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
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 |
| 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.