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Wellbeing Politics

@WellbeingPol

The Politics of Well-being is an ESRC funded seminar series, looking to increase interdisciplinary understanding of the politics and policy of wellbeing

politicsofwellbeing.group.shef.ac.uk/
Joined November 2013
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Dave O'Brien@DrDaveOBrien27 Mar 2017
'higher education systems cater too closely to the idea of a typical student' @Suoman on wellbeing & PhD students timeshighereducation.com/stu…
Student Experience Survey 2017: investigating well-being at university

Student Experience Survey 2017: investigating well-being at university

PhD student Susan Oman outlines the findings from a year she spent listening to her peers about what is important to their well-being, and their broader experiences of higher education

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NEF@NEF6 Mar 2017
Understanding wellbeing inequalities is the first step towards taking action: bbc.in/2mMQbta #Wellbeing
'Happiness gap' divide widest in Wales, study shows

'Happiness gap' divide widest in Wales, study shows

Some parts of Wales show the widest gap in the UK between those happy with life - and those who are not.

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Real Media
@RealMediaGB3 Feb 2017
Can we be the managers of our own happiness or is there a more pernicious side to positive psychology?The Happiness Industry w/ @davies_will
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David Spencer@Spencer_DavidA1 Feb 2017
European Happiness Days conference (~only the happy need submit papers) socialcapitalgateway.org/con…
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Local area wellbeing tools whatworkswellbeing.org/wellb…
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A positive move or something that should raise alarm bells? nitter.gq/timeshighered/status/8…
Times Higher Education (@timeshighered) profile pictureTimes Higher Education
@timeshighered30 Jan 2017
Expert on happiness & #positivepsychology advises @UniOfBuckingham, UK’s first ‘positive university’ bit.ly/2jYJWhH
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Nick Powdthavee@NickPowdthavee27 Jan 2017
We are recruiting a student to do a PhD on the Well-Being Benefits of Higher Education with us. See: www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross…
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Happiness levels in UK 1771-2009 #UnderstandingHappiness
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Social Progress@socprogress20 Jan 2017
Not the most recent thing #Obama said, but maybe the most relevant to our work. What will the next 4 years mean for #socialprogress in USA?
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Rolf Degen
@DegenRolf21 Sep 2016
The subjective perception of one's position in society determines happiness more strongly than income. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… – at Schweinfurt, Bayern
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Looking for wellbeing #data? great to see the wellbeing data infrastructure growing. Let's make best use of it - tell us your findings! nitter.gq/StatSteel/status/82171…
Matt Steel (@MattSteel_ONS) profile pictureMatt Steel@MattSteel_ONS18 Jan 2017
Over 20 surveys now ask the @ONS personal #wellbeing questions. You can find our updated list here ow.ly/BwBc3087msC
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Cary Cooper@ProfCaryCooper19 Jan 2017
Govt's need to invest signif in mental health provision ASAP,the costs 2 the country & ppl's lives is enormous gu.com/p/5ymx5?CMP=Share_iOS…
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Is this kind of ranking of places helpful or detrimental to the wellbeing agenda? Interested to hear your thoughts liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…

Happiest places in UK revealed - and it's bad news for Liverpool

Where you need to live on Merseyside to improve your chances of happiness

liverpoolecho.co.uk
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Housing and wellbeing: special focus with Scoping review of evidence and English Housing Survey Analysis whatworkswellbeing.org/2017/…
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Is Theresa May really committed to mental health research? @Suoman discusses here blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk…
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Policy@Manchester@UoMPolicy16 Jan 2017
Researcher @suoman questions Theresa May’s commitment to mental health research following her #SharedSociety speech: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk…
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Susan Oman@Suoman25 Oct 2016
Annie is against simplistic approaches like subjective #wellbeing #SWB to guide policy, using #ESS data to support a #capabilities approach nitter.gq/sheffwellbeing/status/…
CWiPP (@sheffwellbeing) profile pictureCWiPP@sheffwellbeing5 Oct 2016
New W Paper from Annie Austin @law_uom 'Well-being and Social Justice: In Defence of the Capabilities Approach' sheffield.ac.uk/cwipp/workin…
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.@suoman tackles the social life of #wellbeing indicators, & has posted a summary of #everydayparticipation findings everydayparticipation.org/ue…
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CWiPP@sheffwellbeing5 Oct 2016
New W Paper from Annie Austin @law_uom 'Well-being and Social Justice: In Defence of the Capabilities Approach' sheffield.ac.uk/cwipp/workin…
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