21 March 2026
Could This Have Been a Voice Note? An Experiment Comparing Voice Notes and Emails
Computers in Human Behavior Reports
Is it possible to raise national happiness?
Journal of Public Economics
19 March 2026
Executive summary: happiness and social media
World Happiness Report 2026
International evidence on happiness and social media
Social media is harming adolescents at a scale large enough to cause changes at the population level
Translating scientific evidence into effective policies for health and technology requires care
Adolescent life satisfaction and social media use: gender differences in an international dataset
Social media, wasting time, and product traps
Problematic social media use and adolescent wellbeing: the role of family socioeconomic status across 43 countries
Internet use, social media, and wellbeing: the role of trust, social connections, and emotional bonds
Social media use and wellbeing in the Middle East and North Africa
8 March 2026
Autism in Viet Nam: A systematic scoping review
Autism
20 February 2026
Social status and the relationship between income rank and well-being in 109 nations
Nature Communications
19 February 2026
Cantril Ladder or Overall Life Satisfaction? Comparing 0–10 Summary Indicators of Adolescent Wellbeing
Child Indicators Research
17 February 2026
Mapping Adolescent Wellbeing: Developmental Network Differences between Early To Middle Adolescence in 24 Countries
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Who Benefits From Right-to-Disconnect Legislation in Europe? Cross-National and Gendered Effects on Employee Wellbeing
British Journal of Industrial Relations
2 February 2026
Why single-item measures of wellbeing are best
Nature Human Behaviour
15 January 2026
The Role of Hybrid Green Spaces in Secure Psychiatric Care
Wellbeing, Space and Society
26 November 2025
Inclusion of wellbeing impacts of climate change: a review of literature and integrated environment–society–economy models
Lancet Planetary Health
22 November 2025
Adolescent Wellbeing: The Role of Schools
Well-Being and its Promotion in Educational Contexts
23 October 2025
Can I get a little less life satisfaction, please?
Economics & Philosophy
20 October 2025
Is motivated memory (just) a matter of mood?
Experimental Economics
15 October 2025
National Worry and the Psychological Value of Social Spending
The Review of Income and Wealth
27 September 2025
Ethnic inequalities in adolescent mental wellbeing: An interaction analysis of social identity markers, risk and protective factors
SSM - Mental Health
20 August 2025
Equality of opportunity and mortality around the world: implications for global public health
Global Health Action
11 August 2025
Human-Centered Design and Digital Transformation of Mental Health Services
JMIR Human Factors
6 August 2025
Moral Uncertainty, Proportionality and Bargaining
Ergo
8 July 2025
Health lifestyles at work: availability, barriers and participation in workplace wellness
Social Theory & Health
2 July 2025
The growth and collapse of autonomy at work
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
18 June 2025
2025 UK Wellbeing Report
World Wellbeing Movement
17 June 2025
Local Landscapes, Evolving Minds: Mechanisms of Neighbourhood Influence on Dual-State Mental Health Trajectories in Adolescence
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
6 June 2025
Work and Wellbeing: Maximising the wellbeing of tomorrow’s workforce
Wellbeing and Policy: Evidence for Action
25 May 2025
Wellbeing profiles and their relationships to gender, homeownership, income, marriage, and education: Exploring hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing in the East
International Journal of Wellbeing
30 April 2025
Physical pain as a component of subjective wellbeing
Scientific Reports
15 April 2025
The C-WELLBY: Towards a Universal Measure of Children’s Wellbeing for Policy Analysis
Centre for Economic Performance
25 March 2025
Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters
Harvard Business Review Press
20 March 2025
World Happiness Report 2025: Executive summary
World Happiness Report 2025
Caring and sharing: Global analysis of happiness and kindness
Sharing meals with others: How sharing meals supports happiness and social connections
Living with others: How household size and family bonds relate to happiness
Connecting with others: How social connections improve the happiness of young adults
Supporting others: How prosocial behaviour reduces deaths of despair
Trusting others: How unhappiness and social distrust explain populism
Giving to others: How to convert your money into greater happiness for others
5 March 2025
Two paradoxes in women’s well-being
Science Advances
28 January 2025
Longitudinal relationships across sleep, physical activity, and mental wellbeing in early-to-mid-adolescence: a developmental cascades investigation
Quality of Life Research
18 January 2025
Longitudinal Relationships Across Bullying Victimization, Friendship and Social Support, and Internalizing Symptoms in Early-to-Middle Adolescence: A Developmental Cascades Investigation
10 January 2025
Machine learning in the prediction of human wellbeing
26 December 2024
The Rise of Mental Vulnerability at Work: A Socio-Historical and Cultural Analysis
Community Development Journal
16 November 2024
Book Review: Sarah Waters, Suicide Voices: Labour Trauma in France
Work, Employment and Society
3 September 2024
Value for Money: How to improve wellbeing and reduce misery
26 July 2024
The Role of Negative Affect in Shaping Populist Support: Converging Field Evidence From Across the Globe
American Psychologist
16 July 2024
Money and happiness
Encyclopedia of Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective Wellbeing
17 June 2024
Assessing data quality in a Big convenience sample of work wellbeing
Wellbeing Research Centre / Nuffield Foundation
5 June 2024
Economic Development and Adolescent Wellbeing in 139 Countries
1 May 2024
“No changes, but I become more positive mentally”: A mixed-methods study of the impact of a combined SEL and MBP on behavior change and academic achievement among Chinese adolescents
Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy
