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Biography
Dr. Taylor Hill completed her PhD in Experimental Psychology from Dalhousie University (Canada), where she focused on statistical techniques to identify everyday personality-driven processes during everyday activities which contribute to happiness. During her PhD, she was the lead data analyst for the largest single non-government well-being dataset in Canada (The Nova Scotia Quality of Life Initiative) where she fell in love with population survey methods, open science, and data visualization. She is now a Lecturer in Psychology, studying well-being at both the individual level (positive psychology) and population level (community mental health promotion).
Research interests
Taylor directs the Socio-Ecological Well-Being Research Lab, with the overall goal of advancing positive mental health as a public health priority through methodologically-diverse research. This research operates at the individual level and the population level, using basic and applied methods. To learn more about the SEW lab, please visit dundeewellbeinglab.com.
Teaching
Taylor will leads the new PY12003 (Psychology and Me) module.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Socio-ecological well-being: Resources at the personality, activity, and community level (Taylor's version), Dalhousie University
Award Date: 4 Jun 2024
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Programming Wellbeing: Building Reproducible and Automated Tools for Longitudinal and Cross-National Survey Research in R
Hill, T. (Investigator)
1/03/26 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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Testing the Dual-Continua Model of Mental Health Across Scottish Communities
Hill, T. (Investigator)
Project: Other
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It’s the Little Things in Life: Enjoyment of Different Types of Personal Projects
Hill, T. G. (Lead / Corresponding author), Coughlan, E. C. & Mackinnon, S. P., Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 9, 2, p. 1083-1103 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying characteristics of community-embedded positive mental health promotion programs: An integrative review
Hill, T. G. (Lead / Corresponding author), Heyland, L. K., Keddy, S., Kaser, A. & Langley, J. E., 20 Nov 2023, In: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 42, 3, p. 55 - 79 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relative Importance of Individual and Community Predictors of Wellbeing
Hill, T. G. (Lead / Corresponding author), Mackinnon, S. P. & Smale, B., Sept 2023, In: International Journal of Community Well-Being. 6, p. 279-299 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crafting happiness from everyday life: Personality, personal projects, basic psychological need satisfaction, and well-being
Hill, T. G., Coughlan, E. C. & Mackinnon, S. P., 7 Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Personality Psychology. 9, p. 47-60 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Focused, Flourishing, but Not in Flow: Achievement Strivers’ Experiences of Competence, Flow, and Well-Being During Personally Expressive Activities
Hill, T., Loock, J. V. & Mackinnon, S. P., 15 Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)257 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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It's the little things in life: Enjoyment of different types of personal projects
Hill, T. (Creator) & Mackinnon, S. P. (Creator), Open Science Framework (OSF), 21 Dec 2023
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Activities
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Explorathon 2025 - Dundee Science Centre Family Fun Day
Hill, T. (Presenter), Kidd, G. (Presenter), Macicior, J. (Presenter), Rodriguez-Rios, M. (Presenter), Salerno, A. (Presenter), Ibba, R. (Presenter), Mustienes Rando, E. (Presenter), Hollauf, F. (Presenter), De Viveiros Teixeira, P. S. (Presenter), Obasi, H. (Presenter), Mabambe, T. (Presenter), Cazzaniga, C. (Presenter), Ahmad, S. (Presenter), Krshnan, L. (Presenter), Doran, H. (Presenter), Morriss, C. (Presenter), Tetley-Brown, L. (Presenter), McCulloch, C. (Presenter), Ahmmed, I. (Presenter), Waddington, M. (Presenter), Smith, K. (Presenter) & Urch, J. (Organiser)
20 Sept 2025Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
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PLoS ONE (Journal)
Hill, T. (Editorial board member)
2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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International Journal of Community Well-Being (Journal)
Hill, T. (Editorial board member)
2024 → 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Pilot testing the psychologically rich life questionnaire in a 6-week longitudinal well-being study - Strategic Development / Innovation Fund
Hill, T. (Member)
2024 → 2025Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Discover Social Science and Health (Journal)
Hill, T. (Editorial board member)
2024 → 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity