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The Society for research on Welfare and Policy (WAP) brings together economists and other social scientists who use positive and normative approaches to study well-being, behavior and their implications for public policies

The Society provides an independent and durable framework for collaboration, extending beyond individual universities, institutions, and time-limited projects. It promotes sustained exchanges with policymakers, international comparative perspectives, and evidence-based policy analysis.

LINKS with Academia

LINKS with Academia

Research Program on Well-Being, Behavior, and Policy Evaluation Renewed for a Second Phase

Coordinated by WAP President Olivier Bargain, the HOPE research program on well-being, behavior, and policy evaluation has been renewed for another four years at the University of Bordeaux.

EVENTS

EVENTS

Third Welfare and Policy conference, May 10-11, 2027

The 3rd Welfare & Policy Conference will bring together researchers in economics and the social sciences in Bordeaux on May 10–11, 2027, to discuss contemporary challenges to well-being, inequality, and public policy, including political, demographic, environmental, and technological transformations.

MEDIA

MEDIA

WAP experts on French pension reforms

WAP Secretary-General Florence Jusot will participate in the 2026 JECO roundtables on the challenges of reforming the French pension system.