Projects

Identifying and understanding patterns related to economic growth and increasing happiness. What are the major factors, what are the alternatives, what could be future solutions?

Using data from around 150 countries to identify when, how and why economic growth and wellbeing growth go hand in hand, we presently have two papers in journal peer review.

Identifying and understanding patterns related to economic decline and happiness. To what extent is happiness reliant on, sensitive to, or resilient against economic shocks or stagnation. What are the alternatives, what could be future solutions?

Using data from around 150 countries to identify when, how and why economic decline does not hamper wellbeing growth, we have one paper prepared for journal peer review

How is happiness distributed? Rather than asking whether one group reports higher happiness than another, we examine how happiness is spread within groups and how it changes over time. This helps identify where happiness is more evenly distributed and where the greatest disparities remain.

Using panel data from the Global Flourising Study across 22 countries, we have one paper prepared for journal peer review.

How robust is the traditional ”happiness U-curve” across time and across the world? How can differences in wellbeing between age groups and between generations be understood, and predicted?

Using data from around 150 countries to analyze and compare patterns, we presently have one paper in journal peer review.

What are people’s preferences for wellbeing in public policy, on indvidual, communal and societal levels? How do they view wellbeing and responsibility for it, how should it be (re-)distributed? Using survey data from countries across the world, we will identify patterns, commonalites and differences across societal contexts, socioeconomic groups and wellbeing profiles.

What fundamental factors explain differences of communal happiness across cities and over time? What characterizes ”orange zones” that do not share the patterns and do unexpectedly well?

How does a shared identity and the public narrative impact wellbeing and future outlook?

Using data from four Nordic countries comparing publicity on reported national happiness, we have one paper presently in journal peer review.