Do you want to know how COVID affected the happiness and mental health of the world?

It may not be what you think...

Dr. Lara Aknin a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University,  co-editor of the World Happiness Report and Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Task Force of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission.

In this episode, we discuss how COVID affected the happiness and mental health of countries around the world, and the link between generosity and its affect on our happiness.

 Her work has been published in various academic journals, including Science, Nature, Human Behaviour, the Lancet Public Health, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and has been covered in international media outlets such as CBC, CNN, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

This is the second in our 3 Part series on happiness featuring the co-editors of the World Happiness Report.