Invited speaker
"Economic possibilities for our grandchildren reloaded", 27th of January 2024, keynote speech at the International Interdisciplinary Conference "Well-being, public policies and sustainable development", University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France.
"Making sustainability work", 25th of May 2023, invited speech at CARITAS Forum, Luxembourg.
"Neo-humanism: opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable world", 11th of November 2022, invited speech at the 75th World Association for Public Opinion Research, Dubai, United Arab Emirates..
"COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities for Neo-humanism", 25th of August 2020, keynote speech at the International Society for Quality of Life Studies 2020 Virtual Conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgCxF8zjLMg).
"Growth and degrowth: rethinking the role of our economy in creating social welfare", 15th of January 2020, invited speech at the Lunch Seminars of CARITAS, Luxembourg.
"Promote, protect and reduce: recipes for durable well-being", 20th of March 2019, invited speech at the Lunch Seminars of CARITAS, Luxembourg.
"Greater well-being for people and the economy", 4th of July 2018, invited presentation at the XIII Conferenza Nazionale di STATISTICA "Dall'incertezza alla decisione consapevole: un percorso da fare insieme", ISTAT - National Statistical Office of Italy, Rome.
(download the slides: Greater well-being for people and the economy)
"Estimation error due to duplicated observations: a Monte Carlo simulation", 20th of April 2016, keynote speech at 6th LCSR International Workshop "Trust, social capital and values in a comparative perspective", Higher School of Economics, Moscow.
"Shut down Facebook and be happy!", 13th of February 2015, invited speaker at EUROSTAT General Assembly 2015, EUROSTAT, Luxembourg.
"For a socially sustainable economic system", 17th of January 2015, invited speaker at the conference: "Tuscany: A Global Laboratory for Quality of Life", Regione Toscana, Firenze, Italy.
"Making economic growth and well-being compatible: the role of social capital and income inequality", 9-10th of October 2014, invited speaker at the workshop: "Public goods through private eyes", University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
"2008 Economic crisis and well-being in Europe", 29th of September 2014, invited speaker at the International Conference: "Personality traits and subjective well-being in the life course", Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy.
"For a socially sustainable economic system", 30th of March 2014, keynote speech at the 4th International Annual Research Conference: "Social and cultural changes in cross-national perspective: values and modernization", Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
(download the slides: 20140330-Moscow-LCSR-V01.pdf)
"All that glitters ain't gold! A beyond GDP strategy for well-being", 15th of November 2013, keynote speech at the 3rd International Annual Research Conference: "Cultural and economic changes under cross-national perspective", Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
(download the slides: 20131114-Moscow-LCSR-V01.pdf)
"Oltre il PIL: nuove idee per un'economia della felicità", 28th of September 2012, New Jobs through ESD Competencies, Chamber of Commerce of Grosseto, Italy.
(download the leaflet.pdf)
(download the slides: in italiano Oltre_il_PIL-handouts-it.pdf)
(download the slides: in english Oltre_il_PIL-handouts-en.pdf)
"Manifesto per la Felicità: come passare dalla società del ben-avere a quella del benessere", 18th of June 2011, ciclo di incontri Scrittori al Castello, Comune di Calenzano, Calenzano (Firenze, Italy)
"1° forum Benvenuto BIL, l'imprenditoria locale e le Onlus incontrano il territorio", 8th of May 2011, AdHOC Pubblicità.it, Ostia (Roma, Italy)
"Recent advances in happiness economics", 26th of November 2010, lecture for master and PhD students, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
"La cassa comune", 5 Giugno 2010, ciclo di incontri “Un'alternativa possibile” organizzati da ACF Toscana e Caritas, Figline Valdarno (Firenze, Italy)
"Logica del mercato e logica del dono: quale rapporto", 20 Maggio 2008, ciclo di incontri "Nuovi Stili di Vita" organizzati da Ass. Misericordia di Barberino e Tavarnelle (Firenze, Italy)