UCL Grand Challenge of Human Wellbeing (GCHW): Events


18 May 2012

Crime, Policing and Citizenship: Project Launch Workshop
Supported by GCHW
Working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police, UCL is beginning a 3.5 year EPSRC funded research project that will address crime, policing and citizen engagement (CPC) at a range of spatial and temporal scales.

29 May 2012

The Science of Happiness
Organised by UCL Public Policy and GCHW
Happiness, wellbeing and quality of life have been climbing up the public policy agenda in recent years, with governments apparently devoting increasing attention to how to improve people’s life satisfaction. But what lies beneath these warm words about the need to improve quality of life?

1 June - 15 September 2012

Exhibition: Fit Bodies - Statues, Athletes and Power
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
What is a fit body? What do we mean by ‘fit’? The idea of fit body has changed over time or has it?

5 July 2012

A UCL GCHW and Future Analysts Network Club Wellbeing Seminar
Led by Peter Antonioni (UCL Management Science) and Nick Maxwell (UCL Science & Technology) will lead a seminar which will seek to identify wellbeing 'drivers'

  • This workshop is invitation only but please contact Michael Reade, Coordinator, GCHW if you have an interest in this subject.
  • Further details will be available shortly.

13 August 2012

Why do we hold separate Paralympics and Olympic events?
Why should a Paralympian be different from an Olympian? It has been argued that Paralympic sports should be included within the Olympic Games, with some sports open to both Olympian and Paralympian athletes.

UCL Crucible Café Scientifique

Presentations and discussion on aspects of lifelong health and wellbeing. Link…

UCL Lunch Hour Lectures

Bite-sized opportunities to sample the exceptional research work taking place at UCL. Link…


Previous GCHW events

2012

8 May 2012

Defusing the Age Bomb
Organised by the European Parliament UK Office
An ageing society and the financial crisis have increased the pressure on financing retirement and services for older people. At the same time social and economic changes disrupt traditional family units, cutting the two-way flow of experience and support between the older and younger generations. Alongside this, modern society has an ever greater need for lifelong learning and new skills. The challenge is to reframe the potential of ageing, and make the most of its potential.  Registration and further details

2 May 2012

Wellbeing Policy Seminar Abstracts
Organised by the ESRC's International Centre for Life Course Studies in Society and Health at UCL.
The current Office of National Statistics (ONS) programme to measure national well-being is unlikely to have escaped many people’s attention. Media attention on “happiness” has obscured the broader aims of this initiative, including measuring individual well-being in all its complexity.

26 April 2012

Active and Healthy Ageing
A one day workshop organised by UCL GCHW and Imperial College London, on behalf of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), to inform the development of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Active & Healthy Ageing.

  • This workshop is invitation only but please contact Michael Reade, Coordinator, GCHW if you have an interest in this subject.
  • Programme

19 April 2012

From Ageing Research into Policy
A half day workshop organised by UCL Crucible and International Longevity Centre

  • This workshop is now full

February 2012

29 February 2012

Delivering Value-Based Healthcare: Maximising outcomes for every pound we spend
UCL Partners and the Greater London Authority

21 February 2012

UCL Adolescent Health and Development Workshop

13–17 February 2012

UCL Wellbeing Week

Diversity Month 2012

UCL Equalities & Diversity's programme of events to celebrate diversity and examine the ongoing and evolving challenges some groups face in education, work and the wider society, based on UCL GCHW

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