Professor Layte's project is called FLOURISH: Foundations of Life Course Outcomes in Relationships and Social Connection. It will combine large-scale data on individuals from four countries followed from infancy to early adulthood with observation of and interviews with young people in schools to develop a rich understanding of the role of social connection in development and wellbeing.
FLOURISH will combine internationally validated measures of the same individuals over time in different countries to understand whether and how relationships within the family, school, community and wider society combine for better outcomes.
Speaking about the grant, Professor Layte has said:
“The FLOURISH project will test fundamental theories about the role of different types of social connection in the development of the self from infancy to adulthood and test new interventions which could help all to flourish in life.”