29 March 2024
Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK
Ecological Economics
20 March 2024
Happiness and Age: Summary
World Happiness Report 2024
Happiness of the younger, the older, and those in between
Child and Adolescent Well-being: Global Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Supporting the Well-being of an Aging Global Population: Associations between Well-being and Dementia
Differences in Life Satisfaction among Older Adults in India
2024 UK Wellbeing Report
11 March 2024
Do Patterns of Adolescent Participation in Arts, Culture and Entertainment Activities Predict Later Wellbeing? A Latent Class Analysis
CEOs Showing Humanity: Human Care Statements in Conference Calls and Stock Market Performance during Crisis
Academy of Management Discoveries
5 March 2024
Work Wellbeing Playbook: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Employee Wellbeing
14 February 2024
The causal effect of a health treatment on beliefs, stated preferences and memories
Journal of Health Economics
9 February 2024
Time use and happiness: US evidence across three decades
Journal of Population Economics
10 January 2024
Employee well-being outcomes from individual-level mental health interventions: Cross-sectional evidence from the United Kingdom
Industrial Relations Journal
8 January 2024
Time Theft: Exposing a Subtle Yet Serious Driver of Socioeconomic Inequality
Business & Society
19 December 2023
Protective factors for resilience in adolescence: analysis of a longitudinal dataset using the residuals approach
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
14 December 2023
The effectiveness of taught, self-help mindfulness-based interventions on Chinese adolescents’ well-being, mental health, prosocial and difficult behavior, and coping strategy
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being
16 November 2023
PhilPapers
12 October 2023
Labour Law, Employees’ Capability for Voice, and Wellbeing: A Framework for Evaluation
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
8 October 2023
Developing a Global Approach for Measurement of Adolescent Well-Being
Journal of Adolescent Health
29 September 2023
Variation in global network properties across risk factors for adolescent internalizing symptoms: evidence of cumulative effects on structure and connectivity
Psychological Medicine
19 August 2023
Recognizing and correcting positive bias: The salient victim effect
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
14 August 2023
William MacAskill, What We Owe The Future: A Million-Year View
Utilitas
2 July 2023
Non-Positive Experiences Encountered by Pupils During Participation in a Mindfulness-Informed School-Based Intervention
School Mental Health
25 May 2023
Nudges can be both autonomy-preserving and effective: evidence from a survey and quasi-field experiment
Behavioural Public Policy
17 May 2023
Happiness predicts compliance with preventive health behaviours during Covid-19 lockdowns
11 May 2023
Does Employee Happiness Have an Impact on Productivity?
Management Science
1 March 2023
Wellbeing: Science and Policy
Cambridge University Press
3 January 2023
The Well-Being Cost of Inflation Inequalities
6 December 2022
Inequality, well-being, and the problem of the unknown reporting function
14 November 2022
The Midlife Crisis
Economica
13 November 2022
Worldview defence and self-determination theory explain the return of racial voting: Evidence from the 2016 US election
European Journal of Social Psychology
31 October 2022
The Meat Eater Problem
Journal of Controversial Ideas
7 October 2022
Feeling Good Is Feeling Better
Psychological Science
Life satisfaction and mental health from age 17 to 21 years in a general population sample
Current Psychology
3 October 2022
The scientific value of numerical measures of human feelings
The well-being cost of inflation inequalities
LSE Centre for Economic Performance (pre-print)
24 August 2022
Are Environmental Concerns Deterring People from Having Children? Longitudinal Evidence on Births in the UK
SSRN
1 June 2022
Human Wellbeing and Machine Learning
ARXIV
1 May 2022
Working During Non-Standard Work Time Undermines Intrinsic Motivation
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
21 April 2022
Policy Stringency and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From 15 Countries
The Lancet Public Health
26 February 2022
Working during non-standard work time undermines intrinsic motivation
20 January 2022
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Cash Transfers on Subjective Well-being and Mental Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
19 January 2022
Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward
Perspectives on Psychological Science
26 December 2021
Using Memories to Assess the Intrapersonal Comparability of Wellbeing Reports
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
14 November 2021
Linking Subjective Wellbeing and Pro-environmental Behaviour: A Multidimensional Approach
Linking Sustainability and Happiness
18 October 2021
Teachers “Finding Peace in a Frantic World”: An Experimental Study of Self-Taught and Instructor-Led Mindfulness Program Formats on Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Mechanisms
Journal of Educational Psychology
21 August 2021
Physical Pain, Gender, and the State of the Economy in 146 Nations
Social Science & Medicine
23 July 2021
Regional Variation in Inequality of Educational Opportunity Across Europe
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
17 May 2021
A Local Community Course That Raises Wellbeing and Pro-sociality: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial
5 May 2021
Moral credentials and the 2020 democratic presidential primary: No evidence that endorsing female candidates licenses people to favor men
8 March 2021
A Multicountry Perspective on Gender Differences in Time Use During COVID-19
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Role of Schools in Early Adolescents’ Mental Health: Findings From the MYRIAD Study
The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
19 January 2021
Positional, Mobility and Reference effects: How Does Social Class Affect Life Satisfaction in Europe?
