Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Director, Wellbeing Research Centre | Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, Saïd Business School, Oxford University
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is the Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre and a Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the Saïd Business School at Oxford.The underlying theme throughout his research in behavioural economics and public policy is the study of human wellbeing. His work offers new insights on the relationship between happiness and income, productivity, firm performance, and economic growth.
Janis an Editor of the World Happiness Report and the co-founder of the World Wellbeing Movement, a coalition of exemplary corporations that help put wellbeing metrics at the heart of business and public policy. He is a frequent advisor to governments and businesses including Unilever, Gallup, and BetterUp and currently guides the development of the world’s largest study on wellbeing at work for the global job search site Indeed with over 17 million surveys completed so far.
His research has been published in academic outlets such as Science, Nature, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Management Science, The Journal of Political Economy, Psychological Science, The British Medical Journal, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). His work was selected among “The Management Ideas that Mattered Most” by Harvard Business Review and he was awarded the inaugural Ruut Veenhoven Award for his contributions to the scientific study of happiness.
Jan co-authored the first major textbook on wellbeing science with Richard Layard in 2023 (Cambridge University Press), and his book, Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters, with George Ward, summarizing their research on wellbeing in the workplace with Harvard Business Press, will be published in March 25, 2025.
Prior to joining Oxford, Jan was Assistant Professor in Political Economy and Behavioural Science at University College London and a Visiting Professor in Economics and Political Science at INSEAD. He is affiliated with the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE and is a faculty associate of both the Department of Economics and the Department of Politics at Oxford.
Jan obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics and was a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University. His research and commentary regularly feature in the media, including in The Economist, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and on the BBC. He is a frequent speaker at academic and non-academic conferences, including at PopTech and TED. Alongside his role at Saïd Business School, Jan is the KSI Fellow and Vice-Principal of Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford.
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Insights from the World’s Largest Study on Workplace Wellbeing
In this session, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve clarifies what workplace wellbeing is (and is not) and offers a framework for how businesses can approach and improve it. Drawing on the world’s largest dataset on employee wellbeing he reveals the remarkable ways in which wellbeing at work varies across workers, companies, and industries. Moreover, De Neve shares evidence-based insights into how businesses can enhance the employee experience. His research also demonstrates that improving wellbeing boosts productivity, talent retention and recruitment, and ultimately improves financial performance. With analysis and keen insight, De Neve debunks myths amidst a cacophony of voices on wellbeing at work and provides a firm foundation for leaders seeking to shape the future of work.
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The Science of Wellbeing
In this session, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve explores how the latest insights from the science of wellbeing relate to business, policy, and our personal lives. How we feel that our lives are going is what ultimately matters and De Neve is a global authority on this front having contributed two decades of research insights to debunk myths and bring clarity to the notions of happiness and wellbeing. Hear directly from the Director of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre on what actually makes for a good life and how to improve that of others.
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Global Trends in World Happiness
Why does Finland top the rankings of the World Happiness Report? What’s the state of child and adolescent wellbeing around the world? Hear directly from the editor of the World Happiness Report on what explains differences in population wellbeing and where the world is headed in terms of quality of life, why it matters, and how to improve it.
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