Description of impact
The University of Aberdeen has played a key role in designing and analysing surveys for European institutions to monitor and evaluate quality of life — a concept adopted as a key measure of economic growth in Europe in 2000. The research findings (including insights into particular aspects of quality of life, such as working life) have been used by the commissioning institutions to stimulate debate and shape policy. They have also been used by individual countries both within the European Union and further afield, notably in China and Rwanda. Interactive web resources have opened up the findings to policy makers and the general public.| Impact status | Impact Completed (Open) |
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Keywords
- Sociology
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Research output
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What are the reasons for differences in job satisfaction across Europe? Individual, compositional and institutional explanations
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patterns of Formal and Informal Social Capital in Europe
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social Quality, the Quality of Life and Parents with Young Children in Europe
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Happiness in Post-Conflict Society: Rwanda
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Social quality: A way to measure the quality of society
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review