What is HLI?
The experts on high-impact happiness research
The Happier Lives Institute (HLI) is the only organisation that researches the most cost-effective ways globally to improve wellbeing.
We connect people and organisations together to fund happiness and improve wellbeing around the world. We fuel the generosity of our donors, guided by happiness science, to make the world a happier place.
As world leading happiness experts, we strive to empower donors, researchers, and policymakers to maximise overall impact on global wellbeing.
If you’re a donor looking to maximise your impact, we can help you. We will convert your donation into a Happiness Multiplier – enabling the most happiness your money can buy.
It’s hard to choose the best charity to donate to. There are so many charities to choose from, and some charities are far more effective than others. It’s also hard to know which charities create the most happiness and wellbeing.
We’re the first and only charity evaluator to recommend charities based on objective measures of how much happiness they create. This is measured in WELLBYs (wellbeing years). Did you know donating $1,000 to a top charity can have the same impact as donating $150,000 to an average one? We help you to help more people at no extra cost.
We do extensive, scientific research into which ‘cause areas’ make the most difference to people’s happiness, including:
Mental health
Nutrition
Parenting
And within those cause areas, we research specific interventions, such as:
Foundational research
Psychotherapy services
Preventing malnutrition by adding micronutrients to food supply chains
Preventing lead poisoning
Parent education programmes
We research and publish on foundational frameworks. For example:
The nature of wellbeing – what is a good life?
The measurement of wellbeing – what’s best way to do this?
Challenging topics, like how to trade-off quality and quantity of life
Outreach and campaigning
We advocate for maximising happiness on a global scale, including: