Democracy, Power and Wellbeing: Karen Scott, Newcastle University

An Opus Earth production for Network of Wellbeing.

Dr Karen Scott is a research fellow at the Centre For Rural Economy at Newcastle University. Her research into qualitative measures of wellbeing is focused on the intersections between culture, wellbeing and the environment. She suggests that context is a hugely significant factor in personal and community wellbeing and argues that prescriptive recipes can support the status quo or disempower people if not used in a sensitive way.