- why Paul is a ‘Happy Hammer’ (West Ham fan) despite never winning the league.
- how the power of ‘hope’ can make you happy by allowing your imagination run freely.
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