Wellbeing: should we be using it to ‘monetise’ non market activities?
In this week’s guest blog Paul Frijters, co-director with Richard Layard of the CEP-LSE wellbeing group, responds to last month’s blog from Dan Corry, which suggested that adding a price tag to wellbeing risks overselling and misunderstanding its true value.
read moreWellbeing – a way forward for Wales
Ruth Townsley, Happy City’s Measurement and Policy director, throws the spotlight on a new joint framework for measuring conditions for wellbeing in Wales – assessing its challenges and potential.
read moreACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE: Research gaps in student mental health
This week’s guest blog is from Dr Nicola Byrom, a lecturer in psychology at King’s College London and founder of Student Minds, the student mental health charity. She shares her concerns about the gaps in understanding in student mental health and the challenges in the research.
read moreWellbeing: should we really be using it to ‘monetise’ non market activities?
As part of our Measuring Wellbeing series, we give space to thought leaders from different sectors to share insights, new perspectives and fresh ideas on how we understand, measure and improve wellbeing. In today’s guest blog from our Board member Dan Corry, CEO of New Philanthropy Capital, questions whether adding a price tag to wellbeing risks overselling and misunderstanding its true value.
read moreWhat are the wellbeing barriers to learning? New evidence
Today we publish Wellbeing barriers to learning. Learning and educational outcomes are important for wellbeing as well as career progression. This review explores the evidence on whether unlocking the barriers faced by people with low wellbeing can improve...
read moreWho has the poorest personal wellbeing?
To increase the value of their work for decision-makers, and in keeping with the aspiration to “leave no one behind”, the Office for National Statistics has collaborated with the City, University of London and the London School of Economic and Political...
read moreEvidence round-up and reflections
As the new Evidence team at the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, Deborah Hardoon (left) and Silvia Brunetti share some initial reflections on the most interesting and challenging aspects of the Centre’s work to build the global evidence base on wellbeing,...
read moreThird sector perspective: place-based change and community wellbeing
This blog comes from Locality, our civil society partner in the Community Wellbeing Evidence Programme. Here, Ruth Breidenbach-Roe reflect on how community practitioners, funders and commissioners can use community wellbeing to guide how we think about place-based...
read moreCentre awarded £1.5m national lottery funding + trustee recruitment
The Centre has received £1.5 million of National Lottery funding over three years from the Big Lottery...
read moreEmbedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland: participating local authorities announced
Back in April, we shared a guest blog about the Embedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland project, and the Carnegie UK Trust’s call for participants to receive funding and in-kind support. Now, Aideen McGinley, Chair of the project’s Advisory Group, shares which local...
read moreHappiness, sexuality and partnerships
Indicators from the Office for National Statistics show that People who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) tend to rate their quality of life as lower than the UK average. Here, economists Shuai Chen and Jan C. van Ours* share the key findings from their...
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