Barry Grimes 🔸

Last week, I attended the @OECD World Forum on Well-Being. In this short clip, I discuss what the World @HappinessRpt is, explain the methodology for our annual rankings, and highlight some of the key insights from our 2024 report. youtube.com/watch?v=HXnZEQ…

New: 2025 UK Wellbeing Report Nearly 7 million UK people – around 13% of the population aged 16 and above – are estimated to be living below the Happiness Poverty Line (HPL). The HPL refers to people who rate their life satisfaction at 5 or under (on a 0-10 scale).

🧑‍💻 World Happiness Report 2026 will focus on the relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing, featuring a chapter from @JonHaidt, author of The Anxious Generation. Find out more and submit your own chapter proposal by Sunday 15 June👇 worldhappiness.report/news/submit-a-…

🎢 Our day-to-day lives are full of ups and downs, but when are we at our happiest? George MacKerron (@jawj) and @AlexanderBryson used data from 20,000+ individuals to examine which activities have the greatest effect on our happiness. Full paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.1…

🗞️ Did you catch World Happiness Report 2025 in the news last week? In case you missed them, we’ve assembled some of our favourite happiness headlines… Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappiness… Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🤗 In 2024, benevolent acts continue to be 10% more frequent than in 2017-19 in all generations and almost all global regions, despite evidence of a return towards pre-COVID levels. Yeeun Archer Lee (@TrinityWestern) and Felix Cheung (@UofT) examine the evidence.👇

We asked authors of the 2025 World Happiness Report what they personally do when they're feeling down. yahoo.trib.al/OMkWm6M

NEW: People are much kinder than we expect, according to findings published today (20 March) in World Happiness Report 2025. Read more 👉 worldhappiness.report/news/world-hap…

🙏 The World Happiness Report is published by @OxWellResearch at the @UniofOxford, in partnership with @Gallup, @UNSDSN, and an independent editorial board. We are grateful to our partners for their continued support to enable us in sharing #wellbeing insights across the world.

🚨 Exciting news! ISQOLS is an official partner of the 2025 @HappinessRpt 🎉 This year’s theme, ‘Caring & Sharing,’ dives beyond rankings into expert insights on wellbeing. March 20-21 | Live-streamed worldwide! 🔗Learn more: worldhappiness.report/news/join-us-f… #WorldHappinessReport

👀 World Happiness Report 2025 is almost here! Take an early look at some of our findings, ahead of the global launch on International Day of Happiness, this Thursday 20 March.👇

🌎 North America 🌎 Latin America (en español) 🌍 Africa 🌍 Europe 🌏 Asia We’ve got #WHR2025 launch events planned across five world regions – including our first-ever event hosted on the African continent. Find out more 👉 worldhappiness.report/news/join-us-f…

📆 Mark your calendar: World Happiness Report 2025 lands on Thursday 20 March! Sign up to our mailing list and be among the first to read #WHR2025 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🤩 Can we be happier? World Happiness Report founding editor, Richard Layard, features on the latest episode of the Lives Well Lived podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts 👉 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/liv… Listen on Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/show/7vjHLWnd6…

🗺️ The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, launched by @KingsCollegeLon with support from the @WellcomeTrust, MQ Mental Health Research and lived experience experts, is an invaluable new resource for those working in #wellbeing science. Explore👇 atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk

👀 There are significant differences between the happiest countries for the young and old. Read more in Ch2 of #WHR2024👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr-f…

Most of us spend a third of our waking lives at work. Work shapes our schedules, relationships, identities, and economies — but is it actually making us happy? This crucial question is explored in depth by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward, leading Oxford researchers, in…

Our next McGill-UofT Wellbeing Research Seminar is on Tuesday 11 February 2025 This is part two in our three-part miniseries on social media and wellbeing. Register now to attend! wellbeing.research.mcgill.ca/seminar @ISQOLS_org @ihsp_mcgill

Oh wow. Google's AI now mentions cost-effectiveness figures for charities. Just seen this for StrongMinds.

🔎The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets is open for use! Filter, compare, save and explore your way through over 1,600 datasets from around the world, with even more to come! Find the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets here: atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk @wellcometrust #longitudinaldatasets

Wellbeing and the UK Spending Review. In a speech to the @instituteforgov, Darren Jones has confirmed that the Treasury is asking departments to consider the long-term impacts of spend on wellbeing. More info via the World Wellbeing Movement here: linkedin.com/posts/world-we…