The AHRC Wellbeing State network project critically investigates today’s wellbeing discourse that promises to update our conception of human flourishing as a resource to help collectively confront the challenges of the 21st century. For that, the network brings together academics and policy makers to imagine a ‘wellbeing state’ – a state that enacts a politics of care, collaboration, and sustainability. The network is led by Clare Woodford (University of Brighton) and Viktoria Huegel (University of Vienna) and collaborates with Wendy Brown and Thomas Piketty amongst others.