Third Live Better article published: "Mind the Gap: Perceived economic inequality and the well-being gap around the globe"

In July, the article "Mind the Gap: Perceived economic inequality and the well-being gap around the globe" was published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. I am credited as a co-author of the article based on data gathering in Norway as well as input to the content and framing of the article. This is the third article from the Live Better research consortium where I am credited as co-author.

Reference:

Á. Sánchez-Rodríguez, M. R. Górski, M. Joshanloo, K. Krys, M. Tønnessen, L. M. W. Li, P. Akaliyski, B. W. Haas, M. A. Hussain, F. Guemaz, M. Boussena, N. Iter, O. Vlasenko, V. M-C. Lun, V. L. Vignoles, N. A. Aminnuddin, İ. Işık, L. Ngom-Dieng, M. Fülöp, D. Igbokwe, M. Adamovic, R. B.a Garðarsdottir, N. Soboleva, J. Teyssier, F. K. Glückstad, J. Park, J. Zelenski, V. W. L. Yeung, J. Chun Yeung, E. K. Yau, J.-W. Yang, B. Yakhlef, C. Xing, A. Wasiel, C.-M. Vauclair, W. van Tilburg, V. Turjacanin, K. T. T. Trà, C. Torres, C.-R. Sun, B. Sokolov, R. Sobhie, D. Sirlopú, H. Selim, A. M. Rocha, M. Rizwan, I. Polacková Solcová, Z. Pavlovic, E. Palikot, M. Olechowski, A. Okvitawanli, D. Ochoa, K. Nowak, M. Nader, K. Myslinska-Szarek, E. Murdock, O. Mosca, M. Mosanya, F. Mokadem, L. Mohammed, A. Malyonova, A. Malyonov, H. Lee, M. A. Lauri, N. Kronberger, A. Kocimska-Bortnowska, M. Kluzowicz, N. Kascakova, M. A. Imran, E. R. Igou, K. Henk, R. Hasanov, B. Gjoneska, A. Gavreliuc, M. Garvanova, V. Gamsakhurdia, A. Espinosa, A. D. Espinosa, J. Deltour, V. Costin, A. Bolatov, A. Baltin, R. Bakyono-Nabaloum, R. Asif, L. Appoh, P. Anic, L. Andrade, A. Almakaeva, M. Al-Zoubi, G. Akello and M. H. Bond (2025). Mind the Gap: Perceived economic inequality and the well-being gap around the globe. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251345937  

#11

Today I have had half a book writing day, with some 450 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 10,5 writing days, including 8,5 book writing days.

#17; 10.000 words written so far this Autumn

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some feedback given on an article draft by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez titled "Relationship between Perceived Economic Inequality and Broad Concept of Well-being in 71 Countries", where I have been involved in data gathering in Norway as part of the "Live better" research consortium, and half a book writing day, with some 100 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 17 writing days including 9,5 book writing days and 7,5 article writing days.

Altogether I have now logged more than 10.000 words written so far this Autumn, and more than 15.000 words written on Captured from the outset.

2 Inequalities Research applications reviewed for Fondazione Cariplo

I have recently reviewed 2 research project applications for Fondazione Cariplo (Italy) in relation to their Inequalities Research 2024 call.

Wengrow´s UIS Steffens lecture attended

Today I have attended the inaugural Henrik Steffens Lecture, the beginning of a new annual lecture series at the University of Stavanger, namely David Wengrow´s talk "A new history of humanity and the roots of inequality", the Henrik Steffens Lecture 2023, along with a few hundred others.

Oxford events attended - Wednesday and Thursday

Yesterday I followed a philosophy lecture at undergraduate level at University of Oxford, as part of my "academic updating" here during my visit to Oxford, tied to the university´s Faculty of philosophy. I also attended a public talk at University of Oxford´s China Centre, “China’s Ambitions to Explore the Moon and the Prospects for Lunar Governance”, by Prof. Martin Elvis (Harvard University) and Dr Alanna Krolikowski (Missouri University of Science and Technology). 

Today I have attended another public talk, “Triangulating a global view on inequality from secondary data sources” by Joe Hasell at INET Oxford. 

#23

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 600 words added to my second wasted growth article as I completed tables 5 and 6 and composed/designed a final table, Table 7. I also added to the table of contents. Number of writing days this Spring is up to 23.

#21,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some 500 words added to my second wasted growth article as I worked with table 5 and 6 and made a further figure (on IHDI). Number of writing days this Spring is up to 21,5.

