Understanding the SEED domains of wellbeing

Project Director: Richard Crisp
Project Duration: 2023

This scoping review was commissioned by Carnegie UK to explore the evidence base on the four domains that make up their Social, Economic, Environmental and Democratic (SEED) framework for conceptualising wellbeing. The review identified and analysed relevant literature to understand the scope, nature and value of the existing base in supporting and, potentially, developing Carnegie UK’s current definitions of wellbeing. The objective was to explore theoretical and practical (‘empirical’) research to develop a better understanding of how each domain can be conceived and what its component parts are.

The project team also included Sally Fowler-Davis (Anglia Ruskin University), Ed Dallas, Agnes Szydlowska (Simetrica Jacobs) and Megan Davies (Universität Basel).