Ruut Veenhoven Dutch Sociologist
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1941
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| Birthplace |
The Hague, Netherlands
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| Died |
9th December, 2024
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| Nationality |
Dutch
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| Occupation Text |
Sociologist
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| Occupation |
Sociologist
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Ruut Veenhoven (26 November 1942 – 9 December 2024) was a Dutch sociologist and a pioneer on the scientific study of happiness, in the sense of subjective enjoyment of life. His work on the social conditions for human happiness at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands contributed to a renewed interest in happiness as an aim for public policy. He showed that happiness can be used a reliable measure to assess progress in societies which was one of the sources of inspiration for the United Nations to adopt happiness measures as a holistic approach to development. Veenhoven was the founding director of the World Database of Happiness and a founding editor of the Journal of Happiness Studies. He was described as "the godfather of happiness studies", and "a leading authority on worldwide levels of happiness from country to country", whose work "earned him international acclaim".
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