#9,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 200 words and a part figure added to my second wasted growth article. Number of writing days so far this Spring is up to 9,5.

#27,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to my second wasted growth article, which I today renamed "Wasted growth and inequality in human development: USA vs. the Nordic countries", with some 400 words added to the text and a table researched and composed. I also tentatively defined inequality-adjusted wasted and wasteful growth. Total number of writing days this Autumn is up to 27,5.

#25,5

Today I have had an article writing day with some 500 words written on my second wasted growth article and a table finished and commented on. Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 25,5.

#16,5

Today I have had an article writing day, doing some planning for the next few months and re-starting my work on my second and third wasted growth article (elements/fragments are in place but full development remains). I decided to aim for Social Indicators Research for the second and affirmed that I aim for Journal of development economics for the third. Length and format requirements for both articles are now clear to me.

So far this autumn I have had 16,5 article writing days.

Paper for the Second World Inequality Conference not accepted

I have been informed by the conference organizers that my paper submission for the Second World Inequality Conference, to be held in Paris in December, was not accepted.

Paper submitted to Second World Inequality Conference

I have submitted my published paper "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries" for consideration for an oral presentation at the Second World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics December 7-8th.

ISQOLS 2021 presentation scheduled for August 26th at 4 pm.

My paper "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries" has been scheduled for live online presentation at the 2021 conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), to be held August 25-27th (cf. conference program), on Thursday August 26th at 4 - 5.40 pm CEST, as part of the session “Well-Being in the World III”. My presentation, which will be held 4 - 4.25, will also be recorded and accessible for later viewing by conference participants.

#34

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to work on my commentary "Making the Umwelt bubble of the Modern Synthesis burst" (published today, see other post) and my wasted growth articles. The latter included updating a table for the second article, focused on inequality, and adding some 200 words in the process (analysis and comments).

Total number of writing days so far this Spring is up to 34.

Welfare paper on Latin-America and the Nordic Countries to be presented at ISQOLS 2021

My paper "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries" (see also the full article - Open Access) has been accepted for oral presentation at the  2021 ISQOLS Annual Conference: Quality-of-life and adaptation in a virulent world, to be held digitally August 23rd-27th

Abstract for ISQOLS 2021: "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries"

I have just submitted the abstract "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries" for the 2021, virtual conference of the International society for quality-of-live studies (ISQOLS 2021).

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Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin-America and the Nordic countries

This presentation is based on a published article, Tønnessen (2019), which provides an overview and analysis of human development, inequality and people´s perception of social and economic risks in Latin America and the Nordic countries. While Nordic countries rank very highly on the UN´s Human Development Index (HDI) and are known for their ‘Nordic welfare model’, Latin American countries have been making significant progress economically, and with regard to health and education. However, inequality levels remain high throughout Latin America, representing an obstacle to further human development in the region. This is evidenced by the UN´s inequality-adjusted HDI data, among other sources. High levels of inequality translate to a poorer-than-average social welfare for significant portions of the populations in Latin American countries. To a large extent, actual living conditions are reflected in what people perceive as social risks when looking ahead and thinking about their own prospects, as well as those of their families. Improved and more equal living conditions are therefore likely to change people´s life satisfaction, in addition to what they are the most concerned about. In this article, people´s perception of social risks in selected Latin American and Nordic countries is analysed based on data from the OECD´s Cross-National Survey on Social and Economic Risks.   

Reference  

Tønnessen, Morten 2019. Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin America and the Nordic countries. Journal of Comparative Social Work 14(1). 28 pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v14i1.231

Welfare article accepted for publication inJournal of comparative social work

My article "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin America and the Nordic countries" has been accepted for publication in Journal of comparative social work. I twill appear in a special issue I´m co-editing on "Welfare in Latin America and the Nordic countries".

Autumn´s fourth writing day

Today I had this autumn´s fourth writing day, with some 5 hours of writing time - while I was watching the twins (kindergarten closed for planning day). I did some writing on "Human development, inequality and social risks in Latin America and the Nordic countries" and on the forthcoming Biosemiotics editorial "Phenomenology and Biosemiotics".

I also started keeping track of progression in writing of academic articles (I am starting to look upon both academic and other writing in terms of handicraft), by word count. I imagine that 1.000 words per writing day is a decent result, resulting in ca. 50.000 words of academic writing per year (I also devote separate focused time to work on selected book projects, mostly in evenings).