European Sociological Review
10 January 2021
A Longer Shortlist Increases The Consideration of Female Candidates in Male-Dominant Domains
14 December 2020
Frequency of Self-reported Unpleasant Events and Harm in a Mindfulness-Based Program in Two General Population Samples
Mindfulness
15 November 2020
A Happy Possibility About Happiness (And Other Subjective) Scales: An Investigation and Tentative Defence of the Cardinality Thesis
Can I Get A Little Less Satisfaction, Please?
26 October 2020
Memories as Anchors: Novel Analyses on the Intrapersonal Comparability of Wellbeing Reports
Socarxiv Papers
Taking a Wellbeing Years Approach to Policy Choice
.British Medical Journal
25 October 2020
(Un)Happiness and Voting in US Presidential Elections
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
A Local Community Course that Raises Mental Wellbeing and Pro-Sociality
CEP Discussion Paper, 1671
Are Happier People More Compliant? Global Evidence From Three Large-Scale Surveys During Covid-19 Lockdowns
PsyArXiv Preprints
Beyond Material Poverty: Why Time Poverty Matters For Individuals, Organisations, and Nations
Harvard Business School
Bowling with Trump: Economic anxiety, racial identification, and well-being in the 2016 Presidential election
Institute of Labor Economics
Buying Happiness In an Unequal World: Rank of Income More Strongly Predicts Wellbeing in Unequal Countries
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Cities and Happiness: A Global Ranking and Analysis
World Happiness Report
Different versions of the Easterlin Paradox: New evidence for European countries
CEP Discussion Paper
Employee Wellbeing, Productivity, and Firm Performance
Feeling Good or Feeling Better?
Getting Your Team To Do More Than Meet Deadlines
Harvard Business Review
How Threatening are Transformations of Happiness Scales to Subjective Wellbeing Research?
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Inequality and Social Rank: Income Increases Buy More Life Satisfaction in More Equal Countries
Leisure Beliefs and The Subjective Well-Being of Nations
The Journal of Positive Psychology
Life Satisfaction and Its Discontents
Happier Lives Institute
People do Not Adapt. New Analyses of the Dynamic Effects of Own and Reference Income on Life Satisfaction
Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization
Sustainable Development and Human Well-Being
The Motivational Cost of Inequality: Opportunity Gaps Reduce the Willingness to Work
Plos One
The Motivational Cost of Inequality: Pay Gaps Reduce the Willingness to Pursue Rewards
The Subjective Well-being Political Paradox: Evidence From Latin America
Chapter in The Economics of Happiness
Three Tips to Avoid WFH Burnout
Valuing Time Over Money Predicts Happiness After A Major Life Transition: A Pre-registered Longitudinal Study of Graduating Students
What Makes For A Good Job? Evidence Using Subjective Wellbeing Data
When to Release the Lockdown? A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits
CEP Occassional Paper
Why Time Poverty Matters for Individuals, Organisations and Nations
20 October 2020
The SDGs and Human Well-Being: a Global Analysis of Synergies, Trade-offs, and Regional Differences
Nature Scientific Reports
“Improving wellbeing requires thinking beyond income and economic growth alone.”
A switch to voice notes can help reduce ambiguity in workplace communications.
Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people.
You can’t buy happiness, but you can visit the world’s happiest countries.
Costa Rica jumps to 4th place; Nordic countries stay on top.
Real social connections matter.
Last year, the U.S. ranked its lowest place ever, in 24th.
An annual world happiness ranking explores how the use of social media influences well-being.
“It is clear that we should look ... to put the ‘social’ back into social media.”
The Finns reported an average score of 7.764 to evaluate their life satisfaction.
Finland just keeps going.
Heavy social media use has contributed to ‘worrying decline’ in wellbeing in Western countries.
Residents explain what life looks like in the countries topping the World Happiness Report.
Country rankings were based on answers given by around 100,000 people in 140 countries.
The World Happiness Report shows it diverging from the rest of the world.
“There’s a bit of a Goldilocks proposition here – not too much, not too little.”
Some young people prefer if no one used social media.
Prof Carol Graham and Dr Redzo Mujcic examine the determinants and correlates of hope.
