Lynne Friedli is a freelance researcher, with a special interest in the relationship between mental health and social justice.

She is the author of a report for WHO Europe on Mental health, resilience and inequality http://www.euro.who.int/document/e92227.pdf and has contributed to the WHO Europe Strategy on Mental Health. She is part of the first residency of The Hub at the Wellcome Collection, exploring the dynamics of rest, noise, tumult, activity and work in modern life http://hubbubgroup.org/

Lynne is interested in current debates about the politics of ‘assets based approaches’ and the psychologising of public health and is currently researching the (mis) use of psychological approaches in workfare and other employment programmes.