Contributors
Since our first edition in 2012, we have published over 100 chapters and worked with over 150 contributors from across the world, representing a wide range of academic disciplines.
Yann Algan Professor, HEC Paris
Sabina Alkire Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
Anthony Annett Advisor, Columbia University
Yeeun Archer Lee Assistant Professor, Trinity Western University
Jessica M. Armitage Research Associate, Cardiff University
Ragnhild Bang Nes Professor, University of Oslo
James Banks Professor, University of Manchester
Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh Associate Professor, McGill University
Meike Bartels Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Leonardo Becchetti Professor, University of Rome
Clément S. Bellet Assistant Professor, Erasmus University
Timothy Besley Professor, London School of Economics
Corin Blanc Research Assistant, Université Paris Nanterre
Leoni Boyle Predoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Karysa Britton PhD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis
Luigino Bruni Professor, Lumsa University
Martijn J. Burger Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Roberto Castellanos Lecturer, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Seyma Celik PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin
Felix Cheung Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Dan Chisholm Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization
Beyda Cineli Postdoctoral Researcher, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Andrew Clark Professor, Paris School of Economics
Luisa Corrado Associate Professor, University of Rome
Luca Crivelli Professor, Università della Svizzera Italiana
Adam Danyluk Masters Student, Simon Fraser University
Richard J. Davidson Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lianne P. de Vries PhD Candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sara Della Bella Lecturer, Università della Svizzera Italiana
Pablo Diego-Rosell Senior Researcher, Gallup
Ed Diener Professor, University of Illinois
Alexis Diomino Research Assistant, San Diego State University
Andrew Dugan Research Consultant, Gallup
Elizabeth W. Dunn Professor, University of British Columbia
Samuel Dupret Research Analyst, Happier Lives Institute
Martine Durand Director of Statistics, OECD
Ryan Dwyer Senior Researcher, Happier Lives Institute
Richard A. Easterlin Professor, University of Southern California
Johannes C. Eichstaedt Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Neli Esipova Regional Research Director, Gallup
Daisy Fancourt Associate Professor, University College London
Roger Fernandez-Urbano Research Fellow, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sarah Flèche Research Economist, London School of Economics
Nicole Fortin Professor, University of British Columbia
Paul Frijters Professor, London School of Economics
David Garcia Professor, Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Salvatore Giorgi Senior Data Scientist, University of Pennsylvania
Leonard Goff Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Pablo Gracia Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Carol Graham Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Bent Greve Professor, Roskilde University
Talita Greyling Professor, University of Johannesburg
Vicente Guerra PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
Ramani Gunatilaka Research Associate, University of Colombo
Ann Hagell Research Lead, The Association for Young People's Health
Jonathan Haidt Professor, New York University
Jon Hall Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Claire M. A. Haworth Professor, University of Bristol
Martijn Hendriks Assistant Professor, Erasmus University
Stephen Hicks Assistant Program Director, Office for National Statistics
Krysten C. Hill Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington University in St. Louis
Marloes M. Hoogerbrugge Researcher, Erasmus University
Haifang Huang Professor, University of Alberta
- The Geography of World Happiness in WHR 2015
- The Distribution of World Happiness in WHR 2016
- Social Foundations of World Happiness in WHR 2017
- International Migration and World Happiness in WHR 2018
- Changing World Happiness in WHR 2019
- Social Environments for World Happiness in WHR 2020
- Happiness, trust, and deaths under COVID-19 in WHR 2021
- Happiness, Benevolence, and Trust During COVID-19 and Beyond in WHR 2022
- World Happiness, Trust and Social Connections in Times of Crisis in WHR 2023
- Happiness of the younger, the older, and those in between in WHR 2024
- Caring and sharing: Global analysis of happiness and kindness in WHR 2025
- International evidence on happiness and social media in WHR 2026
Micah Kaats Doctoral student, Harvard Kennedy School
Oscar Kjell Researcher, Lund University
John Knight Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford
Sara Konrath Associate Professor, Indiana University
Christian Krekel Assistant Professor, London School of Economics
Alden Lai Assistant Professor, New York University
Gerardo Leyva Parra Director General, INEGI, Méx
Sophie Lloyd-Hurwitz Masters Student, University of Oxford
Tim Lomas Research Scientist, Harvard University
Jay Loschky Regional Director Africa, Gallup
Mario Lucchini Professor, University of Milano-Bicocca
Sonja Lyubomirsky Professor, University of California, Riverside
Mingming Ma Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
George MacKerron Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex
Brandon Malloy Associate Professor, St. Francis Xavier University
Jose Marquez Research Associate, University of Oxford
Abigail A. Marsh Professor, Georgetown University
Joseph Marshall Pre-Doctoral Fellow, London School of Economics
Frank Martela Assistant Professor, Aalto University
Lina Martínez Professor, Universidad ICESI-Polis, Col
Joel McGuire Research Analyst, Happier Lives Institute
Hannah Metzler Postdoctoral Scientist, Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Philip S. Morrison Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
Valerie Møller Professor Emeritus, Rhodes University
Valerie Møller Professor Emeritus, Rhodes University
Milena Nikolova Assistant Professor, University of Groningen
Max Norton PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
- Social Environments for World Happiness in WHR 2020
- Happiness, trust, and deaths under COVID-19 in WHR 2021
- Happiness, Benevolence, and Trust During COVID-19 and Beyond in WHR 2022
- World Happiness, Trust and Social Connections in Times of Crisis in WHR 2023
- Caring and sharing: Global analysis of happiness and kindness in WHR 2025