Colleague researchers from all over the world can take responsibility for a part of the World Database of Happiness. Currently the following colleagues are involved.
| Name | Affiliation | Responsible for section on | Term (4 years) |
| Yufi Adriani (dr.) | State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia | Happiness in Indonesia | 2020-2024 |
| Dimitriz Ballas (prof. dr.) | Professor, University of Groningen, Netherlands | Happiness in Regions | 2018-2022 |
| Badri Bajaj (dr.) | Jaypee Institute for Information Technology, Noida, India | Happiness in India | 2020-2024 |
| Elizabeth Bothma | Assistant professor, North West University, South Africa | Happiness in South Africa | 2018-2022 |
| Mark Chekola (prof. dr.) | Emeritus professor, University of Minnesota, Dpt. of Philosophy | Bibliography of Happiness, section Philosophy of Happiness | 2018-2022 |
| Pablo Dias (prof. dr.) | Professor of psychology. Catholic University of Braga, Portugal | Correlational findings on happiness and School | 2020-2024 |
| Lilian Jans-Beken (dr.) | Student coach and writer, Venray, The Netherlands | Correlational Findings on Gratitude | 2020-2024 |
| Akiko Kamasaka (prof. dr.) | Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan | Happiness in Japan | 2016-2020 |
| Jeroen Nawijn (dr.) | Lector, school of Tourism, Netherlands | Happiness and Leisure | 2019-2023 |
| Sahar Samavati | PhD student urban design Tarbiat Modarres University, Teheran Iran | Happiness and urban design | 2020-2024 |
| Ekaterine Selezneva (dr.) | Researcher, Ost-Europa Institut, Regensburg, Germany | Happiness in Russia | 2011-2015 |
| Maja Tadic (dr.) | Researcher Pilar Institute, Zagrb, Croatia | Happiness in Croatia | 2018-2022 |
| Siok Kuan Tambyah (dr.) & Soo Jiuan Tan (dr.) | National University of Singapore, Singapore | Happiness in Singapore | 2018-2022 |
| Hector Vargas (dr.) | Lecturer, Talca University, Chile | Happiness in Chile | 2018-2022 |
| Paul Wong (dr.) | Research Institute for Flourishing and suffering, Canada | Happiness and perceived meaning Happiness in China | 2020-2024 |
Go to Arrangements for associated researchers