Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research

Edited by Beverley A. Searle, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee, Jessica Pykett, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham and Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds, Just Futures Centre for Child, Youth, Family and Community Research, University of Huddersfield, UK

• Contents:Foreword xivKatherine Trebeck, Wellbeing Economy Alliance1 Introduction to wellbeing research 1Beverley A Searle, Jessica Pykett and Maria Jesus Alfaro-SimmondsPART I APPROACHING WELLBEING2 Commentary to Part I: reanimating the radical possibilitiesof wellbeing 23Sarah Atkinson3 Towards a queer epistemological framework for wellbeingresearch 29Julia Zielke4 A Marxian approach to wellbeing: human nature and use value 51David Watson5 Developing qualitative, biographical research intohappiness and wellbeing: a sociological perspective 68Mark Cieslik6 Practicing wellbeing through community economies: anaction research approach 84Thomas SJ Smith and Kelly DombroskiPART II PRACTICING WELLBEING7 Commentary to Part II: a wellbeing lens in practice 104Neil Thin8 Prisoners’ rehabilitation and wellbeing: a psychosocialperspective 110Fabio Tartarini9 Gender and wellbeing in post-war Sri Lanka 129Fazeeha Azmi10 Wellbeing and inclusion: a place for religion 148Laura Kapinga and Bettina Bock11 Children experiencing happiness in the city 164Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds12 Housing inequalities and wellbeing: a critical analysis ofnarratives from stakeholders in Luxembourg 184Magdalena Górczyńska-Angiulli, Elise Machline13 Woodlands and wellbeing: evaluating the ‘Actif WoodsWales’ programme 205Heli Gittins, Sophie Wynne-Jones and Val MorrisonPART III WHERE NEXT FOR WELLBEING?14 Commentary to Part III: wellbeing: a means for informedpolicy-making 227Susan J Elliott15 Who benefits and who suffers from internationalmigration? Global evidence from the science of happiness 232Martijn Hendriks16 Human wellbeing in environmental management 245Kelly Biedenweg and David J Trimbach17 Budgeting for wellbeing 266Arthur Grimes18 Subjective wellbeing and transformation 282Beverley A SearleIndex

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