Situation 1-8-2022
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 |
| Aldham-Breary (Miranda) (Msc) | senior volunteer | English text editing | 2016 |
| Buijt (Ivonne) (drs) | researcher | Direction, quality control | 2017 |
| Bom (Leen) | senior volunteer | States of Nations data set | 2018 |
| Burger (Martijn) (dr.) | professor | Direction and data analysis | 2013 |
| Ott (Jan) (mr. dr.) | researcher | Entry of Correlational Findings, focus on government Analysis of findings on happiness in nations, focus on quality of government | 2007 |
| Fredrik Radema (ir.) | senior volunteer | IT | 2008 |
| Richters (Jos) (ing) | senior volunteer | Bibliography, IT | 2010 |
| Schouten (Peter)(BA E) | senior volunteer | Bibliography | 2011 |
| Sondermeijer (Bob) (drs) | senior volunteer | Bibliography | 2019 |
| Veenhoven (Jos) | student assistant | Research synthesis happiness of transgenders | 2020 |
| Veenhoven (Ruut) (prof. dr.) | emeritus professor | Supervision, data analysis, method development | 1980 |
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, Robin Fredriks, Ferry de Groot, Omar-Gabriel Tellers and Rebecca Rehorst.