What's Well & Good in Policy

From Australia’s R U OK? Day to UK early-years microsimulation, the episode asks what policy can do when wellbeing is measured, delivered, and tested in detail. Covers 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-06; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and health insuranc...

Across 116 qualified papers, the clearest thread is that wellbeing policy works when support matches the setting, affected people, and delivery system. Covers 2026-06-22 to 2026-06-29; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and health insurance to ment...

From social media and adolescent mental health to water access in Uganda, the week points toward policies built on measured risk, reachable services, and local trust. Covers 2026-06-15 to 2026-06-22; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and health in...

A 10-hour workweek increase is linked to more fatigue and less sleep, while city, migration, and food insecurity findings put implementation at the center of well-being policy. Covers 2026-06-08 to 2026-06-15; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and...

This week follows how eligibility becomes real help or exclusion when governance, reimbursement pathways, digital identity, and frontline bureaucracy shape access. Covers 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-08; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and health insur...

Wellbeing gains appear where access routes, staffing, governance, and lived experience are built into housing, healthcare, schools, and city policy. Covers 2026-05-25 to 2026-06-01; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and health insurance to mental...

From Finland’s UBI trial to Beyond GDP implementation, the episode asks how universal promises survive local inequality, mental health system gaps, and budget rules. Covers 2026-05-18 to 2026-05-25; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Research papers related to ISQOLS SIG "Public Policy Health And Welfare" Episode covers 2026-05-18 – 2026-05-25. Top papers Regional Inequalities and the Plea for...

Research papers related to ISQOLS SIG "Public Policy Health And Welfare" Episode covers 2026-05-11 – 2026-05-18. Top papers Enhancing teacher occupational wellbeing: the critical role of working environment in Chinese primary schools How to Find the Most Inclusive Living Wage Assessment of Government Support for Social Security Services on Improving the Socio-Economic Welfare of Retirees in Kinond...

Research papers related to ISQOLS SIG "Public Policy Health And Welfare" Episode covers 2026-05-04 – 2026-05-11. Top papers Matthew D. Adler, Risk, Death, and Well-Being: The Ethical Foundations of Fatality Risk Regulation (New York: Oxford University Press, 2025) Ignorance is Whose Bliss: The Repeal of Compulsory Premarital Health Examinations and Marital Outcomes in Rural China The Impact of Out...