( A brief ) welcome from the editor As we are well in to the new year rather than offer greetings best wishes for survival in this turbulent world lets carry on as optimistically as we can and review various projects that EHFF is currently engaged in (and a couple we hope to be involved…
DetailsWellbeing Frameworks: challenges and progress Many people would agree that we need to change the way in which we measure progress and move past the current narrow focus on GDP. Ireland, along with many other countries, has been developing a wellbeing framework that contains a dashboard of indicators which are intended to give a snapshot…
DetailsDavid Somekh of the EHFF and Caroline Whyte spoke with Jim Garrison. Jim is the founder of Ubiquity University, whose founding purpose is to develop learning experiences grounded in the world’s wisdom traditions blended with practical interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills. Jim has a doctorate in philosophical theology from Cambridge University and has been active throughout his…
DetailsThe latest Feasta podcast episode featuring guest Lars Münter David Somekh and Caroline Whyte spoke with Lars Münter. Lars works on international relations for the Danish committee for health education, and he also manages the communication for Nordic Health 2030 and is a member of the EHFF’s Advisory Group and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance’s Danish…
DetailsFrom the editor The holidays are over (well, for most of us)! In the April Newsletter editorial, we acknowledged the debt we owed to Sean Conlan who had just resigned as Director and Trustee, and we were faced with the task of finding someone to take his place. We’re delighted to confirm that Dr Sara…
DetailsWe talk to the network director of EHFF David Somekh In this month’s podcast, David Somekh, the network director of the European Health Futures Forum (EHFF) who often co-hosts our podcasts, spoke with Caroline Whyte. Topics discussed include the challenge of breaking down silos and employing systems thinking and scenario thinking, the importance of health…
DetailsDear Collogues, as the summer holidays begin, we thought we would update you on some recent activities. 1. The end of the CEmPaC project: As some of you may know, this had been our biggest contract so far, funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung for almost 500,000€ over four years, completed April 2022. Our preliminary…
DetailsSeán Ó Conláin speaks with ecologist Julien Carlier, who is a postdoctoral researcher at the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Atlantic Technological University Galway. He did a doctoral thesis on the ecological benefits of greenways and is currently working on the HNV_FarmForBio project, mapping High Nature Value farmland and forestry. Julien discusses his work and…
DetailsWhat on earth does this mean? Transformation: EHFF was launched in 2013 because a number of us believed that the current model of healthcare (or sickness care, strictly speaking) was not sustainable. Recent events tend to confirm that it’s not resilient to stress (such as the pandemic) and that there are major unresolved threats to…
DetailsCaroline Whyte and David Somekh of the European Health Futures Forum speak with Davie Philip about Communities of Practice. Davie is a community catalyst, climate coach and facilitator at Cultivate, the Sustainable Ireland Cooperative. Since 1997 Davie has been active in Ireland promoting sustainability, community resilience and cooperative approaches to meeting our needs. He was…
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