The 2024 election has upended traditional voting blocs, with young people trending rightward and seniors embracing Harris. New research proposes an intriguing theory: It may come down to happiness.
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What I’ve learned on the journey to happiness.
Finland was recently ranked, for the fifth year in a row, as the world’s happiest country. Trust in others in society plays a large role in what makes people there – and elsewhere – happy.
Plus, the social pressure some people feel to be happy in the world’s happiest countries. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
For New Zealand’s first well-being budget, the government has moved away from traditional economic growth measures to focus on goals like cultural identity, social connection and happiness.
Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society’s ethos.
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Co-Director, Political Communication and Public Opinion Lab, Florida Atlantic University