Healthy Lives in an Age of Insecurity

Hope and despair, health and poverty, COVID-19, inequality and how the other half lives: what can "the best of times and the worst of times" in Dickens' Tale of Two Cities tell us about the city of Oxford today? Is it possible to lead healthy lives in an age of insecurity?
AUDIO RECORDING: three talks and a discussion led by Jabu Nala-Hartley, a Masters of Public Health student at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford City Councillor for Barton and Sandhills, recent Chair of the Oxford District Labour Party, and current chair of the Oxford Living Wage Campaign.
Jabu's fellow speakers were:
Danny Dorling, Professor of Human Geography, University of Oxford
Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York
Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Honorary Professor at University College London, and Visiting Professor at the University of York
This event took place on 11 November 2023. The talks were introduced by Professor Sarah Howcutt and convened by the Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Follow Jabu Nala-Hartley on Twitter/X at and on find out more about her work as Oxford City Councillor for Barton and Sandhills at mycouncil.oxfo...
Find out more about Danny Dorling's work at www.dannydorli...
Read more about Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson's landmark books on inequality:
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone
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The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being
www.penguin.co...
Follow Richard Wilkinson on Twitter/X at / profrgwilkinson
Follow Kate Pickett on Twitter/X at / profkepickett