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Introduction

The network was launched at the event ‘Well-Being and Social Participation: Education, Cultural Engagement, and Health’ as part of the WISERD Summer Series, 2021. It is aimed primarily at academics engaged in inter-disciplinary and/or multi-disciplinary well-being research and its promotion across policy, and in statutory and non-statutory practice-based contexts. However, we also have non-academic members who are interested in well-being research and have also made significant contributions to the network’s activities.

 

Summary of main aims

The network aims to champion well-being research from various disciplines, including (but not exclusively and in no particular order), from social policy, sociology, anthropology, social geography, political science, psychology, health, criminology, business studies, arts and the creative industries, pedagogy, and social and political philosophy.

The network is also aimed at engaging policymakers, practitioners, and service-users, based on co-productive principles, which systematically includes non-academic ‘voices’ in the research process.

Subsequently, the network reflects the agendas, knowledge and experience of key non-academic stakeholders, working alongside academics to inform the development of positively impactful policy and practice-based interventions.

 

Key activities

Our activities since our inception in July 2021 include, organising panels or workshops promoting well-being research and how this relates to the development of policy and practice; disseminating and sharing of network members’ research and other related activities; facilitating research and scholarly collaborations and ‘conversations’ between network members; organising events which engage academics with policymakers, practitioners, and service-users, based on co-productive principles; contributing to and organising seminars and conferences as members of the network (and see copies of our annual newsletter below for more details and information).

 

Leadership and membership details

The network lead is Steve Smith, Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Policy, from the University of South Wales, steve.smith@southwales.ac.uk He also works alongside a leadership team to promote and develop the network.

 

Leadership team (in alphabetical order)

 

So, if you are interested in becoming a member of WISERD’s well-being research network, please don’t hesitate to contact steve.smith@southwales.ac.uk. He will send you a very brief form to complete, and then include you on the network register (please see below) and mailing list, as a new member.

WISERD Well-being Network Register.