The Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine Ukr/Ru organize a conference on the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities in post-transition economies! This conference will bring together researchers interested in population well-being in the region and provide an opportunity for extended dialogue among academic and policy researchers, government officials and policymakers to promote use evidence-based decision making at all levels.

The goals of the conference are to:

·Bring together researchers interested in population well-being in the region and disseminate findings from high quality studies on quality of life and wellbeing.

·Provide an opportunity for extended dialogue among academic and policy researchers, government officials and policy makers to promote use of evidence and analytics in the decision making at all levels to improve population wellbeing.

A tentative list of topics includes (but is not limited to) subjective wellbeing (e.g., happiness, social inclusion, satisfaction with life as a whole and its various aspects), potential determinants of wellbeing (e.g., health, poverty, standards of living, age, inequality, discrimination, migration, displacement, working conditions) and social structures/policies affecting population wellbeing (e.g. safety net, social assistance, healthcare).

Organizing Committee:

Olena Nizalova – Senior Research Fellow, School of Economics/ School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko – Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley.
Tymofiy Mylovanov – Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh.