Best The Lifecourse Podcast Podcasts (2025)

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Getting to grips with Multiple Sclerosis: using experience and evidence for change 26:52

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In Episode Two of Series 2 of the Lifecourse Podcast from the we discus getting to grips with Multiple Sclerosis. Our guests are from Örebro University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, who has been researching MS for more than 20 years. Helen Andrew, who has been diagnosed with MS and , senior research manager at the . Further reading: Revie…

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Smoking in Canada: still a threat to public health? 16:16

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In Episode One of Series 2 of the Lifecourse Podcast, Dr Thierry Gagné from the and Cynthia Callard, Executive Director at discuss a body of new research on smoking and vaping in Canada published in a special issue journal. is Part 1 of a Special Issue of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada Journal edited by Jennifer O'Lou…

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Lockdown, unpaid care and mental health 13:49

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In this episode of the Lifecourse Podcast from the ESRC International Centre for life course studies at UCL Dr Baowen Xue and Professor Anne McMunn discuss how they used specially collected COVID19 data to look at how couples divided up housework, childcare and homeschooling during lockdown, who was most likely to change their work pattern and the …

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A childhood in care: what consequences for health later on? 13:16

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Professor Amanda Sacker and Dr Emily Murray discuss their research looking at the long term consequences on a person’s health from a childhood spent in care. Further readingBy ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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Parenting for a digital future: the hopes and fears that shape children's lives 18:10

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Sonia Livingstone from the London School of Economics discusses the research behind her new book, She explains how she and co-researcher Alicia Blum-Ross gained access to the homes and lives of parents keen to share their hopes, fears and experiences of parenting in the digital age and offers new important insights for policymakers, educators, and …

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A lifetime of obesity: what does it mean for how we manage physically later on? 11:20

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Turning out to vote: what does it have to do with our health? 15:54

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By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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Pause before you post: what do young people think about social media and their mental health? 16:25

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In a special episode of the Lifecourse Podcast, guest host UCL PhD student Emma Walker discusses young people's social media use and their mental health. Her guests are undergraduate students, Loes Wal, Kritika Rai and Alyson Ong. With support from ICLS and the National Literacy Trust they put on a workshop for 50 schoolchildren discussing their th…

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iGen - Why our super-connected kids may not be super happy 18:46

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Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University discusses her research on the links between heavy social media and screen use and increased levels of depression and anxiety among young people in the US and the UK.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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Intimate encounters: setting teenagers on a path to healthy, happy relationships 13:07

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Cath Mercer from University College London and Clare Tanton from the London School of Health and Tropical Medicine discuss research looking at the intimate encounters of 14 year-olds in the Millennium Cohort Study and what it tells us about helping to set young people on a positive path to happy, healthy relationships.…

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Can cultural engagement stop us becoming frail? 8:55

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Nina Rogers from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies at UCL discusses her research published in the Journals of Gerontology looking at cultural engagement as a possible risk-reducing factor for frailty.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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Why are young people drinking less alcohol than they used to? 7:36

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It seems young people are drinking less alcohol than they used to. Research published in the BMC Public Health Journal shows that almost a third of 16 to 24-year-olds in 2015 said they didn't drink, compared with around one in five in 2005. In this episode of the Lifecourse Podcast, Dr Linda Ng Fat from the Department for Epidemiology and Public He…

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Taking time out to scroll free 15:11

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, CEO of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Shirley Cramer and Professor Yvonne Kelly from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies at UCL discuss the negative effects of heavy social media use on young people's mental health and happiness. They also talk about the RSPH #ScrollFreeSeptemb…

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Childhood disadvantage and negative health behaviour in adults 7:42

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Heavy drinking and smoking, poor diet and a lack of physical activity have been shown to go hand in hand in adults from more disadvantaged backgrounds. But research from ICLS PhD student, Claire Mawditt, hints that, contrary to previous evidence, being disadvantaged as a pre-adolescent child is not in itself a predictor of those sorts of negative h…

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Is a bus pass a route to good health? 10:36

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The Government recently announced that, after a review of the older person's bus pass, it would continue for the foreseeable future. Some of the evidence that fed into that review was produced by researchers Libby Webb (formerly ICLS now Age UK researcher) and Anthony Laverty from Imperial College London. In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, …

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Occupational pensions: a question of social class? 6:47

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We are all being told we need to save harder and longer for our retirement. The State Pension isn’t enough to live on and so we all need to make provision for the day when we will no longer be earning or have access to a salary or a wage. For most of us, this means saving into a pension scheme - maybe one that our employer organises or something we…

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Jewels in the crown: the Birth Cohort Studies 8:56

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The British Birth Cohort Studies are often described as ‘the jewel in the crown’ of British science. They are used on a daily basis by life course researchers at ICLS to try to better understand how life gets under our skin and to help policy makers, practitioners and the public know when and how to act to help people live long, healthy and happy l…

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Getting out and about: what helps us stay active in older age? 7:21

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Being able to get out and about as we get older is important for our health and wellbeing. But what needs to be put in place at what point in our lives to help us achieve that? In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Tarani Chandola talks about ICLS research presented in a new booklet Never too Early, Never too Late, which shows some of the fact…

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Work stress midlife and volunteering in retirement 7:06

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Morten Wahrendorf discuss the link between the quality of midlife work and the uptake of volunteering during retirement. His research uses data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) which is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-ec…

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GCPH Seminar Series 2014-2015 - Experience shapes the brain across the lifecourse; epigenetics, biological embedding and cumulative change (audio) 56:32

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In Lecture 6, the final lecture of Seminar Series 2014-2015, Professor Bruce S. McEwen delivers a talk on how experience shapes the brain across the lifecourse; epigenetics, biological embedding and cumulative change. Professor McEwen is a neuroscientist at The Rockefeller University, New York. He studies the brain and in this lecture, discusses ho…

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Unemployment and elevated inflammatory biomarkers 9:17

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There is growing evidence that unemployment is linked to long term illness and increased mortality. In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Amanda Hughes discusses the findings from her research on the links between unemployment and killer diseases such as heart disease.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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GCPH Seminar Series 2014-2015 - Re-imaging justice for women (audio) 1:01:17

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The fifth lecture of the 2014-2015 Seminar Series is delivered by Linda de Caesteker, Director of Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Linda talks about justice for women and in particular, the Commission for Women Offenders that she was part of. One of the recommendations of the Commission was to establish Community Justice Centres, along…

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Teenage stress resilience and midlife health 8:00

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Scott Montgomery discusses the links between stress resilience and physical fitness in adolescents and coronary heart disease in middle age.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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GCPH Seminar Series 2014-2015 - Land reform as an engine of economic progress (audio) 59:33

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Lecture 4 of the 2014-2015 Seminar Series is delivered by Andy Whightman, self employed writer and researcher from Edinburgh. In the Seminar, Andy discusses land, society and economy, the importance of land not just as an economic resource but how it fits in with our sense of place and the impact of how we regulate land - it's ownership, it's use -…

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Poverty and obesity in children: the links 6:56

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Amanda Sacker discusses research showing striking socioeconomic inequalities with early adolescents from the poorest families 3 times more likely to be obese compared with their wealthier counterparts.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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Who are the 11 year old drinkers? 12:27

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Yvonne Kelly discusses her research looking at who is drinking alcohol at age 11.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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GCPH Seminar Series 2014-2015 - Lecture 3. Economics of Dignity (audio) 55:20

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In Lecture 3 of the 2014-2015 Seminar Series, Marilyn Waring, Professor of Public Policy AUT University, Auckland New Zealand, delivers a presentation on the Economics of Dignity. The dignity discussed concerns those people who are care givers and in particular, children and the question of children's agency. Professor Waring relates this to the ne…

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Who wants to work forever ? 10:06

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Tarani Chandola discusses whether or not it is good for a person's health to work past the traditional retirement age.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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GCPH Seminar Series 2014-2015 - Lecture 2. Nature, nurture and society (audio) 1:18:37

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In Lecture 2 of the 2014-2015 Seminar Series, Byron Vincent, writer and performer, delivers a talk on Nature, Nurture and Society. He first talks about his experience of growing up on sink estates and how environment often shapes behaviour and discuses what can be done about that. In the second part he talks about his diagnoses of Bipolar disorder …

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Why being an active commuter is good for you 9:53

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In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Ellen Flint investigates the link between different forms of commuting and commuters' Body Mass Index (BMI) and body fat.By ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies

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GCPH Seminar Series 2013-14 - Nourishing the City: The Rise of the Urban Food Question (Audio) 41:58

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Kevin Morgan, Professor of Governance at Cardiff University delivers this lecture on Urban Food Policy. He looks at the rise of the city as a new player in the food policy debate taking the experiences of London, New York, Toronto and distills some of the lessons learned for cities in UK.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH - Go Well 8th Annual Event 18:34

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Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister, talks about the work of the Go Well projectBy [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Seminar Series 2013-14 - Does austerity harm health? (Audio) 44:05

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In this lecture, Dr. Reeve, post-doctoral researcher at Oxford University, puts forward the case that austerity does harm health but that is a choice we make and we can change how our governments respond to the recession and recessions in the future.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Seminar Series 2013-14 - Healthy Cognitive Ageing (Audio) 1:08:18

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Professor Ian Deary, Director of The Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology at Edinburgh University, presents this lecture on healthy cognitive ageing and principally, the research he has carried out on the Lothian birth cohorts of 1921 and 1936.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Seminar Series 2013-14 - Who are the real insane? (audio) 1:08:17

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Dr Manie Sher a Director from the Tavistock Institution of Human Relations in London presents this lecture on 'Who are the real insane? Our perceptions of disordered thinking and behaviour as defences against imagination'. The Tavistock Institute is concerned with a broad range of issues through activities involving research, organisational and cha…

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GCPH Seminar 1, Series 2013-2014 - Reflecting on Money, Love & Virtue (Audio) 57:28

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The first of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) 2013-14 Seminars; Maria Pereira reflects on Money, Love and Virtue.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Seminar Six (Audio) - Medical Humanities and the 'Fifth Wave' in Public Health: Parallel Tracks? 45:50

