Draft:Wellbeing Research Centre

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Wellbeing Research Centre
Parent institutionUniversity of Oxford
Established7 September 2019; 4 years ago (2019-09-07)
DirectorJan-Emmanuel De Neve
AddressMansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TD, UK
Location, ,
Coordinates51°45′21″N 1°15′07″W / 51.755758°N 1.252044°W / 51.755758; -1.252044
Websitewww.wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk

The Wellbeing Research Centre is a research institute at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. It was founded in September 2019 and focuses on the study of wellbeing.[1][2] It is based within Harris Manchester College[3] and is associated with the Saïd Business School in the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford.[4] The centre received its founding donation from KSI Education.[1]

Overview[edit]

The Wellbeing Research Centre was founded in September 2019 and is led by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve,[5] a Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the Saïd Business School[6] and an editor of the World Happiness Report.[7] The centre draws researchers from various backgrounds, including economics, behavioural science, psychology, and sociology. The Senior Research Fellow is Andrew Oswald.[8] Findings made by the group have been published in journals including Management Science, PNAS[9][10] and Psychological Science.[11]

The Wellbeing Research Centre is a founding member of the World Wellbeing Movement, an organisation lobbying leaders in business and public policy to prioritise wellbeing in their decision-making.[12][13]

From 2024, the Centre is the publisher of the World Happiness Report, an annual open access publication which assesses the global state of happiness through ranking the world's 'happiest' countries, as well as sharing new insights from the field of wellbeing science.[14] Research data is provided by polling company Gallup, through its Gallup World Poll.

Conference[edit]

The Wellbeing Research Centre hosted its inaugural Wellbeing Research & Policy Conference in July 2022, at Worcester College, Oxford.[15][16] The conference was attended by academics, policy makers and business leaders over the course of three days. Speakers included Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman,[17] Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir,[18] former UK Cabinet Secretary Lord Gus O’Donnell,[19] and labour economist Lord Richard Layard.[20]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About the Centre". wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  2. ^ "Professor De Neve launches Wellbeing Research Centre". Saïd Business School. 11 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Research Centres". www.hmc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  4. ^ "Wellbeing Research Centre, Annual Report 2019-20" (PDF). Wellbeing Research Centre. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  5. ^ Buck, Sebastian (2023-05-23). "The business case for investing in employee well-being". Fast Company. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  6. ^ "Professor De Neve launches Wellbeing Research Centre | Saïd Business School". www.sbs.ox.ac.uk. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  7. ^ "Foreword". worldhappiness.report. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  8. ^ "Prof. Andrew Oswald". wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  9. ^ Kaiser, Caspar; Oswald, Andrew J. (2022-12-13). "Inequality, well-being, and the problem of the unknown reporting function". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (50): e2217750119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11917750K. doi:10.1073/pnas.2217750119. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 9897453. PMID 36472960.
  10. ^ Kaiser, Caspar; Oswald, Andrew J. (2022-10-18). "The scientific value of numerical measures of human feelings". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (42): e2210412119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11910412K. doi:10.1073/pnas.2210412119. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 9586273. PMID 36191179.
  11. ^ Prati, Alberto; Senik, Claudia (November 2022). "Feeling Good Is Feeling Better". Psychological Science. 33 (11): 1828–1841. doi:10.1177/09567976221096158. ISSN 0956-7976. PMID 36206164. S2CID 219795672.
  12. ^ "McKinsey helps co-found global movement promoting employee wellbeing and health | McKinsey & Company". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  13. ^ Jenny, Darmody (2022-07-08). "New group wants to make wellbeing a measurable objective". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  14. ^ "Home". worldhappiness.report. 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  15. ^ "Wellbeing Research & Policy Conference 2022". wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  16. ^ "Inaugural Wellbeing Research & Policy Conference". Center for Leadership in the Future of Work, University of Zürich. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  17. ^ Daniel Kahneman on wellbeing and how to measure it | University of Oxford 2022, retrieved 2023-01-26
  18. ^ PM of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir on moving beyond GDP | University of Oxford 2022, retrieved 2023-01-26
  19. ^ The state of wellbeing in public policy | Lord Gus O'Donnell | University of Oxford 2022, retrieved 2023-01-26
  20. ^ How to use wellbeing to build policy | Roundtable | University of Oxford 2022, retrieved 2023-01-26

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