Ruut Veenhoven Award 2017

The Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organisation (EHERO) grants the Ruut Veenhoven Award 2017

The award was created in 2014 in honour of Emeritus Professor Ruut Veenhoven (1942), a prominent researcher and one of the founders of the field of Happiness Studies. The prize carries an award of the equivalent of 2,500 Euro plus a certificate of appreciation. It is intended to award outstanding research in the field of Happiness Studies by a promising researcher; a researcher who has performed exceptional research and is just embarking on a research career (having obtained a doctorate within the last six years). The Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organisation (EHERO) invites the submission of research work written in English. The prize will be presented at the Ruut Veenhoven Seminar in Happiness Studies to be held in Rotterdam on November 28, 2017. The winner will be selected by a committee headed by Emeritus Professor Justus Veenman, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Goal, Procedure and Jury

• The Award recognizes annually a scholar (having obtained a doctorate within the last six years) who has demonstrated innovation and excellence in Happiness Studies through the publication of a research paper or PhD thesis of outstanding quality. Research papers should have been accepted for publication in a peer reviewed international journal. However, no work should be submitted that has been published before 2012. The submission has to be accompanied by a CV and a summary of the submitted work in English (maximum of 2 pages).
• An exemption is made for female scholars who have been on maternity leave. They should have obtained their doctorate within the last eight years, where no work should be submitted that has been published before 2010.
• Scholars can maximally submit

  one

  research paper.
• The jury will consist of a chairman and four full professors; they will be supported by a secretary and two advisors (who are not part of the jury). More information on the composition of the committee can be found below.
• Documents have to be submitted in electronic format (pdf) to veenhovenaward@ese.eur.nl
• The deadline for submission is September 14, 2017.
• Knowledge of the intended recipient of the prize must be treated with confidentiality.
• The winner will be invited to the Ruut Veenhoven Colloquium in Happiness Studies in Rotterdam on the 28th of November 2017, all costs covered.

Jury Ruut Veenhoven Award 2017

Prof.dr. Justus Veenman (chair), Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof.dr. Lidia Arends, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof.dr. Werner Brouwer, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof.dr. Kirsten Rohde, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof.dr. Jack Vromen, Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dr. Martijn Burger (secretary), Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof.dr. Harry Commandeur (advisor), Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof.dr. Ruut Veenhoven (advisor), Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization, Erasmus University Rotterdam