In the UK, the average median salary is £39,039.
Rebecca Prah examines the experiences of adolescent girls in Uganda.
Charlie Harrison proposes a new method to account for volatility in happiness over time.
These science-backed tips are sure to boost your mood.
It’s not just health-conscious youngsters who are saying no to Bordeaux.
We get more joy from active, challenging experiences than from passive consumption.
Only a quarter of workers in the US, UK, Canada and beyond are actually happy at work.
Prof Paul Behrens takes a closer look at the link between climate change and wellbeing.
Sachintha Fernando presents findings based on the theory of the ‘finite pool of worry’.
Annegeke Jansen looks at better alternatives to GDP.
A wide-ranging talk on the nature of wellbeing and effective altruism.
Climate change is already shaping our wellbeing.
Researchers highlight some of the most promising pathways to improving wellbeing in schools.
Explore 12 months of wellbeing science with our 2025 Annual Report.
New evidence suggests that turning inward might not be the most effective way to cope.
Globally, health leaders are advocating and driving the digitisation of care.
I visited Finland. I wish I could unlearn the country’s secret.
The authors also highlight four specific UK policy recommendations.
How to combat the ‘friendship recession.’
It’s not controversial to say that we are living in times of deep division.
Society sold the dream of home ownership – then cruelly snatched it away.
The picture is especially dire for young Americans.
A new MBA elective is placing wellbeing at the heart of business education.
Prof Chris Barrington-Leigh shares findings from a comparison of multiple global scales.
Dr Florencio Portocarrero presents findings from a field experiment on employee volunteering.
And these acts improve everyone’s wellbeing.
Investing in wellbeing is not just good business, but a societal imperative.
Young people today are facing a unique problem.
“And that’s what I think matters.”
Prof Victoria Reyes García examines subjective wellbeing among small-scale societies.
“There is a very direct correlation between loneliness and unhappiness.”
Prof Dan Benjamin explores techniques to fine-tune subjective scales.
The business case is clear.
Happiness, Plant says, is “the experience of feeling good overall. I think it's that simple.”
Boosting workplace wellbeing could help the global economy grow by $11.7 trillion.
Sharing meals with others is a global tradition.
We can respond by rebuilding our social fabric.
Small shifts in beliefs and behaviours can help.
The real appeal lies in the country's deeply-lived values of balance, nature and contentment.
Volunteering can help employees feel more fulfilled, more productive and improve wellbeing.
The American people are very unhappy.
Paul Behrens and Annegeke Jansen will spearhead the emerging research stream.
Can forest walks, cold plunges and talking to trees make you happier?
The definitive account of workplace wellbeing and its key drivers.
Who we trust is changing.
"The next generation has so much empathy... the world is going to be in good hands."
In Britain, the Treasury is taking the idea of social happiness surprisingly seriously.
“It is often not the worker who needs to change, but rather the workplace and the work itself.”
Australia drops to 11th in the latest World Happiness Report rankings.
Newly-published global evidence highlights the importance of caring and sharing to happiness.
The 2025 edition emphasised people’s tendency to be too pessimistic about kindness of others.
The study also found strangers are about twice as kind as people think.
In the UK, people on average dine with others for seven of their meals each week.
Finns are the happiest people in the world, according to a new global report.
The importance of sharing meals is recognised across cultures.
What’s their secret?
Youth used to be considered one of the happiest phases of life, but this is changing.
Strangers are about twice as kind as people think.
The report also places Denmark, Iceland and Sweden in the top four.
Australia is no longer one of the top 10 happiest countries in the world.
There is hopeful news, though.
But in brighter news, global research shows that people are much kinder than we expect.
One factor highlighted in the report was the increasing number of people who eat alone.
Once again, Nordic countries lead the list, dominating the top four spots.
More people report eating their meals alone. Here’s why that matters.
The United States has a happiness problem.
A closer look at why the Nordic nation is so happy.
At the other end of the spectrum, Afghanistan ranks as the least happy among 147 countries.
Nordic countries continue to dominate the rankings.
The US sat just below the UK, and above the likes of Belize, Poland, and Taiwan.
More of us are dining alone – and that’s bad news.
Americans are making too many solo dinner reservations.
Countries are ranked according to their self-assessed life evaluations over 2022 to 2024.
Small acts of kindness are often the driving force behind contentment.
Engaged employees feel safe. Those who are treated as a liability do not.
Confidence in the apparatus of government has fallen dramatically.
Early results illustrate an important relationship between sleep, exercise and happiness.
Purpose and prospects rank ahead of pay, though higher wages would improve satisfaction.
Relative to men, women’s wellbeing has been declining globally.
Each gender inequality that women face slowly chips away at their wellbeing.
Dr Mina Fazel shares findings of “low-hanging fruit” for improving wellbeing among youth.
Few have sympathy for HR, but in difficult times people managers are needed more than ever.
