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Mr Richard Eckersley BSc(Hon) (ANU), MScSoc (NSW) Current Position: Visiting Fellow Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia email

Research Interests

• Indicators of progress and well-being, and the relationships between economic growth, quality of life and ecological sustainability.

• Social and cultural determinants of health and well-being.

• Young people's psychosocial well-being.

Selected Recent Publications

Eckersley R. (in press). Population measures of subjective wellbeing: How useful are they? Social Indicators Research.

Eckersley R (in press). Wretched or contented? The politics of past lives. Journal of Futures Studies.

Eckersley R. (in press). The health and well-being of young Australians: Patterns, trends, explanations and responses. In DL Bennett, SJ Towns, EL Elliott, J Merrick (Eds). Challenges in adolescent health: An Australian perspective. Victoria, BC: Int Acad Press.

Eckersley R (in press). Progress, culture and young people’s wellbeing. In A. Furlong (ed). International Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood. London: Routledge.

Eckersley R. Never better – or getting worse? The health and wellbeing of young Australians. Canberra: Australia 21 Ltd. 2008 Available at: www.australia21.org.au .

Eckersley R. Nihilism, fundamentalism, or activism: Three responses to fears of the Apocalypse. The Futurist, 2008; 42(1) Jan-Feb: 35-39.

Eckersley R.The health and wellbeing of young Australians: present patterns and future challenges. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 2007; 19; (3): 217-227.

Eckersley R. Progress, sustainability and human wellbeing: Is a new worldview emerging? International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 2006; 1 (4): 306-317.

Eckersley R. Culture. In Galea S. (ed). Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health. Springer, New York, 2007.

Eckersley R. Culture, spirituality, religion and health: Looking at the big picture. Medical Journal of Australia, 2007; 186 (10): S54-S56.

Eckersley R, Cahill H, Wierenga, A, Wyn J. Generations in dialogue about the future: the hopes and fears of young Australians. Australia 21 Ltd, Canberra, Australian Youth Research Centre, Melbourne 2007.(available at www.australia21.org.au ).

Eckersley R. What’s wrong with the official future? In Hassan, G (ed). After Blair: Politics After the New Labour Decade, Lawrence and Wishart, London, 2007: 172-84.

Eckersley R. Is modern Western culture a health hazard? International Journal of Epidemiology, 2006; 35: 252-258. PDF: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/2/252?etoc

Eckersley R, Wierenga A, Wyn J. Flashpoints and Signposts: pathways to success and wellbeing for Australia’s young people. Australia 21 Ltd, Canberra, Australian Youth Research Centre and VicHealth, Melbourne 2006.(available at www.australia21.org.au ).

Eckersley R. Well & Good: Morality, Meaning and Happiness, Text Publishing, Melbourne. 2005

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