Global Council for Happiness and Wellbeing (GCHW) is a global network of leading happiness and well-being scientists and key practitioners in fields and sectors spanning psychology, economics, education, health, urban planning, civil society, business, and government.

The GHC identifies the best available evidence-based happiness and well-being policies to encourage their adoption and advancement at the local, national, and international levels. The work of the Council is complementary to the annual World Happiness Report and related research on the theory, measurement, and advancement of happiness and well-being.

From September 2018 to February 2019, we embarked on an exploratory journey to answer two questions: What makes a happy home and how can we make more people happier with their home in the future?

We invited thousands of people from 10 countries across Europe to tell us about how and where they live and what they feel about the place they call home.1

This has brought us to a deeper understanding of the secret to finding happiness in the home, and it's not always what we expect.

Every nation has its own unique history. Knowing and understanding our heritage enables us to align our vision for the future with the progress of the past, in order to scale new heights together as a people.

The history of our nation is a proud one and the notion of happiness is not new to our people or our leaders. Indeed, it can be traced back to the founding of our nation.

The vision of our founding fathers, led by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was for all residents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be happy.

While countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have made substantial progress in awareness of and support for mental health in the workplace, the U.S. is only just beginning. Research on the prevalence of mental health challenges and stigma, specifically in the workplace setting, is limited. Prevalence is often measured either through diagnosable conditions or general stress levels, which does not fully capture the breadth of mental health.

Our report aims to broaden the current understanding of the mental health experience and its impact on workplaces and employees beyond diagnostic prevalence. We hope that the findings in this report provide valuable context, insights, and motivation for companies in the U.S. to create workplace environments that support employee mental health.

People in the Nordic region are generally happier than people in other regions of the world, but despite this there are in fact also people in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden who report to be struggling or even suffering. This report investigates who is unhappy in the Nordic countries, and the circumstances of life that lie behind this.

As the happiness agenda becomes dominating in public policies as well as in corporate life, companies all around the world have begun to see the benefits of having not only effective and highly performing employees, but employees who thrive and feel happy1. This more holistic approach to corporate life is not only what will drive a sustainable business in future, but also what the next generation of employees will naturally expect of their working life

This report examines the relationship between social media use and well-being. It demonstrates that young people's online and offline lives are inextricably linked, and that it is necessary to consider which platforms young people use, how they use them, and which personal characteristics make some young people more vulnerable than others online.