Saamah Abdallah

Saamah has been working at the Centre for Well-being since its foundation in 2006. He has worked extensively on the Happy Planet Index, and was lead author of the most recent report. He has also been involved in other measures of national progress, including National Accounts of Well-being and Regional Indices of Sustainable Economic Welfare, as well as more local approaches such as the Caerphilly Sustainability Index. Saamah is particularly interested in how the science of well-being can inform research into pro-environmental behaviour and value change, and a more sustainable economy. He is also interested in getting public engagement in the question of how we measure societal progress.

Saamah has an academic background in the natural sciences, having graduated from the University of Cambridge in Experimental Psychology, and having worked for two years as a research assistant, in Cambridge and at the University of Barcelona.  He has also completed an MSc. in Democracy and Democratisation at University College London, where his dissertation explored views of deliberative democracy. Saamah also has a strong background in non-formal education, having worked in this field in the UK, Poland and Spain.