We aim to produce rigorous and useful research for decision-makers. In order to do that better, it would really help us to know what you thought of our work in 2022.

This year, four of our publications have been awarded prizes. In this post, we provide a summary of each piece and why the judges rated them so highly.

Our charity recommendation for 2022 is StrongMinds, a non-profit that provides group psychotherapy for women in Uganda and Zambia who are struggling with depression.

If you want to maximise the impact of your charitable donations, is it better to give to charities that improve lives or extend lives?

This month, we’re delighted to welcome three new members to our team: Dr Lily Yu (Grants Strategist), Dr Ryan Dwyer (Senior Researcher), and Rachel Strate (Operations Manager).

We’re excited to introduce you to our 2022 cohort of summer research fellows who will be joining us in July and August for a seven-week paid internship. Their projects will help to deepen our understanding of the nature and measurement of wellbeing and identify cost-effective ways for individuals and governments to increase it.

Our latest newsletter includes a review of our work in 2021 and explains how we've updated our cost-effectiveness comparison of psychotherapy and cash transfers to include an estimate of the effects on other household members.

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be running our summer research fellowship again this year The fellowship ...

Comparing psychotherapy and cash transfers in terms of subjective well-being We’ve just published new ...

Drawing on evidence from over 80 studies and over 140,000 participants, we compare the cost-effectiveness of cash transfers and psychotherapy by estimating their effect on the recipient's subjective wellbeing and affective mental health.

This year, we are running our first Summer Research Fellowship. We received over 60 applications for the ...

CLOSING SOON Come and work with us We’re expanding our team and we’re excited to advertise the following ...

The Happier Lives Institute is searching for the best ways to measure and improve global well-being; we conduct ...

We're excited to share three new major pieces of work - on cash transfers, measuring well-being, and pain - which ...

We’ve made a lot of progress over the last three months, and we’re excited to share our latest research with you ...

We hope you are keeping safe and well during this challenging period. We’ve been pleased to see that the effects ...

Our research falls into two streams. First, theoretical research into the nature and measurement of subjective ...

The story so far The Happier Lives Institute was formed in late 2018 by a group of committed individuals ...