Our goal for healthier lives

We understand the importance of a world that recognises and protects the most vulnerable and acknowledges the importance of a healthy mind as well as a healthy body. Our ethos is one of equity and helping researchers move beyond the restrictions of traditional subject disciplines.

We aim to support the work and respond to the needs of researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, service users and their families and carers by bridging the gap that can exist between research and practice and different disciplines to achieve good physical and mental health. Focusing on the social and economic factors that contribute to good health (including no poverty or hunger, clean air, water and sanitation, shelter, universal healthcare and the reduction of health inequalities), we aim to help research influence real world change in people’s health and wellbeing.

Martin Whiteford, Publishing development manager, Healthier lives.

Our goals: Fairer society | Healthier lives | Responsible management | Quality education for all Sustainable structures and infrastructures

If you're an author, researcher, or someone who cares as much as we do, we would love to work with you, and help your research to bring about healthier lives for all. Get in touch.

Our goal to achieve healthier lives

We champion research that promotes more equitable access to health interventions and health systems, and thereby influences real world change in people’s health and well-being.

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mission

How does behaviour impact health and wellbeing?

In our mission to better understand behaviour change on health and well-being, we ask a number of questions.

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Healthier lives gateway

This gateway sits on our open access platform, Emerald Open Research. All research published within the gateway is freely available to read, download and share.

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A fully open access journal

Introducing International Perspectives on Health Equity

Aligned to UN SDG 3, good health and well-being, this fully open access journal will advance knowledge and understanding to help achieve global health equity. Co-edited by Dr Rebecca Schiff, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada and Dr Shaouli Shahid, Curtin University, Australia, research is welcomed that engages, advances, challenges and reframes debates about healthy equity.

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Calls for papers

Browse the latest calls for papers in the area of healthier lives.

Governance and Funding Models in Integrated Care
Submit your paper here! Introduction Governance and funding models for integrated care vary widely across the world. This Special Issue invites papers demonstrating the diversity in approaches in…
Drugs, Habits and Social Policy: Call for papers
Submit your paper here! List of topic areas In the face of latest developments in drug policy and drug market fields, DHS is especially interested in receiving mixed-method, qualitative and…
International Journal of Health Governance: Call for papers
Submit your paper here! International Journal of Health Governance (IJHG) (Emerald Publishing) is a peer-reviewed journal that promotes the evolution of governance for health and health systems to…
Re-designing short food supply chains for enhancing sustainable livelihoods and economies worldwide
Submit your paper here! Introduction Over the last 4 years, the humanitarian livelihood and worldwide economies have been victims of multiple disasters that had disrupted utmost businesses…
Architecture and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction The special issue is aimed at addressing the pivotal role of technology in the past, present, and future of all or any building activity. In terms of topicality, the issue takes view of…
Worker’s Health in Hybrid Work Settings
Submit your paper here! Introduction The accelerated global transition to hybrid work models, a blend of remote and in-person work, underscores the urgent need to understand its multifaceted health…
Human-Robotic Interactions in Hospitality and Tourism: Opportunities, Challenges, Advancements, and Beyond
Introduction Tourism and hospitality organizations such as hotels, restaurants, airlines, and destinations are the front runners of adopting technologies to transform service delivery and customer…
Call for papers – International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
The International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM) a fully indexed journal (IF 3.6) is welcoming the submission of papers. In the history of science there have been few…
Liveable Cities for Locals and Visitors: Challenges and Opportunities for Destinations
Introduction The phenomenon of overtourism has highlighted to stakeholders of the industry that tourism should be developed to meet the needs (experience, quality of life, etc) of both locals and…
Service Marketing for Good
Submit your paper here! Introduction Society is just seven years away from the aim to achieve the 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 and…

Opinion & blogs

We welcome contributions from academics, policymakers and professionals about key issues in their area of work. If you have a blog you would like to share, let us know.

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The health and wellbeing benefits of practicing self-compassion

Self-compassion it not a new concept; it has been embedded in Buddhist philosophy and meditation and practiced for over 2500 years. However, during the last two decades there has been pioneering work undertaken that demonstrates having the ability to give yourself self-compassion can reduce levels of anxiety, stress and depression. Find out more in this blog.
08/03/2023
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Health and wellbeing amongst people experiencing multiple disadvantage – reflections from the Fulfilling Lives programme

When we think about ‘healthier lives’, several things come to mind: physical activity, good mental health, a nutritious diet, getting plenty of sleep. Find out more in this blog.
08/03/2023
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Behaviour change in health communication: why socio-cultural factors matter?

Professor Sabihah Moola discusses health communication, health promotion and its effect on behaviour change.
02/02/2023
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Can we build better leaders in the health sciences?

Marie Norman and Colleen Mayowski discuss the covid pandemic and how it has taught us the importance of creative, savvy, responsive leaders in the health sciences.
02/02/2023
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Lifestyle drift is killing health promotion

Author James Woodall, Leeds Beckett University, discusses how lifestyle drift is killing health promotion.
17/01/2023
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What's wrong with patient-centred care?

Professor Alison Pilnick, University of Nottingham, discusses patient-centred care.
13/01/2023

News & press

Below we have a collection of news articles centred around aspects of healthier lives.

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Emerald Publishing introduces new and improved employee benefits

Following an internal review of what is important to their employees, Emerald Publishing has announced a suite of new and improved employee benefits to add to their already generous employee benefit package.
10/07/2023
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Emerald Group signs up to The Menopause Workplace Pledge

Emerald Group has signed The Menopause Workplace Pledge to help create a supportive and understanding place for employees going through the menopause.
14/07/2022
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One size does not fit all: customising the technology needs and wants of an aging society

Author: Johanna L. H. Birkland, Assistant Professor of Communication, Bridgewater College. For a truly technologically ‘inclusive’ society, technology...
23/09/2020
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Emerald achieves Silver at Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Awards

Emerald has been recognised at an awards ceremony for its commitment to workplace wellbeing. Emerald was one of 103 organisations to take part in Mind...
07/05/2020
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The evolving digital divide: from the first to the third level

At the early stage of research on the digital divide, access to the Internet and ownership of ICTs was seen both by scholars and by policy makers as the most crucial factor. The possibilities for an individual to access and use the Internet are at the base of the first level of digital divide.
15/04/2020
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International Day of Disabled Persons

For research to have real impact, it must be inclusive – shaped by diverse voices at every stage.
28/11/2019

Other resources

Browse our other offerings below.

Case studies

Global teaching materials to engage and inspire. Students can test their assumptions and decision-making skills about real world problems.

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Expert Briefings

We've teamed up with Oxford Analytica to deliver Expert Briefings through Emerald Insight. Read unbiased analyses on world events and their potential political, social and economic effects here.

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ScienceOpen Collection

We've partnered with ScienceOpen to create a healthier lives collection that will be updated regularly to reflect our latest mission-related content. 

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Your publishing development team

Dr Martin Whiteford

I’m the Publishing development manager for Healthier Lives, working across Emerald’s publishing programmes for SDG-aligned research on improving health and wellbeing. I also support researchers and institutions in open research publishing, with responsibility for Emerald’s Open Research Gateway for Healthier Lives. 

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Billie Bonevski – Goal advisor

Billie Bonevski is a behavioural scientist, and Professor and Lead of Public Health at Flinders University, South Australia. She is interested in chronic disease prevention and her research is focused on designing and evaluating health behaviour change interventions that have real-world impact. Her research targets population groups at high risk of disease due to sociodemographic, clinical, or cultural factors. Billie is committed to promoting health equity and communicating science.