Social production and the Mental Wealth of nations

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• Governing the social production of care: the hidden foundation of health systems

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, John Buchanan, Mike Martin, Saman Khalatbari-Soltani, Pawel Swieboda, Harris Eyre, Paul Crosland, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Anita van Zwieten, Suraj Samtani, Mouna Sawan, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Shohei Okamoto, Jo Robinson, David Norris, Dilip V. Jeste, Frederic Destrebecq, Mark Heffernan, Marcel Tanner* & J. Jaime Miranda* *joint senior authors

  Nature Medicine, 2026

  Journal article Social production

• Establishing a Social Production Satellite Account for Japan

  Jo-An Occhipinti

  Briefing for the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, 2026

  Report or briefing Social production

• Estimating the Value of Social Production: A Practical Handbook for National Accounting

  Jo-An Occhipinti

  Mental Wealth Initiative, University of Sydney, 2026

  Report or briefing Social production

• Modeled estimates of the health outcomes and economic value of improving the social determinants of mental health

  Paul Crosland, Nicolas Ho, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Kristen Tran, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Catherine Vacher, Adam Skinner, Jordan van Rosmalen, Sebastian Rosenberg, Frank Iorfino, Victoria Loblay, Olivia Iannelli, Sarah Piper, Yun Ju Christine Song, Sophie Morson, Judith Piccone, Adam Connell, Deborah Marchall, Ian B. Hickie, Jo-An Occhipinti

  Nature Mental Health, 2025

  Journal article Social production Youth mental health

• Mental Wealth Initiative Submission to the ABS Public Consultation: Measuring unpaid care in the Labour Account

  Jo-An Occhipinti, John Buchanan, Ante Prodan, Kristen Tran, Paul Crosland

  Mental Wealth Initiative, 2025

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Europe’s Path Beyond GDP: Monetising Social Production

  University of Sydney's Mental Wealth Initiative, the European Policy Centre, and NeuroCentury

  Briefing note prepared for the European Commission, 2025

  Report or briefing Social production

• From hidden value to national asset: Supporting leadership in social production accounting

  Mental Wealth Initiative

  Briefing note prepared for international funders and partners, 2025

  Report or briefing Social production

• Switzerland’s Opportunity: Leading the World in Measuring Social Production

  Jo-An Occhipinti on behalf of the Mental Wealth Initiative

  Briefing note prepared for the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), 2025

  Report or briefing Social production

• The Value of Social Production in Norway

  University of Sydney’s Mental Wealth Initiative

  University of Sydney’s Mental Wealth Initiative, 2025

  Report or briefing Social production

• Valuing caregiving is a prerequisite for the wellbeing economy and mental wealth

  Mouna Sawan*, Saman Khalatbari-Soltani*, Anita van Zwieten, Suraj Samtani, Jo-An Occhipinti#, J. Jaime Miranda# (# joint senior author)

  Nature Aging, 2025

  Journal article Social production Brain capital

• Dynamic Bayesian network analysis of the social determinants of mental health

  Adam Skinner, Isabel Li, Mathew Varidel, Frank Iorfino, Jo-An Occhipinti, Christine Song, Min K. Chong, Ian Hickie

  PNAS Nexus, 2025

  Journal article Systems modelling Social production Youth mental health

• The influence of economic policies on social environments and mental health

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Adam Skinner, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Shekhar Saxena, Harris Eyre, William Hynes, Patricia Geli, Yun Ju Christine Song, Ante Prodan, Goran Ujdur, Sebastian Rosenberg, John Buchanan, Ian B. Hickie

  Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 2024

  Journal article Social production Youth mental health

• A global mandate for progress towards wellbeing economies

  Jo-An Occhipinti

  The Mandarin, 2024

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Can national time banks strengthen wellbeing economies?

