Call for papers: 4th International Conference on Happiness and Well-being

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ICHW2026 invites researchers, practitioners, scholars, and graduate students to submit proposals for presentation. As an international conference that bridges happiness studies, positive psychology, and well-being research, the conference welcomes contributions from a wide range of disciplines and professional backgrounds.
Our goal is to create a boutique, highly interactive academic environment where evidence-based insights, applied models, and diverse perspectives come together.

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Types of Submissions and Evaluation Criteria:

ICHW2026 accepts the following types of submissions and they will be evaluated as follows:

• Academic submissions – empirical studies, theoretical frameworks, and methodological innovations in positive psychology and well-being science:
  1.  Currency, importance, and relevance to the conference themes
  2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
  3. Clearly states design methodology and findings* (applicable for complete research papers)
  4. Originality and innovation
  5. Clarity of abstract as indicator of presentation quality

• Professional and personal development – practitioner-led insights, applied programs, case studies, and community interventions:
  1.  Relevance to conference themes
  2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
  3. Idea flow as and indicator of presentation quality
  4. Creative and inspirational
  5. Contains applicable and beneficial items
• NGO, Government, Non-Profit – implementation projects, societal well-being initiatives, and cross-sector research that address happiness and quality of life:
  1.  Relevance to conference themes
  2. Clearly states purpose and outcome
  3. Idea flow as an indicator of presentation quality
  4. Clearly stated implementation
  5. Societal impact

Proposals are accepted on a rolling admission basis as long as space is available or by January 25th 2026 at latest and are to be be submitted along with application form. All submissions will be peer reviewed and acceptance/rejections is based on the criteria specified above, as well as professional and personal background of the applicant, in order to ensure a dynamic and diverse learning environment. Admission decisions are made on a rolling admission basis, within 7 days after the application has been submitted. Admission may close earlier than the date stated above if space in the conference fills up.

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Submission Guidelines:

• Deadline: January 25, 2026 (rolling admissions until space is filled)
• Application: Submit proposals along with the application form
• Review Process: Peer-reviewed based on the criteria above and the applicant's background to ensure a dynamic and diverse learning environment
• Admission Decisions: Made within 7 days of application submission

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TOPICS

The ICHW2026 accepts proposals on various topics related to happiness and well-being on an individual and societal level, as well as well-being in education and at workplace. Some of ideas for possible research topics can be found below: 

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• Arts
• Age & gender - correlation with happiness and well-being
• Anger management
• Biology of happiness & wellbeing
• Children & youth
• Community and well-being
• Concept of Gross national happiness
• Connection between money and happiness
• Consumerism and happiness
• Culture & society
• Definitions and meaning of happiness and well-being
• Diet & lifestyle
• Economics of happiness
• Emotions & well-being
• Education & happiness
• Equity, freedom and justice - relation to happiness and well-being
• Ethics and virtues for happiness and well-being
• Financial, mental health & well-being
• Happiness at the workplace: concept and meaning

• Ideas of happiness and well-being
• Income and happiness
• Morality and happiness​
• Organizational culture - impact of well-being and productivity
• Positive psychology: The science of happiness
• Religion and concept of happiness & well-being
• Social relations and happiness
• Spiritual well-being and happiness
• Technology and it's effects on happiness in a society
• The concept of sustainable happiness and well-being
• The impact of social isolation on happiness and well-being
• The psychology of well-being and happiness
• Theoretical concepts of happiness and well-being
• Practices and rituals
• Wealth and happiness
• Wellness at workplace
• World happiness index
• Other topics related to happiness and well-being

presenting options

The following presentation formats will be possible at the conference:

• Oral presentation: Deliver your presentation live and in person to an engaged audience.
• Poster presentation:  Display your poster in the conference hall or on the virtual platform (for remote participants), allowing for questions and interactive discussions.
• Video presentation: Share a pre-recorded video presentation, accessible on the virtual conference platform for viewing and discussions.

publication

Tomorrow People Organization is a member of CrossRef. Published paper will be assigned individual DOI and will be indexed in CrossRef citation database as well Google Scholar and ICHW digital library. ​

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Papers presented at the conference will be published in the official ISBN conference proceedings publication if submitted by the deadline and in the requested format.

In order to have your paper published in the official conference proceedings, your submission should have been previously approved by the committee and registration arrangements completed.

Paper publication is optional. Authors who have completed registration arrangements and wish their paper to be published in the official conference proceedings publication must submit their paper and/or abstract by February 10th 2026. Otherwise, only the abstract will be published if it meets formatting requirements. 
 
Formatting guidelines:

• A4 size paper
• Single line space
• Margins: 2 cm on the left and 2 cm on the right
• Format: Align left
• No footers and headers allowed and no numbered pages
• Fonts:

                Title: Times New Roman 14 bold
                Subtitles: Times New Roman 12 bold
                Text: Times New Roman 12

• Front section (first page):

1. Title of submission
2. Name/s of author/s
3. Affiliation/s of the author/s
4. E-mail address of corresponding author
5. Abstract of maximum 250 words (or one page)
6. Key words 3-10 (under abstract)

• Main section (manuscript):

1. Introduction
2. Results (where applicable)
3. Discussion
4. Methodology (where applicable)
5. Conclusion 

• End section:

1. Acknowledgments (where applicable)
2. Funding (authors of academic research papers must clearly disclose sources of funding for conducting their  research; any grant received should be clearly indicated. If you have not received any external funding from your research, please state: "This research received no external funding)
3. Conflict of interest (authors of academic research papers must state any circumstances that may be perceived as a conflict of interest in terms of representing or interpreting the research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please state: "Authors declare no conflict on interest")
4. References (APA style)

Full paper template - DOWNLOAD

Deadline for proceedings submissions (for registered authors): February 10th 2026.
Submissions received after this date or/and in a format different than specified will NOT be published. We strongly recommend early submissions to allow enough time for a review and feed back from the reviewing board.
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