1 November 2016

The ESRC funded seminar series entitled ‘Sustaining employee well-being in the 21st century’ which saw 9 seminars run over a period of 3 years, ended on a high with a two day event at the Business School and at the Scottish Parliament in early October.
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The series has generated a vibrant and diverse network of academics, practitioners and policymakers all bringing different knowledge, experience and insight into employee well-being and to the crucial issue of how we can sustain employee well-being in the fast changing world of work.

Three key themes have guided the series:

  • What is well-being and why does it matter?
  • How can we develop and sustain employee well-being?
  • What are the challenges for sustaining employee well-being?

Guest presenters have spanned disciplines, institutions, professional bodies and have come from as far afield as southern Australia and, more close to home, from Paris, Sweden and across the UK. A strength of the series has been the involvement with and inputs from key policy bodies (e.g. OECD, CIPD, HSE and ESRC) and a wide range of practitioners, including representatives of leading employers, such as RBS and P&G, as well as independent well-being consultants. The strong network is now seeking to continue the conversations surrounding managing and sustaining employee well-being beyond the remit of the series.

The series was organised by Dr Tina Kowalski (University of York Management School), Professor Wendy Loretto, Dean of the University of Edinburgh Business School, and the late Professor Tom Redman (Durham university), who sadly passed away in December 2015.

Details of all seminars and speakers are available from the website.

For those interested in finding out more or in joining the network, please contact Tina Kowalski.