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Measuring What Counts

Measuring What Counts

In “Measuring What Counts: The Global Movement for Well-Being” (2019), Stiglitz, Fitoussi and Durand build upon the work that was conducted following a 2009 commission to re-think what measures are used to assess the health of the economy (particularly GDP). The financial crises forced reflections on how the vulnerabilities were not understood; to which these […]

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Post-doc: Indigenous Studies

The Interdisciplinary Initiative (IDI) in Applied Indigenous Scholarship at Western University is seeking applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship. Our successful Postdoctoral fellow will develop an independent program of research in areas that could include determinants of Indigenous well-being, Indigenization processes, and reconciliation in post-secondary environments. In carrying out this research, the candidate will draw broadly […]

Tags: #Indigenization #Indigenous studies #Interdisciplinary #Well-being

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