Situation 1-7-2020
 | Prof. dr. Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus University Rotterdam PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel: (..31) 10 4082102 Fax: (..31) 10 4089098 Email: veenhoven@ese.eur.nl Homepage: personal.eur.nl/veenhoven | Direction Ruut is responsible for the development of the World Database of Happiness and use of the technique for research synthesis |
 | Drs. Ivonne Buijt Tel (..31) 10 4082059 Fax (..31) 10 4089098 Email: buijt@ese.eur.nl | Management Ivonne is responsible for keeping the database up to date and coordinates entry of new publications and research findings |
| Name | Position | Tasks | Since |
| Miranda Aldham-Breary (Msc) | senior volunteer | English text editing | 2016 |
| Ivonne Buijt (drs) | researcher | Direction, quality control | 2017 |
| Leen Bom | senior volunteer | States of Nations data set | 2018 |
| Martijn Burger (dr.) | associate professor | Direction and data analysis | 2013 |
| Tineke DeJonge (dr.) | senior volunteer | International Happiness Scale Interval Study | 2011 |
| Teije Euverman (dr) | senior volunteer | Entry of Correlational Findings, Statistics | 2018 |
| Joop Mulder | senior volunteer | Text processing, documentation | 1985 |
| Bas Nagtegaal | senior volunteer | Entry of Correlational Findings | 2018 |
| Jan Ott (mr. dr.) | researcher | Entry of Correlational Findings, focus on government Analysis of findings on happiness in nations, focus on quality of government | 2007 |
| Piet Ouweneel (drs) | senior volunteer | Entry of Correlational Findings, data analysis | 1985 |
| Fredrik Radema (ir.) | senior volunteer | IT | 2008 |
| Jos Richters (ing) | senior volunteer | Bibliography, IT | 2010 |
| Peter Schouten (BA E) | senior volunteer | Bibliography | 2011 |
| Bob Sondermeijer (drs) | senior volunteer | Bibliography | 2019 |
| Frank VanderVlugt (ir.) | senior volunteer | Entry of Correlational Findings | 2009 |
| Janna VanderVooren | senior volunteer | Bibliography | 2007 |
| Jan VanderVooren (dr. ir.) | senior volunteer | Meta analysis | 2007 |
| Ruut Veenhoven (prof. dr.) | emeritus professor | Supervision, data analysis, method development | 1980 |
| Ems Zuidgeest (MD) | senior volunteeer | Bibliography | 2008 |
The new website was build with the help of Stephan Erdtmann from the Happiness Research Organization in Germany and a team of people working at the IT department of Erasmus University consisting of Phillip Brands, Ferry de Groot and Rebecca Rehorst.