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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.

How are we affected by repeatedly hearing that we live in one of the world’s happiest countries? A new study from the Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) shows that global happiness rankings do not only reflect how people feel. They can also influence how we perceive our own happiness and that of others.

On March 25, the Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) welcomes Dr. Marc Schulz to the Stockholm School of Economics for a Happy Hour Research Seminar exploring insights from the world’s longest-running scientific study of human wellbeing.

The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) has submitted its response to the Swedish Government’s inquiries “Goda möjligheter till ökat välstånd (SOU 2024:29)” and “Fler möjligheter till ökat välstånd (SOU 2025:96)”. In our contribution, we argue that wellbeing growth must be integrated as a central component of Sweden’s long-term productivity strategy.