By : Michael Plant

Bar chart showing various health issues and their negative effects on overall happiness.
Global priority: mental health
May 1, 2021

This report investigates the global burden of mental illness. It…

Happier Lives Institute
Research Agenda 2021-2022
Apr 2, 2021

We set out our research priorities. Download report as PDF…

Cash transfers: systematic review and meta-analysis
Nov 4, 2020

We know that cash transfers reduce poverty, improve health and…

A Happy Possibility About Happiness (And Other)…
Nov 3, 2020

There are long-standing doubts about whether data from subjective scales…

Global priority: pain
Nov 2, 2020

Millions suffer excruciating pain. Millions more suffer moderate or severe…

The philosophy of wellbeing
Nov 1, 2020

This short article summarises what philosophers do (and don’t) mean…

Estimating moral weights
Aug 1, 2020

We show how Wellbeing-Adjusted Life Years (WELLBYs) can be used…

Life satisfaction and its discontents
Jul 1, 2020

This working paper makes three main claims: 1) life satisfaction…

Happier Lives Institute
Research Agenda 2019
Oct 1, 2019

We set out our research priorities. Download report as PDF…

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