Ruut Veenhoven (1942-2024): The secret of a happy and productive life

Help us to save the World Database of Happiness. It needs future funding to continue the work of the deceased happiness professor Ruut Veenhoven. Please read the paper I have written together with Arnold Bakker, Martijn Burger, Robert Biswas-Diener, Alex Michalos, Hatime Kamilçelebi, Gaël Brulé and Valerie Møller for Applied Quality of Life Research.  HeavenVerder lezen

Remembering Ruut Veenhoven. His happy life and work

Remembering Ruut Veenhoven (1942-2024), one of the godfathers of the scientific study of happiness, a founding editor of the Journal of Happiness Studies and the driving force behind the World Database of Happiness. Veenhoven was born during the Second World War in 1942 in The Hague in the Netherlands. During the sixties, he studied sociologyVerder lezen

Gender equality enhances happiness for all

The US is ‘absolutely’ ready for a female president, thinks Kamala Harris. Male voters are less sure. But they have little reason to fear gender equality. Ad Bergsma and Ruut Veenhoven American girls are just as highly educated as boys, but does this imply that all societal roles should be open for men and womenVerder lezen