Is screen time too crude? Plus: campus rankings that change behavior

This Week In Wellbeing Measurement · Aug 22, 2026 · 11m · transcript

This week tracks measures that do more than describe wellbeing, from digital exposure proxies to university sustainability rankings and hospital stays.

Covers 2026-08-13 to 2026-08-20; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.

What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care.

Episode covers 2026-08-13 – 2026-08-20.

Top papers

Comparative analysis of social sustainability assessment indicators: a structured coverage analysis of…