Ringveranstaltungen

Im Rahmen der Ringveranstaltungen werden mehrmals jährlich Vortrags- und Diskussionsveranstaltungen zu aktuellen Fragen der Positiven Psychologie organisiert.

Nächste Ringveranstaltung:

Happier and Sustainable: The neo-humanist path to post-growth societies.

Neo-humanism is a cultural movement to prioritize people over markets by re-orienting social and economic activities. Research on subjective well-being provides valuable insights to promote sustainable development in modern societies, a target that has proved to be elusive so far. Neo-humanism offers a unifying narrative and indicates that it is possible to decouple consumption from subjective well-being, creating conditions for socially and environmentally sustainable high-quality lives. On one hand, evidence suggests that it is possible to promote a virtuous cycle in which investing in subjective well-being, through policies for social relations, reduces the need to consume and supports collective action, which is necessary to protect the environment and to improve subjective well-being. Higher well-being, on the other hand, contributes to efficiency gains that can be used to reduce working time, and to decouple income (and consumption) from subjective well-being. This decoupling will contribute to high quality of life, and to a socially and environmentally compatible economy; an economy that is driven by creativity not conspicuous consumption. Neo-humanism calls for a new definition of progress, such as one that reflects societies' ability to transform resources into high quality of life. Neo-humanism does not argue for de-growth but refutes the agenda of growth at any cost. The evidence suggests that economic growth is compatible with subjective well-being growth only under certain conditions, such as full employment, generous social safety nets, strong social relations, and limited income inequality. Under these conditions, the economy might grow slowly, but slow or near-zero economic growth could actually signal systems that better support quality of life. 

 

Referent:innen: Dr. Francesco Sarracino

Informationen:

  • Datum: 19.03.2024, 19:00-21:00 Uhr
  • Ort: Live-Stream via Zoom
  • Sprache: Englisch
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  • Teilnahmegebühren: Für SWIPPA-Mitglieder kostenlos, ansonsten CHF 20.-
  • Anmeldung: Bis 13. März 2024

 

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