Many readers of this piece will be aware that economists are rethinking the role of happiness and GDP. They question facile assumptions about economic growth alone being good for us. What’s the good of…
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Tony Abbott is spending this week in North-East Arnhem Land, part of his long-held hope “to be not just the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. We asked our experts: what stories…
Experts at the University of London have warned British education policy is encouraging schools to maximise the academic…
Australian government policy and happiness research are pointing in very different directions. A prime goal of government policy is economic growth. Many Australians go along with this, assuming that more…
The well-being of children in the UK has seen significant improvement over the past decade or so. This is supported by evidence from the latest comparative study on child well-being published by UNICEF…
Improving life conditions for humans has been linked to increased carbon emissions. Professor Andrew Jorgenson’s research…
Australians are busy at work. We report very high levels of intensive working compared to other industrialised countries. And while it’s difficult to fully disconnect from work as we head home for the…
A recent study about Facebook made headlines across the world with claims that using the social media site makes people sad. But there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what the research actually…
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Senior Research Fellow in wellbeing at work, University of South Australia
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Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance) and Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
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Researcher, Department of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York
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Senior research fellow and director of Life Course Studies, Menzies School of Health Research
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Principal research fellow, Menzies School of Health Research
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Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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SIRE Chair in Economics, University of Aberdeen
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong
