Fabio Battaglia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4217468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fabio Battaglia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fabio |
| FAMILY NAME | Battaglia |
| SIGNATURE | BATTAGLIA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3871-192X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Still together, after all
Published online: 06 August 2025
The Use and Impact of Well‐Being Metrics on Policymaking
Gross domestic product (GDP) is frequently used as a proxy for well‐being. Such use of GDP is problematic for many reasons, for GDP excludes activities that contribute to well‐being and includes others that have a negative impact instead. As a result, a vast array of metrics has been developed to complement or replace it and put well‐being at the heart of policymaking. Nonetheless, previous research has shown that their use and impact on policyma…
From 'Listen and Repeat' to 'Listen and Revise
Transcribing interviews is one of the most time-consuming and alienating tasks in qualitative research. Some have tried to bypass the problem by hiring external transcribers, which however can be very expensive. Whether due to the time and energy or the financial investment that transcribing requires, researchers therefore often self-impose a limit on the number of interviews that they conduct or even refuse to conduct interviews altogether. To p…
The multi‐dimensional politics of education policy in the knowledge economy
Despite rhetorical agreement amongst all major political‐economic actors around the importance of education policy in the knowledge economy, the reform of education systems remains a complex political endeavour. The article explores the politics of education policy by focussing on its multi‐dimensionality. It argues that education systems simultaneously perform three functions: they distribute educational opportunities; they provide skills to the…
Build Back Worse
Despite the media are often described as critical for the success of the well-being agenda, there is wide dissatisfaction with their current level of interest. However, the media coverage of well-being metrics has been unresearched and, even when studies have been conducted, these employed unrobust methodologies, were limited to newspapers and to restricted samples of metrics. This paper fills such gap, providing also for the first time an analys…
Toward health-environment policy
The Use and Impact of Well‐Being Metrics on Policymaking
Gross domestic product (GDP) is frequently used as a proxy for well‐being. Such use of GDP is problematic for many reasons, for GDP excludes activities that contribute to well‐being and includes others that have a negative impact instead. As a result, a vast array of metrics has been developed to complement or replace it and put well‐being at the heart of policymaking. Nonetheless, previous research has shown that their use and impact on policyma…
Build Back Worse
Despite the media are often described as critical for the success of the well-being agenda, there is wide dissatisfaction with their current level of interest. However, the media coverage of well-being metrics has been unresearched and, even when studies have been conducted, these employed unrobust methodologies, were limited to newspapers and to restricted samples of metrics. This paper fills such gap, providing also for the first time an analys…
Toward health-environment policy
The multi‐dimensional politics of education policy in the knowledge economy
Despite rhetorical agreement amongst all major political‐economic actors around the importance of education policy in the knowledge economy, the reform of education systems remains a complex political endeavour. The article explores the politics of education policy by focussing on its multi‐dimensionality. It argues that education systems simultaneously perform three functions: they distribute educational opportunities; they provide skills to the…
Build Back Worse
Despite the media are often described as critical for the success of the well-being agenda, there is wide dissatisfaction with their current level of interest. However, the media coverage of well-being metrics has been unresearched and, even when studies have been conducted, these employed unrobust methodologies, were limited to newspapers and to restricted samples of metrics. This paper fills such gap, providing also for the first time an analys…
The Use and Impact of Well‐Being Metrics on Policymaking
Gross domestic product (GDP) is frequently used as a proxy for well‐being. Such use of GDP is problematic for many reasons, for GDP excludes activities that contribute to well‐being and includes others that have a negative impact instead. As a result, a vast array of metrics has been developed to complement or replace it and put well‐being at the heart of policymaking. Nonetheless, previous research has shown that their use and impact on policyma…
From 'Listen and Repeat' to 'Listen and Revise
Transcribing interviews is one of the most time-consuming and alienating tasks in qualitative research. Some have tried to bypass the problem by hiring external transcribers, which however can be very expensive. Whether due to the time and energy or the financial investment that transcribing requires, researchers therefore often self-impose a limit on the number of interviews that they conduct or even refuse to conduct interviews altogether. To p…
Still together, after all
Published online: 06 August 2025
Political science (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works)