Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of Oxford, where he also directs the Wellbeing Research Centre. He is best known for his research on the economics of wellbeing, which was selected among “The Management Ideas that Mattered Most” by Harvard Business Review. He was awarded the Veenhoven Award by Erasmus University Rotterdam for his contributions to the scientific study of happiness. His research has led to new insights in the relationship between wellbeing and income, productivity, economic growth, and inequality.
De Neve serves on The Lancet COVID-19 Commission and is an editor of the World Happiness Report. He is a frequent advisor to governments and businesses and currently guides the development of the world’s largest study on wellbeing at work for the global job search site Indeed. He obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics and previously taught at University College London and INSEAD.
