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Ruut Veenhoven (born 1942) is a Dutch sociologist and a pioneer on the scientific study of happiness,[1][2][3] in the sense of subjective enjoyment of life. His work on the social conditions for human happiness at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands has contributed to a renewed interest in happiness as an aim for public policy. He has shown that happiness can be used a reliable measure to assess progress in societies[4] which was one of the sources of inspiration for the United Nations to adopt happiness measures as a holistic approach to development.[5] Veenhoven is the founding director of the World Database of Happiness and a founding editor of the Journal of Happiness Studies.[6] He has been described as "the godfather of happiness studies",[7] and "a leading authority on worldwide levels of happiness from country to country",[8] whose work "earned him international acclaim".[9]
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- ^ Chekola, Mark (2009-10-01). "An Entertaining Travelogue". Journal of Happiness Studies. 10 (5): 631–33. doi:10.1007/s10902-009-9136-7. S2CID 143216442.
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- ^ OECD, 2nd world forum. "Measuring and fostering the progress of societies". Measures of Gross National Happiness. oecd. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ban, Ki-moon. "Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development". Sixty-seventh session Agenda item 14. United Nations. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ Anonymous, Anonymous. "University of Alberta". call for papers. University of Alberta. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ Weiner, Eric, The geography of bliss: one grump's search for the happiest places in the world, pp. 20–33, p. 20 quoted, 2008, Random House, ISBN 0552775088, ISBN 978-0552775083, google books
- ^ 'Zuckerman, Phil, 'Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment, p. 7, 2008, NYU Press, ISBN 081479727X, ISBB 978-0814797273, google books
- ^ Robert Biswas-Diener, Ben Dean, Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients, (e-book, no page numbers, section "A Scientific History of Happiness", 2010, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0470893087, ISBN 978-0470893081, google books