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Policy: Social-progress panel seeks public comment

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Marc Fleurbaey and colleagues explain why and how 300 scholars in the social sciences and humanities are collaborating to synthesize knowledge for policymakers.

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  1. Marc Fleurbaey is professor in economics and humanistic studies at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, and heads the economics of well-being programme at the Collège d'Ètudes Mondiales-FMSH in Paris, France.,

    Marc Fleurbaey

  2. Olivier Bouin is the director of the Collège d'Etudes Mondiales/FMSH, Paris, France.,

    Olivier Bouin

  3. Marie-Laure Djelic is professor in management at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris, France.,

    Marie-Laure Djelic

  4. Ravi Kanbur is professor of economics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.,

    Ravi Kanbur

  5. Cécile Laborde is professor of political theory at University College London, UK.,

    Cécile Laborde

  6. Helga Nowotny is professor of social studies of science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland.,

    Helga Nowotny

  7. Elisa Reis is professor of sociology and political science at the Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,

    Elisa Reis

  8. Elke Weber is professor of international business at Columbia University, New York City, New York, UK.,

    Elke Weber

  9. Michel Wieviorka is the administrator of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France.,

    Michel Wieviorka

  10. Xiaobo Zhang is chair professor of economics and deputy dean at Beijing University, Beijing, China, and senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.,

    Xiaobo Zhang

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Fleurbaey, M., Bouin, O., Djelic, ML. et al. Policy: Social-progress panel seeks public comment. Nature 534, 616–617 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/534616a

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