A new paper published….
Thiermann, U.B. and Sheate, W.R. (2020), The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda, Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41465-020-00180-6#auth-1, available online 2 July 2020
Following on from my last blog on this issue “Is there a link between mindfulness and sustainability” (22 April 2020), Ute Thiermann and I have published a further paper on this subject that reviews six leading theoretical links between mindfulness and sustainability that are backed by empirical evidence. However, if policy makers are to embrace mindfulness-based policies for promoting societal well-being and sustainability, research in this field needs to go beyond the present focus on correlative studies. The proof of causality posits the greatest challenge for the next decade of research.
Inspired by principles from policy evaluation, we propose a research agenda that offers direction for collaborative efforts and innovative interdisciplinary study designs in a logical model: (how) does the practice of mindfulness contribute to individual behaviour change and (how) does this individual change translate into societal change?
The full paper is available in open access here.
Bill Sheate, 17 July 2020