Library Guides: HD FS 581C: Lessons from Denmark: Exploring Life-Satisfaction, Happiness, and Hygge in the Happiest Nation on Earth: Home

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This is the LibGuide for HDFS 581C: Lessons from Denmark: Exploring Life-Satisfaction, Happiness, and Hygge in the Happiest Nation on Earth.

Course Documents

Pre-Departure Schedule

Course-related Websites

History -The official website of Denmark
World Happiness Report 2018
A report published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Global Happiness Council (GHC). This report uses findings from the Gallup World Poll to evaluate quality of life across a variety of countries around the world.
Happiness Research Institute
A think tank dedicated to studying happiness based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Course Articles

Benjamin, D., Cunningham, S., Heffetz, O., Kimball, M., & Szembrot, N. (2015, January 2). Happiness and satisfaction are not everything: Toward wellbeing indices based on stated preference. Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://voxeu.org/article/asking-people-which-aspects-wellbeing-matter-most

Roberts, J. A., Tsang, J.-A., & Manolis, C. (2015). Looking for happiness in all the wrong places: The moderating role of gratitude and affect in the materialism–life satisfaction relationship. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(6), 489–498. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1004553

Schiffer, L. P., & Roberts, T.-A. (2018). The paradox of happiness: Why are we not doing what we know makes us happy? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(3), 252–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2017.1279209