In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton we are joined by the brilliant Laurence Cannings for a fascinating discussion around his PhD research titled: "Contrasting Subjective and Objective Wellbeing in the Context of Spatial Environmental Characteristics and Climatic Risk: A comparative case study on the Volta Delta, Ghana".

We discuss how Laurence became interested in sustainability, his initial career path post graduation, how he became a PhD student, and then the majority of the episode exploring his research work in Ghana. Laurence defines the differences between subjective and objective wellbeing, whilst also exploring the contrasts in wellbeing in different parts of the globe.

Read more about Laurence's work here: https://southcoastdtp.ac.uk/does-money-equal-happiness-in-volta-delta/
Laurence's research is funded by the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership.

Episode host: Prof Simon Kemp
Episode guest: Laurence Cannings
Episode editor: Sophie Green

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