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Global dialogue for happiness discusses design of happiness policies based on science and technology
11 February 2018
In a similar session titled ‘What Makes People Happy?’, Paul Dolan, Head of Department and Professor of Behavioral Science in Psychological and Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, offered an alternative explanation to the meaning of happiness. Dolan maintained that simple lifestyle changes can have a big impact on peoples’ happiness. Studies have shown that increased happiness coincides with increases in wealth and productivity. He identified different aspects of happiness that can be measured and monitored. Emotional happiness, moral happiness, and evaluative happiness, in addition to happiness that is related to the environment, education, healthcare, society, government services, and infrastructure, are some of them.
Paul Dolan CEP publications webpage: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/author.asp?author=dolan