People say ‘money can’t buy happiness’. Other people offer the reply that “the people who say ‘money can’t buy happiness’ just don’t know where to shop”. Our response is that money definitely can buy happiness. We think that’s so obvious it’s a boring question to ask. A better question is “how much happiness can money […]
This may sound like a faux-intellectual investigation of something that’s obvious. But when I tell people I’m a happiness researcher, sometimes people get this glint in their eyes, probably thinking they’re the first person to ask me: “What does ‘happiness’ even mean?”. I think this is an important, if unoriginal, question. Because one of the […]
Freelance Web Developer Wanted! The is looking for a freelance web developer to lead a full website redesign. We’re a growing non-profit applying cutting-edge happiness research to find the most impactful charities – and we need a site that reflects the importance of our work. 🛠️ Key requirements: Migrate from Divi to […]
RuPaul (a personal icon of mine) is famous for saying, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” It’s catchy, it’s empowering, and it feels like a perfect summary of the modern wisdom towards improving your happiness. But today, I want to flip it. What if the path to […]
Job description Location: Remote-first / Bristol, England (Registered Office) Salary: ~£40,000 pro-rata per annum (depending on experience and hours), or equivalent in USD Hours: 3 or 4 days per week (negotiable) Contract Type: Contractor with scope for employee status Start Date and Duration: September 2025 – February 2026 (6 month renewable contract) About the Happier […]
At the , we found some charities are hundreds or thousands of times more cost-effective than others. This means that we, the donors, are funding the wrong things. If the charity sector was full of organisations trying to ruthlessly improve the lives of their beneficiaries we would find much smaller gaps. So what’s wrong? […]