Join UBCs John Helliwell, one of the leading minds investigating what makes us happy, for a special Speakers Series event sponsored by the .
Dr. Helliwells lecture will combine scientific evidence with stories to illustrate where research on happiness is heading, and how its results can be used to improve your quality of life.
The science of well-being embraces insights, evidence, and methods from many disciplines, ranging from psychology, philosophy, genetics, epidemiology and neuroscience to sociology, anthropology, political science and economics, all sharing Aristotles curiosity about what makes for a good life. The biggest recent innovation has been to replace top-down expertise by democratic attention to how people evaluate their own lives.
These reports are increasingly being used to assess the quality of life in families, workplaces, communities and nations, with many disciplines collaborating to figure out what makes people happy, and experimenting with different ways of adapting public institutions and private choices to improve the all-important social context.
Dr. Helliwells presentation will be followed by his dialogue withMaria LeRose, award-winning television producer who has moderated panels featuring the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sir Ken Robinson and other luminaries.
Enhancing Quality of Life: Latest advances in the Science of Happiness is Feb. 28 at the SFU Woodwards Building campus, 149 W. Hastings. Its from 7 to 9 pm and tickets are $40 for adults, $30 for students and seniors.
Meanwhile, on Feb. 17 the Dalai Lama centre is also hosting The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel and live and how you can change them. Its a free noon-hour lecture with Richard Davidson, who was on Time magazines 2006 list of the 100 most influential people.
Its first-come, first seated at Lecture Theatre 1, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC.