Dr Lindsay Richards shares findings from a report for the Social Mobility Commission.
ML algorithms can predict human wellbeing better than traditional econometric models.
Dr Michael Plants offers research-backed advice on how to be happier.
There is a powerful business case to be made for increasing the economic status of workers.
Ahead of introducing a workplace wellbeing programme, employers must diagnose the root cause.
Our mood does change with the seasons, but perhaps not in the way you would expect.
From donating to charity to eating chocolate, happiness experts share their top tips.
Just before Christmas 2024, a colossus died.
The buzz of getting the latest new ‘thing’ soon fades.
Can improving employee wellbeing make a real difference to the bottom line?
About 12bn working days lost to depression and anxiety each year, costing global economy $1tn.
Dr Alberto Prati makes an important case on the value of life satisfaction recall.
Are you ready to take teacher wellbeing to the next level?
Couldn't we all – owners and employees alike – benefit from a little more of both?
Want to boost employee morale and productivity? Ramp up volunteering.
Let’s look at this problem through Airbnb’s framework of Elephants, Dead Fish and Vomit.
Prof Alex Bryson shares research decomposing job variance and the role of the workplace.
Is demanding that employees return to the office the route to genuine productivity?
The Himalayan country is facing unprecedented emigration and high youth unemployment.
Increase in productivity is attributed not to extended work hours but to enhanced efficiency.
Prof Andrew Oswald presents new findings on the wellbeing impact of climate change.
Prof Kevin Daniels explores how health and wellbeing programmes may be sustained at work.
Despite substantial investment, anticipated improvements in wellbeing are not being realised.
A major new research partnership seeks to advance the study of sustainable wellbeing.
Employees and employers agree that work-related stress is the biggest wellbeing concern.
Explore 12 months of wellbeing science with our Annual Report for 2024.
Globally, only 22% of Indeed survey respondents say they're thriving at work.
A new index of the top 100 US employers, powered by Oxford research, has been published.
The Work Wellbeing 100 is published by Indeed and the Wellbeing Research Centre.
H&R Block, NIKE and Disney Parks are among this year’s top companies.
The Work Wellbeing 100 reveals that companies with higher work wellbeing outperform the market.
Indeed Introduces the 2024 Work Wellbeing 100.
Can happiness be the secret to boosting productivity in the workplace?
Organisations need to look at leadership and systemic issues such as heavy workloads.
Volunteering benefits more than just employees and the economy; it is good for the soul.
“Where will youth be when they actually reach midlife?”
New apps are allowing employees to help out ‘on their own terms’.
New research highlights the link between negative emotions and populist vote share.
The Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes has met twice so far in 2024.
Aivaras, 28, says outdoor culture, a growing startup scene and busy social life are crucial.
A leadership expert explains why employee wellbeing is more important than employee engagement.
There has been a notable absence in the priorities of those vying for Number 10.
Prioritising the wellbeing of people extends beyond essential healthcare investments.
What can business leaders learn from the world’s happiest countries?
Is it any wonder young people in Vilnius are smiling?
Factors included free education, low rent, and opportunities in tech and creative fields.
What societal and cultural factors are at play here?
Our Director provided evidence on the state of wellbeing in California to key policymakers.
Healthy work culture trumps an app subscription when it comes to employees’ mental health.
Alpine County is the happiest place in California – happier, even, than Disneyland.
Prof Maureen Dollard discusses the role of a Psychosocial Safety Climate in wellbeing at work.
When it comes to income, there is no magic number.
Research reveals an uncomfortable truth about individual-level work wellbeing interventions.
Executives are urged to assess what initiatives actually work as stress and illness rise.
Higher levels of employee wellbeing are linked to better returns and higher valuations.
Researchers stress business case for tending to wellbeing at work.
How should a successful society judge political policies?
A new Teacher Wellbeing Framework highlights promising areas for increasing school communities.
Happiness is one of the key factors in shaping work attitudes.
A recent happiness report finds a steep drop in happiness among today’s youth.
Australia has been in or around the top 10 since the WHR began 14 years ago.
Researchers developed a framework with areas of promise for increasing teacher wellbeing.
A comprehensive review of teacher wellbeing has informed a new evidence-based framework.
What has happened to make Gen Z so sad?
Experts are ringing alarm bells about why workplace stress is at an all-time high.
People are living longer now than ever before.
Young people worldwide now report lower happiness levels than their elders.
Sweating in the sauna helps?
Wide variances in youth and senior happiness mark 2024.
Age is the main risk factor for cognitive decline.
Overall, reports show that mental health among young adults has declined sharply since COVID.
There are certain nations which always top the rankings in the World Happiness Report.
Gen Z are already experiencing the 'equivalent of a midlife crisis', reports suggest.
A valid goal for government is to reduce the causes of discontent.
Why do so many of us use platforms we dislike?
Young people are experiencing the equivalent of a mid-life crisis in some parts of the world.
