Program
Monday 30th May
9:30-10:00 – Introduction: Project team and participants
10:00-11:30 – Project’s overview and theoretical framework
- ICT and well-being: Towards a theoretical framework (Fulvio Castellacci & Vegard Tveito)
- The economic effects of ICTs: a survey (Per Botolf Maurseth)
11:30-13:00 – Lunch
13:00-14:00 – Project’s data and empirical methods
14:00-15:30 – Income-related effects of ICTs
- ICTs and well-being in China and India: a new survey data collection (Dibyendu Maiti)
- ICTs and the death of distance (Arne Melchior)
- ICT use and well-being in European regions (Fulvio Castellacci & Artur Santoalha)
18:30 – Dinner
Tuesday 31st May
9:00-10:15 – ICTs, quality of work and job satisfaction
- Work life satisfaction and innovation activities: a study of the Norwegian MNE Telenor (Fulvio Castelllacci, Leva Martinekaite & Vegard Tveito)
- Work life satisfaction for knowledge-based workers: an occupation-based approach (Clara Viñas-Bardolet)
10:30-11:45 - ICTs, external environment and quality of life
- Green innovations, ICTs and well-being (Ed Steinmuller & Adrian Smith)
- Police corruption, crime and perceived well-being in poor countries: Will ICT innovations make any difference? (Jens C. Andvig)
11:45-12:00 – Status of project and next steps
12:00-13:00 – Lunch
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