Positive Wellbeing Within Workspaces

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During COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying work from home requirements, many of us organised new workspaces, and we made these spaces places where we felt able to work productively. We were kind to ourselves in their creation, organisation and use. In this chapter, we explore the role of comfort in workplace environments and the impacts of workspace organisation and design on wellbeing. Both physical comfort in the workplace and during workplace practices and psychological comfort are essential parts of the wellbeing puzzle. Using reflective practices, we analyse past experiences, innovations and initiatives through dual lenses: first, as academic leaders within the higher education context and second, through the theoretical indoor environment quality lens. Reflections on and examples of institutional initiatives are offered as we consider sensory and psychosocial comforts. Specific examples include lighting levels, air quality and personalisation&s;s to workspaces that we undertook to better promote positive wellbeing within our work-provided spaces. We conclude the chapter with our reflections around the role of the office building to empower and nurture its staff and the importance of workspace designs from all levels, from individual, school/department and college/faculty through to the top of the university. We believe that wellbeing support occurs at all of these levels; it must do, and it is our responsibility to be mindful of our wellbeing and the wellbeing of our colleagues.

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