Quality of Life in Mexico : State of the Art, Dimensions, and Future Developments

This book offers insights into what it means and how to understand and measure quality of life (QoL) in the context of Mexico, taking into account its history, culture, and demographic characteristics. It also describes current research on different topics related to QoL and looks at future research developments that are important to engage with. It especially highlights the contributions that a perspective from Mexico can make to the world and looks into developing public policy to improve QoL. The book is divided into three parts: State of the Art, Dimensions of QoL, and Future Developments. This book is of interest to all QoL and wellbeing researchers not only in Mexico and Latin America but to those across the global South, and elsewhere, and to decision-makers looking at social indicators relevant for policy and community development.

Jorge Oseguera completed his undergraduate degree in philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he also obtained a diploma in bioethics. During his undergraduate degree, he did an exchange at the University of California, Berkeley. He received a Fullbright scholarship to pursue his graduate studies at Florida State University, where he completed his master's degree, specializing in evolutionary ethics, and his doctorate, specializing in philosophical theories of well-being, under the direction of Michael Bishop. He has taught classes at Florida State University and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is currently a research professor at the Center for Research in Cognitive Sciences (CINCCO) of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEMor). He favors empirical and interdisciplinary methodologies to approach problems in ethics and political philosophy. His main line of research is well-being. He currently seeks to develop a theoretical and conceptual framework to investigate well-being in a transdisciplinary way and is developing a methodology for the evaluation of public policies aimed at well-being in Latin America. He is a member of the Well-being Economy Alliance (WEAll).

Alfonso Méndez holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary studies on thought, culture, and society from the Philosophy Faculty at the Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ). He earned his master's degree in cognitive sciences from the Center for Research in Cognitive Sciences of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (CINCCO-UAEM) and completed his undergraduate studies in Psychology at the Universidad Latina de Mexico. Throughout his postgraduate studies, he received a scholarship from the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) in Mexico and has been recognized as a member of the National System of Researchers at the Candidate level (SNI-C). His research focuses on exploring subjective well-being in Mexico through a variety of approaches, including phenomenological, systemic, and sociocultural lenses. Additionally, he conducts analyses of psychometric properties of measurement scales. Currently, he serves as a professor of measurement theory in the bachelor's degree program in clinical psychology at the University of Guanajuato Celaya-Guanajuato campus and holds a full-time position as a professor at the Psychology Faculty of Universidad Latina de Mexico.

Juan Jaime Loera-Gonzalez is a Mexican anthropologist with a PhD in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, the University of Sussex, a master's degree in Social Anthropology and an MA in Poverty and Development. Member of the National Research System (SNI) Level I. His academic interests are the study of the indigenous population in Mexico and Latin America, local conceptions of well-being, forms of ethnic resistance, structural violence, indigenous rights, and water in the Sierra Tarahumara. Among his research projects, he seeksto increase knowledge that accounts for alternative ways of conceiving well-being and development from a local perspective in contexts of socio-environmental conflicts, the intersection of dimensions of structural violence and the role of the state.

Roberto Castellanos Cereceda holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master's (MPhil) degree from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. He has conducted research and coordinated academic teams at the UNAM, the Belisario Domínguez Institute of the Mexican Senate, and the Mexican Think Tank Fundación Este País. He has been a lecturer at the School of Political and Social Sciences of UNAM since 2001 and is a member of the Academic Committee of the UNAM’s Francisco I. Madero Research Group. The National Council for Humanities, Science and Technology (Conahcyt) has acknowledged him as a member of the National System of Researchers, Level I. His lines of work, research and interest include the following: subjective wellbeing and public policies; democratic development; civic culture, and children’s rights.