MERGE’s six technical deep dives found that measuring wellbeing beyond GDP is less a data problem than a political one. From unpaid work to wealth accounting, the workshops point to what National Statistical Institutes need to build better metrics, and what policymakers must provide to use them meaningfully.
This report provides an overview of the events the MERGE project organised at the EU and UN level to explore how a holistic set of metrics can enhance policy design and monitor policy implementation. The report summarises the main insights, challenges and learnings gained through the process.
Wellbeing is usually measured through its outcomes, such as life expectancy, schooling, or income. Less often we ask what allows a society to produce those outcomes in the first place. This post argues that wellbeing has institutional roots.
This policy brief argues that the EU should use this two-trillion-euro lever deliberately to advance sustainability, social inclusion and gender equality, moving away from defaulting to the lowest price.
This Policy Lab will explore how the Affordable Housing Plan can help deliver healthier, more inclusive and affordable housing for all — and what it takes to make it work in practice.
This Policy Lab will explore how the Affordable Housing Plan can help deliver healthier, more inclusive and affordable housing for all — and what it takes to make it work in practice.
Alternatives to GDP are more urgent than ever. Read MERGE’s last newsletter of 2026 below. Competitiveness, among others, has anchored
The MERGE event “Competitiveness reimagined: towards sustainable and inclusive wellbeing” discussed on how to measure, assess and track competitiveness in a
This Policy Lab will explore how the Affordable Housing Plan can help deliver healthier, more inclusive and affordable housing for all — and what it takes to make it work in practice.
29 April | 10:00–12:30 CET | Register here. This Policy Lab is the third in a series of MERGE Policy
