Events

The Institute of Social & Economic Research (ISER) cordially invites you to

a seminar presented by:



Speakers: Professor Dr Peter Theuns and Barbara Baran (Vrije Universiteit

Brussel, Belgium)



Title: UNDERSTANDING HAPPINESS -  Scientific experiments to disentangle the

contents of a complex phenomenon



Date: Thursday, 9 February 2012



Time: 15H30



Venue: BARRATT Lecture Theatre 3



UNDERSTANDING HAPPINESS -  Scientific experiments to disentangle the

contents of a complex phenomenon



Visiting Professor Peter Theuns (from Belgium) and Barbara Baran (from

Poland) will explain how their computer-based scientific social experiment

can help us to understand complex concepts like happiness. In this seminar

they will explain the theoretical and practical backgrounds of their study

and show their results.



Come well-prepared: You can do the experiment yourself on-line: Either

through RCConnected http://ruconnected.ru.ac.za/  or through

http://survey.remeps.be/QOLdomainsEN 



Participants of the experiment will get a chance of winning a box of the

famous Belgian chocolates on a lottery. An opportunity not to be missed!



All interested staff and students are welcome to attend!