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, William Hynes, John Buchanan, Goran Ujdur, and Harris Eyre

  The Policymaker, 2024

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Navigating a stable transition to the age of intelligence: A mental wealth perspective

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, William Hynes, Harris A Eyre, Alex Schulze, Goran Ujdur, Marcel Tanner

  iScience, 2024

  Journal article Generative AI Social production

• Mental health plays a big role in advancing the economy - we need a measure beyond GDP

  Raphael Gunawan Hasudungan, Andrea Natalie Natsky, Jo-An Occhipinti

  The Conversation, 2023

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Measuring what matters: embracing Mental Wealth as an overarching indicator of national prosperity

  Jo-An Occhipinti

  The Policymaker, 2023

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Estimating the Mental Wealth of Nations: Valuing social production and investment

  Jo-An Occhipinti, John Buchanan, Kristen Tran, Yun Ju Christine Song, Adam Skinner, William Hynes, Harris Eyre, Allan Fels, Sebastian Rosenberg, Ante Prodan, Goran Ujdur, Andrea N. Natsky, Troy Henderson, Raphael Hasudungan, Ian B. Hickie

  Nature Mental Health, 2023

  Journal article Social production

• Building systemic resilience, productivity, and wellbeing: A Mental Wealth Perspective

  Jo-An Occhipinti, William Hynes, Patricia Geli, John Buchanan, Harris Eyre, Roy Green, Yun Ju Christine Song, Ante Prodan, Goran Ujdur, Adam Skinner, Allan Fels, Sebastian Rosenberg, Ian B. Hickie

  BMJ Global Health, 2023

  Journal article Social production

• A Contributing Life: A snapshot of the value of social production

  Kristen Tran, Jo-An Occhipinti, John Buchanan, Sebastian Rosenberg, Christine Song, Ian Hickie

  Mental Wealth Initiative, 2023

  Report or briefing Social production

• The Value of Social Production in the United States: Measuring Mental Wealth

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Kristen Tran, Harris Eyre, Patricia Geli, Christine Song, Ian Hickie

  Reform for Resilience Commission (Americas Hub), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and CSART, 2023

  Report or briefing Social production

• Mental wealth – the neglected force in national prosperity

  John Buchanan & Jo-An Occhipinti

  Sydney Business Insights, 2022

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Crafting policies to bolster ‘Mental Wealth’

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Ian Hickie

  World Economic Forum, Future Focus 2025 Pathways for Progress from the Network of Global Future Councils 2020–2022: Insight Report, 2022

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Measuring, modelling, and forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations

  Jo-An Occhipinti, John Buchanan, Adam Skinner, Allan Fels, Yun Ju C. Song, Kristen Tran, Sebastian Rosenberg, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Petra Meier, Ante Prodan, Ian B. Hickie

  Frontiers in Public Health, 2022

  Journal article Social production Systems modelling

• Mental wealth and jobs: without it, we’re just pouring water into a leaking bucket

  John Buchanan, Ian Hickie, Jo-An Occhipinti

  The Conversation, 2022

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• Mental wealth: Measuring progress towards the wellbeing economy

  Jo-An Occhipinti, Ian Hickie, John Buchanan, Sebastian Rosenburg

  The Mandarin, 2022

  Opinion or commentary Social production

• The decline in volunteering: What does it mean for Australia’s Mental Wealth

  Kristen Tran, Jo-An Occhipinti, John Buchanan, Ian Hickie

  Mental Wealth Initiative, 2022

  Report or briefing Social production

• A Mental Wealth perspective: Crossing disciplines to understand the value of collective mental and social assets in the post-COVID-19 era

  Kristen Tran, John Buchanan, Yun Ju C Song, Sebastian Rosenberg, Jo-An Occhipinti,^ Ian B. Hickie.^

  International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2022

  Journal article Social production

• Road to recovery: Restoring Australia’s Mental Wealth

  Jo-An Atkinson, Adam Skinner, Kenny Lawson, Yun Ju Christine Song, Ian B. Hickie

  Brain and Mind Centre, 2020

  Report or briefing Social production Systems modelling

• Road to Recovery Part 2: Investing in Australia’s Mental Wealth

  Jo-An Atkinson, Kenny Lawson, Adam Skinner, Ian B. Hickie

  Brain and Mind Centre, 2020

  Report or briefing Social production Systems modelling

• Submission to the Australian Government Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into the Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health. How do we ensure that mental health reforms and resources deliver best outcomes for individuals, communities and the ‘mental wealth’ of the nation?

  Jo-An Atkinson, Ian Hickie, Andrew Page, Adam Skinner, Sebastian Rosenberg, Kenny Lawson

  Australian Government Productivity Commission, 2019

  Report or briefing Social production Systems modelling