Academic papers A local community course that raises wellbeing and pro-sociality: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial Krekel et al. present evidence that the Action for Happiness course, which is run in hundreds of communities across the UK and around the world, results in a 1-point increase in life satisfaction two months after the course […]
We’re delighted to welcome four new members to our team. Samuel Dupret Research Analyst Samuel Dupret will be working with Joel to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses of a wide-range of promising interventions. He has a Masters in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, gaining a distinction. Linkedin Joy Bitner Operations Manager Joy Bitner has […]
This year, we are running our first Summer Research Fellowship. We received over 60 applications for the eight-week programme and we’re excited to be joined by six of the brightest up-and-coming talents in the field of subjective well-being research. Each Fellow is working on specific questions from our research agenda. Three are working with Joel […]
We’re looking for Summer Research Fellows to contribute to our research agenda. You can apply to work on particular projects, such as: Estimating the cost-effectiveness, in terms of subjective well-being, of various interventions, such as iron fortification, vitamin A supplementation, air pollution, and fistula surgery. A literature review on affective forecasting and what this tells […]
2020 ANNUAL REVIEW How is our research making a difference? In 2020, we sought to address the most important questions on our research agenda and to develop our capacities as an organisation that conducts careful and action-relevant research. Our aims were (1) to build the case for using subjective well-being as an outcome measure in […]