20 June 2019, 4pm
ESRC/AHRC/WWCW Approaches to Understanding and Measuring Wellbeing
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), in partnership with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing (WWCW), are pleased to invite proposals for innovative research projects that focus on a wide range of methodologies and approaches to understanding and measuring wellbeing.
They welcome proposals that will look at a vast range of definitions of wellbeing, as well as different methodological approaches to the measurement of wellbeing.
This could include debate and comparative study around different understandings and views of ‘wellbeing’ in addition to investigating different methodologies to utilising data resources to inform the measurement of wellbeing in varying contexts.
The aim of this call is to fund a project that will consider a wide range of methodologies and approaches to the understanding and measurement of wellbeing in varying contexts, including but not limited to the following:
- Understanding and measurement of life satisfaction and its relationship to other measures of wellbeing (eg happiness, anxiety, mental health problems, social capital) and the appropriateness of this measure for different population groups (eg those with learning disabilities)
- Capturing/measuring the distribution of wellbeing across different populations (accounting for wellbeing inequalities, relationship between wellbeing and economic, social and political inequalities, measuring the wellbeing of future generations, indirect impact on the wellbeing of others)
- Exploring how macro-level goals for wellbeing can be translated to apply across multiple jurisdictions and policy areas eg the devolved nations as well as specific sectors and agencies
- Consolidating the understanding and measurement of wellbeing in different contexts to derive recommended frameworks with metrics (including at the community level, within the work context)
- Understanding wellbeing across the life course and identifying the significance of transition points, including the potential consequences and impacts of different life events.
Proposals should involve a diverse range of perspectives and disciplines from across the social sciences and the arts and humanities.
The successful team will be expected to work closely with the WWCW Hub and any existing research projects.
Applicants can apply for up to £550,000 (100%fEC) of which UKRI will contribute 80%.
They intend to fund one grant.
Applicants are invited to submit a full proposal via the Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) System no later than 16:00 on 20 June 2019.
A shortlisting panel meeting will be held in June and interviews will take place in July.
Funding decisions will be communicated to applicants by the end of August 2019.
The successful grant must start by 15 November 2019.