UK’s youth happiness rated on a par with Bosnia while overall the UK drops to 20th.
Afghanistan ranks lowest for happiness at 143 as Finland holds on to top spot for seventh year.
The findings are at odds with much previous research into wellbeing.
Researchers have developed our understanding of happiness among different generations.
Finland remained the world's happiest country for a seventh straight year.
Despite stable levels of well-being, Germany has fallen to 24th place in world happiness.
Ireland finds itself in 17th place - down from 14th a year ago.
Lack of education, training and housing is behind loss of gen Z’s usually positive outlook.
Marked drop in wellbeing for young people causes several European countries to fall...
The UK is the 20th happiest nation in the world - but...
The US has fallen out of the top 20 happiest countries to live in for the first time ever.
Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe.
The new report gives high marks for Scandanavia but notes downward trends in Germany and US.
Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness.
In contrast, the report found that young people in the US are struggling.
One factor seems to have a great deal of influence on happiness – your age.
Unhappy news for Americans...
“In North America, youth happiness has dropped below that of older adults.”
The United States is no longer among the world’s 20 happiest countries.
“I have never seen such an extreme change.”
The world’s biggest economy fell outside the top 20 for the first time.
Costa Rica and Kuwait are new entrants to the top 20 while USA and Germany drop.
In a gaping disparity, Americans over 60 are some of the world’s happiest, but...
A new study shows a drop in Americans’ happiness, especially among younger people.
Once again Nordic countries are humming along with the highest scores.
“We found some pretty striking results.”
Finland has done it again.
Dr Sakshi Ghai examines the effect of digital harms on wellbeing in the Global South.
Health can be improved by factors outside traditional healthcare systems, including at work.
Recent research about work wellbeing has been making the rounds, and the headline is striking.
Employee volunteer programs have a positive correlation with worker wellbeing.
Samuel Dupret of the Happier Lives Institute shared research on philanthropic priorities.
HR should focus on more effective interventions that will be appreciated – and noticed.
Measuring sustained improvements in mental health and wellbeing matters is not easy.
“Emphasis must be placed on the benefits of organisational rather than individual change.”
Salary increases are shrinking, but happiness at work is about a lot more than the bottom line.
Psychological factors can distort opinions about scientific facts, new research has found.
Mindfulness has become the go-to practise to reduce stress and increase wellbeing, but...
World Happiness Report to be published at the University of Oxford under new global partnership
Prof Andrew Clark presented new findings on the wellbeing impact of COVID-19 on health workers.
UK employers lost the equivalent of 50 days of work per employee last year.
Companies spend big money to help their employees feel good at work...
Wellbeing insights from Ukraine fed into the conversation of ‘living with war’ at WEF 2024.
Sinking time and money into mindfulness apps and resilience training ignores the real problem.
A new study from the UK found workplace mental health benefits are missing the mark.
Too often, wellbeing initiatives focus on individualized strategies and changing the worker.
“If you’re seriously trying to drive wellbeing, then it has to be about working practices.”
Many so-called workplace 'wellness' programmes do not deliver any benefit to employees.
Getting more money often leads to immediate satisfaction. The good feelings might not last.
Employers who are serious about improving the wellbeing of staff must tackle its root causes.
“Employers have to take seriously the root causes of stress or poor wellbeing.”
New research suggests UK employers need to show “more ambition” when it comes to wellbeing.
Employers should focus on bettering the work environment beyond surface-level initiatives.
Bhutan's citizens head to the polls to answer a big question: money or happiness?
A study has found employees who participated in individual-level wellbeing interventions...
For the first time, we can say [...] workforce sustainability predicts financial performance.
“We measure up the business world’s top dogs.”
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve spoke to the Nikkei Well-being Symposium on value of wellbeing measures.
“Their very bottom line winds up being determined, at least in part, by how happy workers are.”
Wellbeing: Science and Policy has been named among Behavioral Scientist’s books of 2023.
Employees’ satisfaction with their company strongly correlated with employee productivity.
Prof Sir Cary Cooper shared ideas on how to create a strategic framework for wellbeing at work.
Employee satisfaction – and its effect on productivity – may be key to the future of work.
Prof Alex Bryson shared compelling evidence for a widespread gender wellbeing gap.
After all, work is fundamentally a financial transaction, right?
Prof Carol Graham has called for hope to be added to standard wellbeing measures.
Dr Redzo Mujcic shared work which reveals a hidden ‘over-the-hill’ phenomenon.
We finally have good data on what makes people happy. Why are we afraid to use it?
Michael Plant on why he wants to move from a welfare state to a well-being state’
Oxford study cited as one of the key pillars of understanding workplace wellbeing.
Using wellbeing science to identify the best places to work in the UK.
Recognition for the world's best places to work, by Work Wellbeing Score.
Exploring the evidence linking happiness and productivity at work.
Subjective wellbeing has objective consequences: including financial performance of businesses.
