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”

Open access chapter and foreword by Katherine Trebeck of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance: A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research

Pleased to be able to link here to our open access introductory chapter and foreword by Katherine Trebeck of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, for a new edited collection A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research, published by Edward Elgar out just a few weeks ago. Exploring the threats to wellbeing from the environments we inhabit and … Continue reading “Open access chapter and foreword by Katherine Trebeck of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance: A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research”

Expertise and Ethics in Times of Crisis: where and when should ethics come into play? By Sarah Ball, Robert Lepenies, Jessica Pykett, Holger Strassheim

The Centre for Urban Wellbeing at University of Birmingham is currently working on the early stages of a project with researchers at the University of Bielefeld, University of Melbourne and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, which will explore how governments and policymakers incorporate ethical concerns into their decision making processes. Some of the … Continue reading “Expertise and Ethics in Times of Crisis: where and when should ethics come into play? By Sarah Ball, Robert Lepenies, Jessica Pykett, Holger Strassheim”