HAPPIER LIVES INSTITUTE
  • 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
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    • Reading list
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    • Career advice
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Our story

The Happier Lives Institute was founded in late 2018 by a group of people who deeply care about well-being around the world. Our occupations range from philosophers to doctors to advocates for better mental health policies. We don’t want to just theorise about how to ‘do good’, but put our words into action and bring about positive change. 

Although governments and think-tanks are starting to consider well-being as part of their agenda, for an individual or an organisation aiming to help people become happier globally, there seems to be relatively little evidence-based information currently available. We therefore decided to found something new.

The team worked together in their spare time, aiming to produce valuable research that would further our understanding of how to effectively improve global happiness.

HLI has expanded to a network of volunteer researchers as well as three employees - and we plan to keep growing!

Our vision is a world where everyone lives their happiest life.

Our mission is to guide the decision-making of those individuals and organisations who want to use their resources to most effectively make people’s lives happier.
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If you’re interested in contributing to HLI’s research, please get in touch at hello@happierlivesinstitute.org

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

Take action

Reading list
Donation advice
​Career advice
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Vacancies
Contact us at:
hello@happierlivesinstitute.org

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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