Nic is a recognised expert in the field of wellbeing research and undertakes innovative research in the use of wellbeing indicators in public policy environments.

Nic has expertise in relation to individual, social, economic and environmental indicators of wellbeing and has previously applied his work in policy fields as diverse as sustainable development, health and social care, education, culture and the arts, and employment.

Nic has experience of devising methodologies to measure wellbeing. He also has a particular interest in how objective and subjective measures can be used alongside each other to create national and local accounts of wellbeing and in how we can best increase wellbeing within our environmental limits.

Nic is regularly asked to attend speaking engagements and occupies a number of advisory positions as a result of his pioneering research. He was the lead author of nef’s innovative Happy Planet Index, a global index of human wellbeing and environmental impact.