Wellbeing
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Well-being
Journal article
Acting locally, thinking nationally: layering Indigenous ontology within wellbeing frameworks
This perspective indicates how philosophies such as Yawuru’s mabu liyan can support relational, place-based, self-determined wellbeing initiatives while strengthening national policy efforts to capture the human and other-than-human interlinkages of wellbeing.
Journal article
Beyond growth: a wellbeing economy for the textile and garment sector
This paper analyses the global textile and garment industry - one of the most globalised and complex supply chains - to identify key attributes of wellbeing economies and demonstrate how they can be applied in practice.
Report
A critical assessment of GDP as a measure of economic performance and social progress
Gross domestic product (GDP) was never intended to be a measure of wellbeing or progress. Thousands of papers, articles, books and speeches have been written on the failings of GDP - yet it has continued as the primary metric of progress and economic wellbeing around the world. This report examines the failings of GDP as...
Technical report
Wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
This report draws on the previous seven reports in the COVID-19 series, and wider research, to highlight the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic, and to learn from them.
Technical report
Pacific connectedness and wellbeing in the pandemic
This report looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa and shows how Pacific peoples’ connection – to family, community, culture and faith – has been a key source of strength and resilience in the pandemic.