“The negatives of working from home only really creep up after a while.”
Who’s right about price inflation? Everyone. The point is...
HSBC and the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford are pleased to announce...
Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve appeared on the University's Fire & Wire podcast.
In the second episode of the Vice-Chancellor's podcast, Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve...
Research organisations including the Wellbeing Research Centre, are already refining methods...
Companies with higher employee wellbeing scores outperform their counterparts in multiple...
How reliable and accurate are your memories of last year?
While most companies say some version of “our people are our most important asset,” they clearl
The analysis showed that the wellbeing index not only correlates with gains in company performa
Professor Leonard Goff presented a new method for studying causality within subjective outcomes
Researchers have demonstrated a causal link between worker happiness and productivity in the fi
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, economics professor at the University of Oxford, said 10% productivity ga
Professor Maoliang Ye of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen provided a new
The Saïd Business School study Does Happiness Improve Worker Productivity? found that happiness
Frank Martela, a psychology researcher at Aalto University, agreed with Ms. Paasimaki’s assessm
Research published in the latest World Happiness Report has shown remarkable resilience in
People were asked to rank their happiness on a scale of one to ten, and gave scores over the pa
“Wellbeing in Ukraine fell by less than it did in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea, and this is
Another author of the report, professor John Helliwell of the Vancouver School of Economics at
he authors commented that, while well-being unsurprisingly slipped in Ukraine during the ongoin
The enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the war in Ukraine, and worldwide i
Professor Julian Jamison shared findings on individual valuations of life satisfaction and
Dr Caspar Kaiser and Dr Michael Plant sparked lively discussion at the latest of the Wellbeing
The field-defining textbook in the science of wellbeing has been launched at a special eve
So how can we move to a more balanced set of priorities? First, there has to be the evidence b
Professor Miriam Klein Flügge presented findings on connections between activity in the am
“In 2019, Indeed began working with De Neve and Sonja Lyubomirsky, psychology professor and hap
Professor Aki Tsuchiya, Professor of Health Economics at the University of Sheffield, shar
Professor Lea Cassar, Professor of Empirical Economics at the University of Regensburg, de
Professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Director of the D
“‘Remember that this is your startup, and you should have fun while building it,’ he said. His
It seems like a no-brainer that more money means more happiness. However, as Adam Shaw found ou
“Wellbeing, more broadly, is about how we feel our lives are going—and both physical and mental
Wenn man älter wird, werden die Partys langweiliger, aber das dort servierte Essen immer...
But experts who study the topic warn that there is a lack of rigorous research on cause and eff
Throughout history, our working patterns have adapted to the challenges of the day: whether tha
Humans have a complicated relationship with happiness. Consider this study on the subject: Scie
The Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford is pleased to publish its Annual
A newly-published large-scale study has described how people tend overstate the improvemen
There is a link between money and happiness, says Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, but it’s much stro
Misery influences politics. James Carville famously said, “It’s the economy, stupid.” But that’
New research shows that a person’s own rating of their feelings...
New research suggests that inflation inequalities represent a substantial (and, often,...
Researchers are perplexed as to why inner feelings about life and love predict our actions bett
Researchers from the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford have been...
Three of the world’s brightest minds in the field of wellbeing science have been cited...
Economists must get more in touch with our feelings...
Flipping traditional aid schemes on their head, GiveDirectly has been handing out cash grants—w
It wasn’t what they said that made the most impression, more the can’t-stop-grinning faces of t
As the global pandemic heads into its third year, workers continue to re-evaluate their jobs an
Walking through rows of white-netted grapevines, Andrew Barnes pauses to lift the fabric and pi
Management entails some unpleasant conversations, none worse than telling employees that they h
Economists and policymakers suffer from a GDP fetishism that does more harm than good in advanc
Finland was voted the happiest country in the world for the fifth straight year, and it is join
Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual U
The UK’s largest study of work happiness found 36 per cent of people are unhappy in their jobs.
Job site Indeed's Work Happiness Score has launched in the UK. Developed with guidance by Prof.
Two years ago, Anna, a graduating PhD in Economics at the University of Stockholm, was consider
It is a bleak fact of 21st century life that the main stage of a business conference is where b
The evidence is clear: Burnout is on the rise. A common suggestion for preventing burnout is to
Dans le but d’aider employeurs et employés à trouver la clé du bonheur au travail, la plateform
Imagine it’s the end of the workday and you have a non-urgent work question to ask a colleague.
Economist Jan-Emmanuel De Neve teaches at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. Speaking to
The nearly two-year ordeal of living with a deadly virus has made many folks rethink their live
Many congratulations go to our colleague and Wellbeing Research Centre alumna, Dr. Lucía Macchi
Supplementary guidance to the Green Book covering the consideration of wellbeing as part of the
You’ve probably heard that the coronavirus pandemic triggered a worldwide mental-health crisis.
