Founded in 2011, the Health, Wellness & Society Research Network was established to address the intertwined challenges of prevention, access, and the social determinants of health. It investigates how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors shape wellness—and how policy, practice, and community action can improve outcomes across populations. Over time, the Network has grown into an interdisciplinary forum where researchers, practitioners, and advocates examine health as a relational, systemic, and justice-oriented concern.
The International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society is hosted each year with a leading institution. Recent hosts include Sorbonne Université (France), the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Malmö University (Sweden), and the University of Granada (Spain). Each edition explores a Special Focus that responds to urgent questions in public health, wellbeing, care systems, and social equity. Proposals and presentations are welcomed in both English and Spanish, reflecting the Network’s commitment to inclusive and multilingual health scholarship.
The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society is a peer-reviewed, hybrid open access journal that advances interdisciplinary research at the intersections of physiology and psychology, public health policies and practices, interdisciplinary health sciences, and health promotion and education—linking evidence, equity, and lived experience. Articles undergo double-anonymous peer review with a structured rubric and constructive editorial feedback. The journal supports pathways from conference presentations and Member Knowledge Community contributions to fully developed, peer-reviewed publications.
The Health, Wellness & Society Book Imprint supports monographs and edited volumes that translate research into frameworks for clinicians, educators, community leaders, and policymakers. Volumes explore topics such as health systems and governance, community-based interventions, mental health and resilience, environmental determinants, and equity-focused approaches to care.
The Health, Wellness & Society Research Network’s Member Knowledge Community on CGScholar is a year-round hub for members—keeping profiles, projects, and conversations in motion. Built for collaboration, it offers a multimodal authoring environment with light, community-guided review to strengthen clarity, purpose, and reader context before sharing. Works in progress sit alongside programs, recordings, and calls, connecting conference presentations with our journal and book imprint, and opening structured pathways for ongoing participation and publication across public health, wellbeing, systems, and equity. A dedicated Spanish-language community supports members who wish to post, review, and publish entirely in Spanish.
The Network is co-chaired by Professor Louise Dalingwater, Professor of British Politics, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (English-language Chair), and Dra. Angélica Avendaño Veloso, Profesora Titular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Ex-Presidenta, Red Iberoamericana de Salud Digital (Spanish-language Chair). Their leadership reflects the Network’s commitment to inclusive, bilingual, and cross-cultural scholarship.
Professor, Sorbonne Université, Paris (English)
Profesora Titular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Ex-Presidenta, Red Iberoamericana de Salud Digital (Spanish)
Partnerships extend the Network’s scholar-led mission—linking universities, research institutes, and community organizations committed to healthier societies. Recent partners include: