Claire Tyler (The Baroness Tyler of Enfield) will deliver her lecture entitled: ‘What can wellbeing tell us about Brexit?‘ on Thursday 22 June from 18:00 – 19:00, room 1067, Building 58, Highfield Campus, as part of the 2017 Distinguished Lectures programme.*
Trust and social cohesion are crucial within a society. The debate and vote around the UK’s decision to leave the EU shows a reduction in these qualities in Britain today. Increasingly, people are expressing feelings of disconnection, particularly from the political process and from communities.
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Feelings of inequality and declining social mobility may be a significant part of the problem, but more broadly, people’s own feelings of life satisfaction – their self-reported wellbeing – could present a fuller picture of the condition of communities.
Through this lecture, Baroness Tyler will explore whether a nuanced treatment of the challenges facing the UK in 2017 goes beyond money, and how differences in both the levels and inequalities of wellbeing are impacting society today.
Baroness Tyler is currently chair of the Lords Select Committee on Financial Exclusion, Co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics, as well as the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility.
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*Please note: this lecture will be filmed.
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