On 5th and 6th January 2023, a workshop hosted by Birkbeck University and organised by Alex Grzankowski will explore the nature of happiness ( book here ). My talk will focus on whether we can be delusional and happy at the same time. Here is the full (provisional) programme: January 5th Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham) — Can we be delusional and happy? Jonathan Mitchell (Cardiff) — Affective experiences of higher values Mark Textor (KCL) and Alex Grzankowski (Birkbeck) — Happiness is a mood January 6th MM McCabe (KCL) — Choosing lives Dan Haybron (Saint Louis University) — Happiness and human agency Luca Barlassina and Max Hayward (Sheffield) — Affect and satisfaction: from the folk concept of happiness to happiness (and back) Christine Vitrano (CUNY Brooklyn) — A life well lived: happiness and goodness