Organisation
Tobias Pfaff, MScBA
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- Well-being and economics (Happiness Economics)
- Welfare measurement
- Gross National Happiness as the development concept of Bhutan
- Das „Bruttonationalglück“ als Leitlinie der Politik in Bhutan – eine ordnungspolitische Analyse, ORDO – Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 2011, Vol. 62, pp. 365–386.
- Experimente mit Taschengeld, Ferien und Zufriedenheit – Wie Vergleiche im Alltag unser Glück bestimmen, Unterricht Wirtschaft & Politik, 1/2011, pp. 43–48.
- Das Streben nach Bruttosozialglück - Bhutans Weg zu nachhaltiger Wohlfahrt, Journal 360°, 02/2009, pp. 52–61.
Republished in: Fremuth et al. (eds.) (2010): Glückseligkeit des Drachens - die Philosophie des Glücks in Bhutan und anderswo , Schriftenreihe der DGVN NRW e.V., Issue 2, pp. 15–22. - Das Bruttosozialglück in Bhutan, OHM-Journal, SS 2009, p. 58
- Bruttosozialglück, in: Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 1/09, p. 75.
- Measuring Gross National Happiness in Bhutan, Measuring the Progress of Societies, 2008, OECD Newsletter, Issue 3, pp. 6-8.
Working papers:
- Das „Bruttonationalglück“ als Leitlinie der Politik in Bhutan – eine ordnungspolitische Analyse, CIW-Discussion Paper 9/2011.
- Das Bruttonationalglück aus ordnungspolitischer Sicht – eine Analyse des Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftssystems von Bhutan, 2011, RatSWD Working Paper 182.
Other research projects:
Talks:
- Comparison of Statistical Software Packages: Centre for Bhutan Studies, Sherubtse College, Bhutan
- Elementary Concepts of Statistics: Centre for Bhutan Studies, Sherubtse College, Bhutan
- A Brief Introduction to Stata with 50+ Basic Commands: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan
- Gross National Happiness – Das Entwicklungskonzept von Bhutan: University of Münster (Chair of Finance, Institute for Geography), German Institute for Economic Research (SOEP department), University of Basel (department of business and economics), University of Applied Sciences Nürnberg (department of business administration), German Bhutan Himalaya Association (Bhutan day 2009), University of Cologne (lecture series "What is happiness?"), ZEIT FORUM Kultur (Ruhrtriennale Bochum), NDR Info/ZEIT-Stiftung ("Vom guten Leben")
Conferences:
- Market and Happiness, 08.–09.06.2011, Milan, Italy ["May Germans Hope That Economic Growth Will Make Them Happier One Day? An Analysis of the Easterlin Hypothesis Using German Panel Data
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- I.S.E.O. Summerschool 2010, 19.–26.06.2010, Iseo, Italy ["Gross National Happiness - the Development Architecture of Bhutan"]
- IX. Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), 19.–23.07.2009, Florence, Italy [“The Framework for Measuring Gross National Happiness in Bhutan”]
- 2009 Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society, 27.–29.04.2009, Perth, Scotland [“Quality of Life, Gross National Happiness and the Oil Crisis in the 1970s”]
- 42. Forschungsseminar Radein zum Vergleich von Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftssystemen, 16.–21.02.2009, Radein, Italy [“Quality of Life, Gross National Happiness and the Oil Crisis in the 1970s”]
Curriculum vitae:
- 2011 research stay at the Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan (April–May)
- Since February 2009 research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Christian Müller
- 2007-2008 internship at the Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan
- 2003-2006 studies of Business Administration at the University Of Münster
- 2001-2002 studies of Business Administration at the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel
- 2001 high-school diploma, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium Schweinfurt
Other:
- Tutorial "Using Gapminder in Presentations"
- List of economics & business journals in literature databases (Excel table, updated 09/2009)
- Newsletter on "Beyond GDP", Juni 2010
- Newsletter on "Beyond GDP", Dezember 2010
- Bibliography on "Beyond GDP" of the library of the German Bundestag (literature in German and English)
