Science and Ethics for Happiness and Well-being (SEH) Project

Vatican & UNO

SEH is an initiative hosted and managed by Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, in partnership with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Monsignor Sorondo, Jeffrey Sachs, Owen Flanagan, and Alejandro Adler will lead a series of meetings at the Pontifical Academies over the next two years to explore ways of leveraging the synergies of Science, Ethics, and Faith for Happiness, Well-being, and Sustainable Development (in short, Science and Ethics for Happiness and Well-being, or “SEH”). The objective is an actionable synthesis based on scientific findings, philosophical wisdom, and theological teachings. The expected outcomes are research collaborations, academic publications, policy reports, and active policy work with governments. The SEH program will build upon and augment the happiness and well-being programs already well established at the SDSN, including the World Happiness Report, supported by the Ernesto Illy Foundation, and the Global Happiness and Well-being Council, initiated and supported by the United Arab Emirates, now collaborating with the OECD.