The World Health Assembly has just approved a groundbreaking resolution on the economics of #HealthForAll. This resolution takes forward the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) Council on the Economics of Health for All chaired by Prof Mariana Mazzucato 📑 bit.ly/3XlzB4f #WHA77

📢”Whatever government is in power, the priority must be for them to reduce the wellbeing gap.” Read this in-depth interview with Sarah Davidson by NeilMackay in The Herald heraldscotland.com/politics/24360… #LifeInTheUK

Great to be at an event IRL this evening and lots to reflect on (as well as a big report to read!). Several mentions of trade-offs that will be of interest to my colleagues developing decision support tools at SIPHER Consortium. Some great Q's from the floor. Thank you to all involved.

With Labour having ruled out big tax levers of income tax, VAT and national insurance, there is understandable pressure to look again at other forms of taxation including wealth. We explored CGT (amongst other options) in this essay last year progressive-policy.net/publications/f…).

🚀Have you explored our new look SIPHER website yet! Find us at 🌐 sipher.ac.uk – with new sections and more on our research, products & policy work. Check out Systems Science In Public Health Podcasts with @pmeierprof for some great insights bit.ly/3KUc5E1

Thanks #FuseConf24 for helping Lisa Garnham present "I can see my life in that diagram" remotely! Sorry not to be there. For more on our prototype tool integrating lived experience narratives into a housing-health systems mapping Subscribe to our Bulletin bit.ly/3HvNGTq

👀 ⬇️check out this excellent opportunity to work across 2 brilliant projects achieving real world impact - both with lovely teams! Please share @theGCPH UKPRP Prevention Research Network Glasgow GALLANT Community GALLANT @SnifferScotland Climate Ready Clyde WEAllScotland

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Associate: Systems Approaches to Reducing Inequalities to contribute to the GALLANT and SIPHER Consortium research programmes. 🗓️Closes 3rd July Find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/e4cnz6xp

🚨 Job Alert! Closing tomorrow -19 June - the position of Senior Programme Manager overseeing two major public health research initiatives - Our own and Policy Modelling for Health part of UKRI Population Health Improvement Network. Apply today: my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit…

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Are cities ecological traps for songbirds? Davide M Dominoni's RSE-supported research used novel DNA analysis to explore how urban diets impact Blue Tit health & reproduction. His findings could help inform urban planting to increase #biodiversity in our cities. rse.org.uk/are-cities-eco…

EXCITING NEW PHD OPPORTUNITY ‼️ Apply now to work with James White & others on a new Economic and Social Research Council-funded project on how cities can be planned, developed & ‘retrofitted’ for net-zero living. More info➡️tinyurl.com/3p7u4b9n Closing date: 15 July

An important PSA for this evening (luckily I am teetotal).

Public engagement for our Regional Active Travel Strategy is now live. Complete our survey and tell us your thoughts on the draft strategy and network ➡️ bit.ly/3xQ6pIc

📢Delighted our SIPHER Synthetic Population is now available via UKDataService & thanks to Understanding Society for their support. Want to explore but don't do coding! No problem we've developed a new 'click and explore' dashboard just for you. Visit: bit.ly/3LiKKLM

Today Oxford Academic publishes the evidence phase of our Inequality: IFS Deaton Review (funded by Nuffield Foundation), a comprehensive review of inequalities across a multitude of topics. 📊Here’s a thread of just some key charts from the review, showing the breadth of its evidence:

My IFS Deaton Review commentary has been published today, setting out what life is like at the sharp end of inequality and why action to address this needs to focus on both the material and relational domains academic.oup.com/ooec/article/3…

Ah! I was looking for this. The ToR for the child poverty taskforce.

"Local Governments & Doughnut Economics - Session 1" Wednesday, 6 November 11:30 - 12:45 UTC #GlobalDonutDays #DoughnutEconomics