Jessie Auckram
What Shapes a Good Life? Investigating the Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Multidimensional Wellbeing in Aotearoa
Jessie Auckram
PhD Student
School of Psychological Sciences
Profile
Jessie is a PhD candidate in Psychology who has deferred from the Clinical Psychology programme to pursue her research interest around causes of wellbeing. She completed her undergraduate degree through Te Herenga Waka, and since then has worked in the NGO sector where she has had an insight into the disadvantages faced by many in Aotearoa. On returning to university for clinical psychology, her prior experience sparked an interest in using longitudinal data to investigate how inequalities shape wellbeing and stories of resilience.
Her research aims to contribute to an understanding of if, and how, socioeconomic deprivation (living conditions/resources/opportunities) causes wellbeing over time in Aotearoa - and where we could invest resources to most effectively enhance wellbeing. This research combines the strengths of causal inference methods and reflexive thematic analysis to uncover how living conditions in our day to day affect interrelated avenues of wellbeing.
Qualifications
BSc(Hons)
Research Interests
Wellbeing, mental health, inequalities, resilience, causal inference
PhD Title
What Shapes a Good Life? Investigating the Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Multidimensional Wellbeing in Aotearoa
Supervisor/s
Labs
Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/cacr