Three editors of the World Happiness Report will be here next week to answer questions on World Happiness Report 2026: Happiness and Social Media.
- Prof John F. Helliwell has been an editor of the World Happiness Report since its first edition in 2012 and leads a team of researchers to prepare the global rankings of national happiness each year.
- Prof Richard Layard is also one of the first economists to work on happiness and was a founding editor of the World Happiness Report in 2012. His main current interest is in how cost-benefit analysis can better reflect what people really value.
- Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at Saïd Business School, a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, and Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. He became an editor of the World Happiness Report in 2020.
For this year’s report, a global team of leading researchers have examined the association between social media and wellbeing. Following a global call for chapter proposals, this report brings all sides of the debate together to establish the facts and clarify disagreements.
AMA: World Happiness Report 2026, with editors John Helliwell, Richard Layard, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. Thursday 26 March, 5–6 pm UTC
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