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People and Places conference: Places, health and wellbeing

The People & Places mini-conference is a four day, online conference curated by the Understanding Society team. Each day of the conference focuses on a particular theme. The mini-conference is free to attend, but advance registration is required. You can attend on just one day, or come for the whole conference.

To see more information about the keynote presentations and papers being presented, please go to our conference website. 

Programme (draft)

13.00 – 13.05 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

Chair: TBA

13.05 – 13.25 Importance of ecological quality of public green and blue spaces for subjective well-being

Dr Sarah Knight (University of York)

13.25 – 13.45 Different Types of Greenspace and the Mental Health of Youth Living in London

Marie Mueller (University College London)

13.45 – 14.05 Change in the food environment and change in measured adiposity in adulthood: a longitudinal study from the Christchurch Health and Development birth cohort, Aotearoa New Zealand

Dr Matthew Hobbs (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

14.05 – 14.20 Q&A

14.20 – 14.30 BREAK

14.30 – 14.50 The Psychological Gains from COVID-19 Vaccination: Should the mentally distressed be prioritized?

Professor Manuel Bagues (University of Warwick)

14.50 – 15.10 Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of recession and austerity: research using USS data on residents in England 2011-17, linked to geographical indicators

Professor Sarah Curtis (Durham University and University of Edinburgh)

15.10 – 15.30 Relationships between Volunteering, Neighbourhood Deprivation and Mental Wellbeing across Four British Birth Cohorts: Evidence from 10 Years of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Dr Hei Wan Mak (University College London)

15.30 – 15.50 Assessing the changes in neighbourhood satisfaction among older age adults in England using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Nilofer Sait (University College London)

15.50 – 16.10 Q&A FOR PRESENTERS

16.10 – 16.15 CLOSING REMARKS

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