Neil Thin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3621737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Thin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Thin |
| SIGNATURE | THIN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Academic Freedom in Scotland
Policies and discussion of academic freedom tend to be problem-oriented and defensive. They focus on harms, difficulties, and risks more than on the positive values and benefits that give freedom its raison d'être. Must we see freedom solely in these negative terms, mainly as an eternal struggle against obstructions? Or could we promote and celebrate freedom in more proactive and appreciative ways – spreading stronger awareness of the many intrin…
Anthropology
Anthropology
Why Anthropology Can Ill Afford to Ignore Well-Being
Quality‐of‐Life Issues in Development
Quality of life (QoL), synonymous with wellbeing, has grown in importance in planning and learning worldwide. It is associated with systematic learning strategies that use indicators from several domains, including mind, body, society, and environment. Normally, subjective experiences are considered, as well as objective observations, hence QoL research can be involved in the development of empathic planning and should emphasize qualitative and n…
The Aging Urban Brain
This research directly assesses older people's neural activation in response to a changing urban environment while walking, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). The study builds on previous research that shows changes in cortical activity while moving through different urban settings. The current study extends this methodology to explore previously unstudied outcomes in older people aged 65 years or more (n = 95). Participants were recrui…
Home and Away
A bstract Worldwide, people’s attachments to places are typically ambivalent, and complemented by desires for mobility and scene-changing. So to understand relationships between place and wellbeing, we need to look beyond the simple idea that some kinds of place, local characteristics and place attachments make people’s lives go better. Places matter, but wellbeing is not environmentally determined, it is a complex outcome of lifelong interaction…
Positive Sociology and Appreciative Empathy
This paper explores the contributions of sociology (and overlapping disciplines such as anthropology, social policy, and cultural studies) to happiness scholarship from the Enlightenment through to the present day. Pre-20th century thinkers whose work led to the formation of social science tended to take the theme of happiness seriously as a central challenge of social scholarship. Over the past century, sociologists have made important contribut…
Social Happiness
An examination of the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains, arguing that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit consideration of happiness
The Wounds of Exclusion
Indirect speech
Ethnologie des gens heureux
Le bonheur est-il un phénomène unique ou l'enchaînement d’humeurs contrastées ? Un état de tranquillité et de sérénité ou le fait d’une vie vécue intensément ? Faut-il être averti de son bonheur pour le vivre ? Comment régler le dilemme entre affects et cognition ? Le bonheur est, pour le moins, un concept dont la principale caractéristique est de ne pas donner prise à une interprétation unique. Or, si le malheur a été abondamment étudié par les …
« Autres aptitudes et habitudes diverses »
WeD is a multidisciplinary research group funded by the ESRC, dedicated to the study of poverty, inequality and the quality of life in poor countries. The research group is based at the University of Bath and draws on the knowledge and expertise from three different departments (Economics and International Development, Social and Policy Sciences and Psychology) as well as an extensive network of overseas contacts and specific
Pursuits of Happiness
Modern Forests
Modern Forests: Statemaking and Environmental Change in Colonial Eastern India. K. Sivaramakrishnan. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. ix. 341 pp., illustrations, tables, bibliography, index
Old World Places, New World Problems
This Fissured Land
Net of Magic
Scholar and magician, Siegel uncovers the age-old practices of magic in sacred rites and rituals and unveils the contemporary world of Indian magic of street and stage entertainers. Siegel's journeys take him from ancient Sanskrit texts to the slums of New Dehli as he explores India's remarkable magical tradition
Dialogue at the Margins
Blue Mountains
Identity
Blue Mountains
Old World Places, New World Problems
Net of Magic
Scholar and magician, Siegel uncovers the age-old practices of magic in sacred rites and rituals and unveils the contemporary world of Indian magic of street and stage entertainers. Siegel's journeys take him from ancient Sanskrit texts to the slums of New Dehli as he explores India's remarkable magical tradition
Positive Sociology and Appreciative Empathy
This paper explores the contributions of sociology (and overlapping disciplines such as anthropology, social policy, and cultural studies) to happiness scholarship from the Enlightenment through to the present day. Pre-20th century thinkers whose work led to the formation of social science tended to take the theme of happiness seriously as a central challenge of social scholarship. Over the past century, sociologists have made important contribut…
The Aging Urban Brain
This research directly assesses older people's neural activation in response to a changing urban environment while walking, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). The study builds on previous research that shows changes in cortical activity while moving through different urban settings. The current study extends this methodology to explore previously unstudied outcomes in older people aged 65 years or more (n = 95). Participants were recrui…
This Fissured Land
Identity
Identity
Blue Mountains
Net of Magic
Scholar and magician, Siegel uncovers the age-old practices of magic in sacred rites and rituals and unveils the contemporary world of Indian magic of street and stage entertainers. Siegel's journeys take him from ancient Sanskrit texts to the slums of New Dehli as he explores India's remarkable magical tradition
Dialogue at the Margins
This Fissured Land
Old World Places, New World Problems
Modern Forests
Modern Forests: Statemaking and Environmental Change in Colonial Eastern India. K. Sivaramakrishnan. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. ix. 341 pp., illustrations, tables, bibliography, index
Pursuits of Happiness
Ethnologie des gens heureux
Le bonheur est-il un phénomène unique ou l'enchaînement d’humeurs contrastées ? Un état de tranquillité et de sérénité ou le fait d’une vie vécue intensément ? Faut-il être averti de son bonheur pour le vivre ? Comment régler le dilemme entre affects et cognition ? Le bonheur est, pour le moins, un concept dont la principale caractéristique est de ne pas donner prise à une interprétation unique. Or, si le malheur a été abondamment étudié par les …
« Autres aptitudes et habitudes diverses »
WeD is a multidisciplinary research group funded by the ESRC, dedicated to the study of poverty, inequality and the quality of life in poor countries. The research group is based at the University of Bath and draws on the knowledge and expertise from three different departments (Economics and International Development, Social and Policy Sciences and Psychology) as well as an extensive network of overseas contacts and specific
Indirect speech
The Wounds of Exclusion
Social Happiness
An examination of the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains, arguing that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit consideration of happiness
Positive Sociology and Appreciative Empathy
This paper explores the contributions of sociology (and overlapping disciplines such as anthropology, social policy, and cultural studies) to happiness scholarship from the Enlightenment through to the present day. Pre-20th century thinkers whose work led to the formation of social science tended to take the theme of happiness seriously as a central challenge of social scholarship. Over the past century, sociologists have made important contribut…
Home and Away
A bstract Worldwide, people’s attachments to places are typically ambivalent, and complemented by desires for mobility and scene-changing. So to understand relationships between place and wellbeing, we need to look beyond the simple idea that some kinds of place, local characteristics and place attachments make people’s lives go better. Places matter, but wellbeing is not environmentally determined, it is a complex outcome of lifelong interaction…
The Aging Urban Brain
This research directly assesses older people's neural activation in response to a changing urban environment while walking, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). The study builds on previous research that shows changes in cortical activity while moving through different urban settings. The current study extends this methodology to explore previously unstudied outcomes in older people aged 65 years or more (n = 95). Participants were recrui…
Quality‐of‐Life Issues in Development
Quality of life (QoL), synonymous with wellbeing, has grown in importance in planning and learning worldwide. It is associated with systematic learning strategies that use indicators from several domains, including mind, body, society, and environment. Normally, subjective experiences are considered, as well as objective observations, hence QoL research can be involved in the development of empathic planning and should emphasize qualitative and n…
Anthropology
Why Anthropology Can Ill Afford to Ignore Well-Being
Anthropology
Academic Freedom in Scotland
Policies and discussion of academic freedom tend to be problem-oriented and defensive. They focus on harms, difficulties, and risks more than on the positive values and benefits that give freedom its raison d'être. Must we see freedom solely in these negative terms, mainly as an eternal struggle against obstructions? Or could we promote and celebrate freedom in more proactive and appreciative ways – spreading stronger awareness of the many intrin…
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