Dominic Richardson Keynote Speaker at ISSA Conference 2026
We are thrilled to announce Dominic Richardson, Managing Director of the Learning for Wellbeing Institute, as a keynote speaker at ISSA Conference 2026!
Dominic has extensive experience in researching family policies and child well-being. For almost a decade, he led two of UNICEF’s global research teams, education and social policy and economic analysis at the Office of Research – Innocenti, where he oversaw work on family cash transfers and cash plus programmes (including gender responsive social protection), social expenditure and ECD policies, the Innocenti Report Card Series, teachers and teaching, development of social and emotional skills, and global research on family policies, child development and well-being. Dominic previously worked with OECD Social Policy Division on a broad range of studies covering child well-being, evaluating family policies, integrating human services, and social impact investment. Dominic has led or co-authored multiple reports on comparative child well-being in high-, middle- and low-income countries. Dominic was awarded the 2018 Jan Trost Award (lifetime achievement) for Outstanding Contributions in International Family Studies by the National Council for Family Relations in the United States.
🎥 Watch Dominic’s video about the conference format, theme, and why it's important.
Reminders
📣 Call for Contributions is open:
• Deadline: April 27
🔔 In-person participation in Lisbon is limited—secure your place early with the early bird rate
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