Lange Zeit galt materieller Wohlstand als Maßstab für ein gutes Leben. Bereits im 18. Jahrhunde
When Liverpool marketing agency Agent was asked by the BBC to test a Nordic-style, six-hour wor
When governments around the world introduced coronavirus restrictions requiring people to stand
Studies show that a shorter workweek increases productivity and has a positive impact on wellbe
From my previous research, we know that workers are about 13% more productive in weeks when the
Each year, the World Happiness Report provides a comprehensive ranking of the happiest countrie
Director Prof. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve speaks to the Covid-19 committee about measuring wellbeing.
Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual
Finland has once again defended its coveted title as the world's happiest country. It marks the
ROMA - Nell'anno della pandemia, la Finlandia è il paese più felice al mondo. E l'Italia risale
Who doesn’t need some happy news these days? Just in time for the United Nation’s annual Intern
The covid-19 pandemic has done nothing good for the mood of Park Ha-young, an undergraduate at
To say the past year has been a difficult one for people across the globe is something of an un
The UK has fallen five places on a global list ranking countries by happiness, as it grapples w
With Spain poised to become one of the first countries in the world to trial a four-day working
The conversation around mental health has gotten louder over the past decades, but Covid-19 has
Feb. 6 marked the anniversary of the first known death attributed to Covid-19 in the U.S., and
Sangita Myska goes in search of the innovators who think they hold the key to improving the way
There is an old saying: “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s c
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and – for those lucky enough to have kept t
City Innovation Competition Returns for the Fifth Time with New Global Focus on Uncovering the
The fraction of the UK workforce currently working from home stands at around a third — far abo
Polls point to a decisive defeat for Donald Trump. But his unexpected win in 2016 still has opp
Every day, policymakers have to decide whether a policy is desirable. They do so by examining i
Misery has other ramifications, too. A new study, “(Un)Happiness and voting in US Presidential
Der Club of Rome fordert, das Wohlbefinden der Menschen und des Planeten ins Zentrum aller Stra
The case for sustainability seems to be growing by the day. On top of evidence that it pays off
Employee motivation is lowered by inequality in the workplace — even among those who stand to b
Common measures used to contain COVID-19 in developed countries can be difficult — if not impos
It is easy to see why students are exhausted: loved ones are getting sick, virtual classes are
Data from the 2018 American Time Use survey indicates that 30% of full-time employees report wo
Groeicijfers en bbp-procenten zijn niet de beste graadmeters voor menselijk welzijn. Dat legt d
Six months into a new decade, the working landscape has altered beyond recognition. Businesses
The World Health Organization warned the virus may become endemic, and some scientists warn 'se
Alongside the green benefits of a four day working week, working less could also positively aff
Born in Belgium, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (41) is an economist and teaches at the University of Oxf
Andrew Castle is leading Britain's conversation
The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented drop in self-reported happiness in the U.K.,
COVID-19 will be with us for some time. Are months of government-enforced lockdowns the right p
Among the population at large, some may be especially worried. Those who have lost their jobs,
Millions around the globe have made a sudden transition to remote work amid the Covid-19 pandem
Unemployment poses many psychological hardships. It causes people to lose their sense of purpos
Glücksforscher Jan-Emmanuel De Neve erklärt das Zusammenspiel von Geld, Gesundheit und Zufriede
Understanding the health risks of COVID-19 and containing its spread has been at the centre of
UK pubs and restaurants told to close in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Ironicall
The coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 11,000 people as cases continue to rise across the w
Drugs might provide a temporary fix, gurus might fool the gullible and there are still some foo
Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row by the Wor
The timing of the annual World Happiness Report may seem unfortunate ― it launched today, as th
Research suggests that there are several reasons that people can and should choose to be happy,
Up for debate was whether governments should seek to make their citizens happy, and whether the
Our research shows that a programme by charity Action for Happiness can help participants adopt
Coverage of our scientific research showing the impact of the Action for Happiness course in bo
How are you feeling? Your answer to this deceptively simple question will likely determine how
Terrible working conditions have a long tradition. Early industry was marked by its dirty, dang
With more companies thinking about the impact of how they treat workers, it’s useful to know th
Oxford University researchers claim to have found the answer at last to the UK’s productivity w
Happy workers are up to 13% more productive, researchers at Oxford University have found. The s
What does happiness mean to you? Friends, family, the rush of a crowd or the joy of solitude?
Bhutan started measuring its performance by Gross National Happiness a decade ago. Since then,
Our staff are our most important asset. Many managers have intoned this mantra over the years b
Employee satisfaction has been associated with lower turnover rates, increased customer loyalty
A growing number of companies place a high priority on the wellbeing of their workers, assuming
According to various studies, the average worker can really focus for only three or four hours
Britain has bucked the global trend of falling levels of happiness and is one of the few countr
Dr Caspar Kaiser (Warwick)
Micah Kaats (Harvard)
Dr Johannes Eichstaedt (Stanford)
