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Wellbeing, Space & Society is an interdisciplinary journal concerned with the role that space and place play in shaping wellbeing #WSS
New research published in Wellbeing, Space and Society has concluded that a third of children do not play outdoors after school, which may have implications for their health and wellbeing.
To read the full paper, click here: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
Join us in congratulating Dr. Susan J Elliott, 2025 inductee to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
To read more about Dr. Elliott’s work and the RSC, visit the University of Waterloo news article: uwaterloo.ca/news/rsc-rec...
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Thank you to all for submitting your research to WSS. We have seen a substantial increase in the number of submissions and we are thrilled! And a big thank you to our reviewers, who continue to dedicate their time & expertise to ensuring the quality & integrity of the journal.
#WSS #ThankYou
To learn more about the conference and Dr. Elliott’s work, visit the conference website: www.uni-bielefeld.de/zwe/ikg/inte...
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Dr. Susan J Elliott, co-editor-in-chief of Wellbeing, Space and Society, will be giving a keynote lecture (titled “Women, water and wellbeing in the face of climate change: what’s violence got to do with it?”) at the International Conference on Conflict and Violence Research 2025
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Read Dr. Bryan Smale, Dr. Jeffrey Wilson, and Nnamdi Akubueze’s paper on the determinants and mitigating factors of loneliness among older adults by clicking here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We welcome original contributions that explore policy, practice, and resource allocation to enhance equity, responsiveness, & person-centred care.
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🔬📢 Calling all health systems researchers!
SSM - Health Systems publishes cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that advances our understanding of health & social care systems worldwide.
We welcome original contributions that explore policy, practice, and resource allocation to enhance equity, responsiveness, & person-centred care.
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Authors Nissa Yaing Torres-Soto, Víctor Corral-Verdugo, Nadia Saraí Corral-Frías investigate the role of self-care as part of a network of behaviors that help to maintain a positive family environment and wellbeing. To read this top-cited paper:
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Titled, “The need to change the narrative, to change the context: Urban Indigenous women surviving-or-thriving responses to stressors” this paper explores the life stressors and coping strategies used by Indigenous women.
To read the paper, click here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ws...
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One of our highly cited papers, titled “Ambiguous loss of home: Syrian refugees and the process of losing and remaking home” examines social-relational dimensions of change & loss following experiences of political terror, war & forced migration
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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives globally, but how did African immigrants in the U.S. navigate isolation and social distancing? To learn more, read one of Wellbeing, Space and Society’s top cited papers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#WSS #wellbeing #COVID19Pandemic
One of our highly cited papers focuses how young adult experience their neighbourhood & how these experiences may be linked with their sense of loneliness, or their sense of social connectedness. To read this paper, click: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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To read Dr. Bower’s profile, visit our LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/wellbe...
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Meet Dr. Bower, one of Wellbeing, Space and Society’s Early Career Editorial Board Member. Dr. Bower is a Senior Research Fellow at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney.
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To learn more about the interlinkages between urban public spaces, cultural ecosystem services , and residents’ wellbeing, click here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Did you know that urban public spaces are essential for our physical and mental wellbeing? While research shows their benefits, there’s still a gap in understanding their role in rapidly growing cities of the Global South.
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tests several hypothesis to better understand outdoor and nature-based activities on subjective well-being through different phases of the pandemic in USA.
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One of our most frequently papers, titled “Self-reported participation in outdoor and nature-based recreation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic supports psychological health and well-being,” (…)
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One of our highly cited papers, titled “Impact of low-cost urban green space intervention wellbeing behaviours in older adults: a natural experimental study” assesses the impact of low-cost physical changes to four urban amenity green spaces on older adults’ wellbeing behaviours in the UK
07.05.2025 14:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A highly cited publication from Wellbeing, Space and Society theorises climate anxiety as an emergent form of posthuman knowledge. To read this paper by Authors Candice Boyd, Hester Parr, Christopher Philo, click here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#research #climate #WSS #highlycited
In @wssjournal.bsky.social, Cleothia Frazier finds perceived neighborhood disadvantage is associated with increased anxiety and externalized anger, suggesting older adults’ perceptions of physical neighborhood stressors can have a deleterious impact on emotional health.
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📢 Calling all qualitative health researchers! 🌍📝
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing international and interdisciplinary research on medical care, illness, health, and well-being.
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Meet Emal Ahmad Hussainzad, a PhD student at Wuhan University. Emal’s research focuses on the intersection of architecture and well-being, particularly in informal settlements (click here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ws... to read Emal’s recently published paper in Wellbeing, Space and Society!).
16.04.2025 14:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Dr. Susan J Elliott, Wellbeing, Space and Society’s Editor in Chief, has received the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision at the University of Waterloo!!
To read more, click here: uwaterloo.ca/environment/....
Congratulations to Dr. Elliott!!
✨ How do architecture and daylight exposure impact health in informal settlements in Kabul, Afghanistan? The latest study published in WSS explores the links between demographics, building design, and well-being. Read Emal Ahmad Hussainzad & Zhonghua Gou’s paper at doi.org/10.1016/j.ws...
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