Can we afford to be unhappy?
Unhappiness increases healthcare costs and public expenditures and restricts one's ability to work. Aging increases the likelihood of...
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Michael Birkjær
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
New evidence: The flip side of social connection
Our recent study has shown that loneliness is the most detrimental life condition. We can barely live without each other, however sharing...
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Michael Birkjær
- Jun 14
- 4 min
New study: Loneliness is the greatest threat to wellbeing in Europe
Every year, European adults lose 11.4 million good years of life to loneliness. This makes loneliness more detrimental to human happiness...
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Onor Hanreck Wilkinson
- Mar 20
- 4 min
The State of World Happiness in 2020: mixed emotions
2020 has been a year of heightened negative emotion, yet this year’s World Happiness Report shows that overall wellbeing has remained...
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Alexander Gamerdinger
- Mar 20, 2020
- 4 min
A happiness report overshadowed by COVID
Today, the World Happiness Report 2020 was published on March 20th, which is the International Day of Happiness.
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Meik Wiking
- Jan 9, 2020
- 1 min
Why are Scandinavians so happy?
The Happiness Research Institute is featured in a mini-documentary on happiness made by CNBC Make It.
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Onor Hanreck Wilkinson
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Hunting Happiness in Denmark
The Happiness Research Institute was paid a visit from the host of Spanish television show El cazador de cerebros, Pere Estupinyà
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Onor Hanreck Wilkinson
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
In celebration of Happy Homes
Compelled by the belief that our homes shape our lives, we undertook a major pan-European study to find out what makes a Happy Home?
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Meik Wiking
- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
Creating Happy Cities
Is a “Smart City” also a “Happy City”? Our senior analyst Anne explored this at the Smart Inspiration Day conference in Liege.
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