# Lara Aknin
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Lara Beth Aknin is a Canadian social psychologist. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University and a Distinguished University Professor.
== Career ==
After earning her PhD from the University of British Columbia, Aknin joined the faculty of psychology at Simon Fraser University in 2012.
Behind The Data: How to Be Happier According to Data – Experiment Week 5089
What’s the happiest country in the world? What are the ingredients to a happy life? What are things we can do, today, to increase our own happiness — and why aren’t we already doing them? Join us for a conversation with Lara Aknin, an editor of the World Happiness Report and leader of the Helping…
Why don't we do what makes us happier?
We all want to be happier, yet we often avoid the very actions that research shows would actually improve our happiness. We talk with social psychologist Lara Aknin about her work as editor of the World Happiness Report and director of the Helping and Happiness Lab to explore what we know about wha…
Behind The Data: How to Be Happier According to Data - Experiment Week 5089
What's the happiest country in the world? What are the ingredients to a happy life? What are things we can do, today, to increase our own happiness -- and why aren't we already doing them? Join us for a conversation with Lara Aknin, an editor of the World Happiness Report and leader of the Helping …
Why does giving feel better than getting?
What makes you happier: giving someone $20 or spending it on yourself? The results might surprise you. In this episode, we discuss how giving and generosity affect happiness for individuals and for society as a whole. Garvia speaks with Lara Aknin, a distinguished professor at Simon Fraser Universi…
Pods Fight Poverty: Why Giving Money to Others Makes us Happier | from The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Money can buy you happiness – but not in the way we think. Giving money away – especially to help others – has been shown make us happier than spending on ourselves.
Social psychologist Lara Aknin explains the best ways to spend on loved ones, friends and even total strangers to get the biggest hap…
Rethinking “Treat Yourself” | One-Minute What
Does “treat yourself” actually work?
I love a good treat. Truly. But some fascinating research made me pause.
Studies show that while buying yourself something feels good in the moment, acts of kindness toward others tend to create deeper, longer-lasting happiness. Helping someone else does more …
Which countries are happiest and why? With Lara Aknin, PhD
The 2024 World Happiness Report, which ranks the happiness levels of countries around the world, found that young Americans are less happy than their peers in many other countries. Psychology professor Lara Aknin, PhD, an editor of the report, talks about how the report defines happiness, why young…
The Science of Happiness and What Actually Works w/ Dr. Lara Aknin
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Liz gets into the science behind what really makes us happy, with one of the authors of the world happiness report, Dr. Lara Aknin.
We learn about the common misconception most of us have about what makes us happy, and quickly understand like most things in life, our state of wel…
38. Lara Aknin: Giving Makes Us Happier Than Getting
With me in this episode is Dr. Lara Aknin, who is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University. She is also an editor of the World Happiness Report, a former Fellow with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and recent Chair of The Lancet’s COVID-19 M…
Which countries are happiest and why? With Lara Aknin, PhD
The 2024 World Happiness Report, which ranks the happiness levels of countries around the world, found that young Americans are less happy than their peers in many other countries. Psychology professor Lara Aknin, PhD, an editor of the report, talks about how the report defines happiness, why young…
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