Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is a Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre. He holds affiliations with the London School of Economics (CEP) and is a faculty associate in Oxford's Departments of Economics and Politics. His research focuses on behavioral economics, public policy, and human wellbeing, with contributions to understanding the links between happiness, income, productivity, and economic growth. He co-authored the seminal textbook Wellbeing: Science and Policy and guides global wellbeing initiatives like the World Wellbeing Movement.

Education: PhD from LSE, Fulbright Scholar at Harvard. Awards include the inaugural Ruut Veenhoven Award. He advises governments and corporations such as Unilever and Indeed, where he oversees the world’s largest workplace wellbeing study (17M+ surveys). Teaching includes economics of wellbeing at Harvard, INSEAD, and UCL, earning multiple teaching awards.

Key roles: Editor of the World Happiness Report; KSI Fellow and Vice-Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. Media features span The Economist, BBC, and TED. His work bridges academia and real-world impact, emphasizing wellbeing metrics in policy and business strategy.