Questions by Dr Laura Kudrna. Dr Kudrna is a Research Fellow in Applied Psychology and theme lead on Wellbeing Economies for the Centre for Urban Wellbeing at the University of Birmingham. Cross-posted on Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands News Blog. I have seen several emails going around recently about the Birmingham Health and Wellbeing board. … Continue reading “Learning more about the work of the Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Board – with Professor Robin Miller”
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Age-friendly city citizen science research in Birmingham
Doctoral Researcher Grace Wood, supervised by Dr Jessica Pykett (Co-Director of the Centre for Urban Wellbeing) and Professor Afroditi Stathi (Community Health Lead for the Centre of Urban Wellbeing), has co-produced a set of recommendations with older adults and community stakeholders to improve urban wellbeing in local areas across Birmingham. In January, Grace presented her research … Continue reading “Age-friendly city citizen science research in Birmingham”
Contextualising Poverty in Social Housing Practice – Ideas for Change
By Hannah Absalom In this piece, Hannah Absalom considers the connection between behavioural science and psychological perspectives on poverty, in relation to her research on nudging in the social housing sector. Behavioural insights tend to be perceived as a distant and elitist approach to policy making. Behavioural policy that targets those on the lowest incomes … Continue reading “Contextualising Poverty in Social Housing Practice – Ideas for Change”
New research briefings on transdisciplinary research and community wellbeing metrics
Today the Centre for Urban Wellbeing publishes its first research briefings aimed at providing key information, ideas and examples to inspire researchers, policy makers and community organisations to take a place-based approach to research and action on urban wellbeing. While research on subjective wellbeing has boomed, the complex relationship between people’s wellbeing and place is … Continue reading “New research briefings on transdisciplinary research and community wellbeing metrics”
Summer workshop: Creating a place for insight to grow
Centre for Urban Wellbeing, summer workshop How can we work collaboratively to create change in tackling inequalities in urban and community health and wellbeing? The first summer workshop of the Centre for Urban Wellbeing (CUWb) was dedicated to opening up the question of how research and policy could combine to create positive social change. The … Continue reading “Summer workshop: Creating a place for insight to grow”
Job Opportunity: Research Fellow, Food System Transformation
Professor Emma Frew has recently been awarded a UKRI BBSRC consortium grant (£6M) with Cambridge leading and in collaboration with Warwick, Exeter, LSHTM, UCL and King’s College. The project is focused on how to transform the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment and the City of Birmingham is the setting for … Continue reading “Job Opportunity: Research Fellow, Food System Transformation”
PhD opportunities on wellbeing investments in schools and work
The University of Birmingham are currently advertising 2 x 4-year PhD studentships at the University of Birmingham studying mental wellbeing investments. Location: Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham Funding: Tax-free stipend starting at £22,859 p/a in year 1 and rising over the course of the PhD Closing date: July 9th, … Continue reading “PhD opportunities on wellbeing investments in schools and work”
The Wellbeing Impact of Urban Nature, by Fiona J. Clarke
By Fiona J. Clarke, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences. Cities can be stressful. And equally, they can be put under stress themselves. When we consider the wellbeing impact of urban nature, we tend to think principally of human health and perhaps environmental health, too. But what about the health of the cities that … Continue reading “The Wellbeing Impact of Urban Nature, by Fiona J. Clarke”
Balancing citizen wellbeing and ethics in times of crisis. Systems mapping of expert policy advice.
By Dr Sarah Ball, Dr Robert Lepenies, Professor Holger Strassheim, and Dr Jessica Pykett The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital role that behavioural expertise and behaviourally-informed public policies can play in keeping people safe and in understanding risky or health-promoting behaviours, such as compliance with social distancing rules. The public health decision making landscape is a complex one, involving … Continue reading “Balancing citizen wellbeing and ethics in times of crisis. Systems mapping of expert policy advice.”
Designing policy strategies for urban wellbeing – why knowing what works is not enough, by Jessica Pykett
This blog post previously appeared at the Power to Persuade blog Global anxiety about urban stressors The accelerating pace of urbanisation globally has generated new anxieties about our relationship with and experience of cities. Urban challenges such as traffic, air pollution, noise, stress, overcrowding, socio-economic inequalities, food insecurity, excessive waste, ill-health, exclusion, conflict, privatisation of … Continue reading “Designing policy strategies for urban wellbeing – why knowing what works is not enough, by Jessica Pykett”