
How we determine our wellbeing
In 1961, the OECD organised a conference on human capital that propelled education into the centre of policy-making worldwide (OECD 1962, Schultz 1961). This month, the OECD and the Londo...
Professor Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee is a Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2006 and has held positions at the University of London, University of York, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, University of Melbourne, and London a School of Economics.
His research interests are quantitative social and behavioural sciences, and his research findings have been regularly discussed in the media, including the Financial Times, the Economist, and the London Times. He is the author of the popular economics book, The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset (Icon Books).