Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford and an editor of the World Happiness Report, discusses the key figures and findings from the 2023 edition of the international report.
The World Happiness Report is a publication of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, powered by the Gallup World Poll data. The report is supported by the Ernesto Illy Foundation; illycaffè; Davines Group; Unilever’s largest ice cream brand, Wall’s; The Blue Chip Foundation; The William, Jeff, and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation; The Happier Way Foundation, and The Regeneration Society Foundation.
The report is edited by Professor John F. Helliwell of the University of British Columbia; Professor Richard Layard, co-director of the Wellbeing Programme at London School of Economics; Columbia University Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, president of SDSN and director of the Earth Institute’s Center for Sustainable Development; Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford; Professor Lara B. Aknin, Director of the Helping and Happiness Lab of Simon Fraser University; and Professor Shun Wang, of the International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
00:00 Factors in wellbeing
00:34 Introduction to the World Happiness Report
01:52 Why Finland is so happy
03:12 Why Afghanistan is so unhappy
04:03 Surprising findings in Ukraine
05:15 How we can use the World Happiness Report
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