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The Happier Lives Institute is a new organisation pioneering a new approach to doing good. At this early stage, we have not completed sufficient research to make confident recommendations about the most effective interventions for increasing global well-being. However, we have identified some promising organisations which we believe are doing valuable work.

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Action for Happiness 
Action for Happiness is a global movement of people committed to building a happier and more caring society. They bring together like-minded people from all walks of life and help them take practical action, drawing on the latest scientific research. They are backed by leading experts from diverse fields including psychology, education, economics and social innovation.

​Read the Founders Pledge charity recommendation report
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Friendship Bench 
The Friendship Bench is an evidence-based intervention developed in Zimbabwe. Their mission is to enhance mental well-being and improve quality of life through the use of problem-solving therapy delivered by trained lay health workers.
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Happier Lives Institute
Yes, that’s us! If you would like to donate to help us scale up our work then please visit this page.
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International Positive Education Network 
The International Positive Education Network (IPEN) brings together teachers, parents, academics, students, schools, colleges, universities, charities, companies and governments to promote positive education. Their goals are to support collaboration, change education practice and reform government policy.
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Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 
MAPS is a non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.

​Read the Founders Pledge charity recommendation report
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Sangath 
Sangath is an Indian NGO which trains lay people, known as health counsellors, to deliver psychosocial treatments for depression in adults attending primary healthcare centres or for schizophrenia in community settings.
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StrongMinds 
​StrongMinds treats depression in women in Africa through community-based mental health interventions, including Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy programs.

Read the Founders Pledge charity recommendation report

About

Our strategy
Our story
​Our team

Research

​Research agenda
Philosophy of well-being
Measuring happiness
Life satisfaction theories
Subjective scales: comparability
Cash transfers: systematic review
Mental health: programme evaluation
Mental health: problem area report
Pain: problem area report
Positive education: research plan

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Reading list
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The Happier Lives Institute (“HLI”) is operating through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178), a Maryland charitable trust with federal tax-exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to HLI are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
  • About
    • Our strategy
    • Our story
    • Our team
  • Research
    • Research agenda
    • Theoretical research >
      • Philosophy of well-being
      • Measuring happiness
      • Life satisfaction theories
      • Subjective scales: comparability
    • Intervention reports >
      • Cash transfers
    • Mental health programme evaluation
    • Problem area reports >
      • Pain
      • Mental health
      • Positive education
  • Blog
  • Take action
    • Reading list
    • Donation advice
    • Career advice
    • Vacancies
  • Donate