Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness

The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) at SSE is launching a new research collaboration with Liseberg, Scandinavia’s largest amusement park. Together with affiliated researchers from the Karolinska Institute and the London School of Economics, the initiative will explore how shared experiences and positive forms of stress influence wellbeing and human relationships.

Early efforts to support wellbeing can play a decisive role in how well young people transition into working life. The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare, and Happiness at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE)is now launching a three-year partnership with Skandia’s foundation Idéer för livet with the aim of deepening the knowledge of preventive initiatives and their impact.

Can major events and live experiences help explain how a city is doing? In Stockholm, new insights from the Stockholm Wellbeing Index suggest the answer is yes. By measuring how people actually experience life in the city, Stockholm is taking a different approach to understanding what drives competitiveness beyond GDP.

The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) at the Stockholm School of Economics, in collaboration with Swedbank and Sparbankerna, has released the fourth wave of The Wisdom Panel. This wave explores how well-being is shaped by life partners, life stages, and outlook on life — offering new insights into how we live and feel as we grow older.