Wenceslao W Unanue
Wenceslao Unanue is Assistant Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Business School (Chile). PhD in Psychology (Economic Psychology) and MSc Applied Social Psychology (University of Sussex, U.K.). BA Business and Economics (PUC, Chile); Commercial Engineering (PUC, Chile); MSc Economics (PUC, Chile); BA Psychology (PUC, Chile); Psychologist (PUC, Chile); Country representative, International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP). Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Action for Happiness and the International Positive Psychology Association. Board member, Instituto del Bienestar. His main research interests are addressed to public policies on happiness, well-being, development, sustainability, trust and work (among others). Professor Unanue had advised national and international organizations and given talks in countries such as Spain, Hungary, Brazil, US, Israel, UK, Russia, Scotland, Poland, Bhutan, Romania, The Netherlands, France, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Chile. Unanue is author and co-author of several books and book chapters such as La Felicidad: Evidencias y experiencias para cambiar nuestro mundo. He was member of the International Expert Working Group (IEWG), organization that collaborated with the Royal Government of Bhutan and the United Nations in building a New Development Paradigm (NDP) based on happiness and well-being. Currently, he is part of the World Well-being Panel (WWP), led by the London School of Economics and Barcelona GSE (https://bse.eu/research/world-wellbeing-panel). The WWP is about the promotion of wellbeing as the ultimate purpose of all major decision makers, particularly governments. Additionally, WU is part of the “This Works in my Place – Latin America” program (https://iaapsy.org/divisions/division1/this-works-in-my-place-wop-sustainable-leader-program-latin-america/). The main goal of the project is the identification of relevant contextual factors that give inputs to Work and Organizational Psychology (WOP) strategies and practices in achieving five relevant Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations: “no poverty”, “good health and well-being”, “gender equality”, “decent work” and “innovation”. Currently, Dr. Unanue acts as Associate Editor of the Journal of Happiness Studies.
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