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In the final lecture of the 2012/2013 series of lectures provided by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH), Professor Jane Macnaughton, Medical Humanities, University of Durham, discusses the links between Medical Humanities and the idea of the Fifth Wave in Public Health.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Lecture 5 - How the effects of traumatic stress are transmitted to the next generation 1:11:09

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Professor Rachel Yahuda delivers a presentation on epigenetics and the effects of stress on the next generation.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Lecture 3: Dr Joe Ravetz (Audio) - An exploration of synergistic thinking in public health , integrated health care, healthy cities 1:13:42

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Public health faces many challenges today and this will intensify in the future across many different areas – cost, technology, lifestyles, expectations etc. In this lecture, Dr Joe Ravetz proposes that we need new ways of thinking to deal with these challenges.By [email protected] ([email protected])

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GCPH Seminar Series 9: Dr. David Reilly - Audio - Human healing in the age of science: the art of the healing shift 1:07:51

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What of healing? In this lecture Dr David Reilly described his exploration of what might emerge from our efforts to improve health and wellbeing when we shift our focus from external interventions towards life's innate drive to restore equilibrium and wholeness. His approach was born of necessity over twenty years ago when he was working with patie…

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GCPH Seminar Series 9: Akala - Audio - Hip Hop Shakespeare 42:17

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Founded by MOBO award-winner Akala in 2009, The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company is a musical theatre production social enterprise which offers young people a different view of the arts and ultimately of themselves. Working in a variety of settings including schools, prisons and community venues, engaging in music and literature, the Hip Hop Shakespeare…

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Dr Sandro Galea - Audio - Thinking in systems, looking for the causes of population health 57:37

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Identifying biologic and behavioural causes of disease has been one of the central concerns of epidemiology for the past half century. This has led to the development of increasingly sophisticated conceptual and analytic approaches focused on the isolation of single causes of disease states. However, the growing recognition that (a) factors at mult…

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Manfred Helrigl - Audio - Self organisation and civil engagement: co-operation, culture and politics for a more sustainable society - learning from Vorarlberg, Austria 54:12

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Vorarlberg in Austria has 20 years of experience in experimenting with different ways and methods of promoting a more sustainable society. Out of this experience has emerged the idea of a 'learning institution' embedded in a tight-knit network of co-operating institutions. In this lecture Manfred Helrigl outlined a 'philosophy of self-organization'…

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Professor Jonathan Seckl - Audio - Developmental programming - how your parents' environment before you were born impacts on your and your children's risk of disease 1:14:49

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We all blame our genes for many of our features, behaviours and illnesses. Recent studies suggest that the environment before birth is also a major influence on the risk of ill-health across the lifespan and perhaps into a further generation. This process, called ‘developmental programming’, has been studied intensively in recent years and is begin…

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Antony Morgan - Audio - Thinking and acting differently: An asset model for public health 1:05:03

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Very few people argue with the need to address the social determinants of health and much effort has already been made at national and international level to reduce persistent health inequities between and within countries. However, global health inequities continue to widen, as the effectiveness and quality of programmes vary considerably, sometim…

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Seminar 2 - Giving a voice to Afghan Civil Society - INSPIRE Project 15:55

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Since 2010 the University of Strathclyde, the University of Herat and the NGO PeaceWaves International Network have been collaborating on two projects funded by the British Council. One of these collaborative projects is under the scheme called INSPIRE International Strategic Partnership and started in January 2011. The focus of this project is to …

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Seminar 2 - Giving a voice to Afghan Civil Society - DelPHE Project 26:58

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Since 2010 the University of Strathclyde, the University of Herat and the NGO PeaceWaves International Network have been collaborating on two projects funded by the British Council. The first, under the scheme called DelPHE and started in September 2010, is a three year collaborative research project titled Afghan Civil Society's opinion and sugges…

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GCPH Seminar Series 8: Professor Guy Standing - The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class 57:25

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A growing number of people, including millions from Britain, have been entering a global precariat, part of an emerging class structure shaped by globalisation. In this lecture, drawing on his new book, The Precariat: A New Dangerous Class, Professor Standing examined the labour market dynamics that underpin the growth of the precariat and set out …

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GCPH Seminar Series 7: Professor Peter Gianaros Audio - Mapping the mind under pressure: Can brain imaging research tell us anything new about stress and physical health? 50:54

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Seminar Series 7 concluded on Tuesday 10 May 2011 at St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow. Everyone faces stressful experiences. They are facts of life. Not everyone handles stressful experiences in quite the same way, however. And not all stressful experiences are the same. Some are brief. Others are chronic. Some are psychological. Others are physi…

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GCPH Seminar Series 7: Dr. Timo Hamalainen Audio - Silent transformation of well-being 1:04:19

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The fifth seminar in Series 7 took place on Wednesday 13 April 2011 at the Trades Hall of Glasgow. Public policy debates in industrialized societies tend to evolve around two instrumental subsystems: the economy and the welfare state. The ultimate goal of these subsystems - the well-being of citizens - receives very little attention. It seems as if…