Information for Happier Lives Institute

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Basic information

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Country United Kingdom
Facebook username happierlivesinstitute
YouTube username @happierlivesinstitute
Twitter username @HappierLivesIns
Website https://www.happierlivesinstitute.org/
Team page https://www.happierlivesinstitute.org/about/meet-the-team/
Launch date 2019-06-01
Hosting organization Player Philanthropy Fund
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2023-01-30

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2018 5 ​Jasper Synowski, Florian Kuhlmeier, Lucia Coulter Barry Grimes​, Nikita Patel​
2019 12 ​Jasper Synowski, Florian Kuhlmeier, Joel McGuire, Justus Baumann​, Lucia Coulter, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin Barry Grimes​, Clare Donaldson, Michael Plant, Nikita Patel​ Joey Savoie
2020 32 ​Jasper Synowski, ​Jasper Synowski, Brendan Eappen, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Justus Baumann​, Lucia Coulter, Lucia Coulter, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Ulf Johansson ​Marcin Kowrygo, Barry Grimes​, Caitlin Walker, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Michael Plant, Sid Sharma, Sid Sharma, Vanessa See Joey Savoie, Julian Jamison, Karolina Sarek, Peter Brietbart, Peter Singer, Tatjana Višak
2021 36 ​Jasper Synowski, Brendan Eappen, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Lucia Coulter, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Justus Arndt, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Tatjana Visak, Vanessa See Joey Savoie, Julian Jamison, Karolina Sarek, Peter Brietbart, Peter Singer, Tatjana Višak
2022 36 ​Jasper Synowski, Brendan Eappen, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Lucia Coulter, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Justus Arndt, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Tatjana Visak, Vanessa See Joey Savoie, Julian Jamison, Karolina Sarek, Peter Brietbart, Peter Singer, Tatjana Višak
2023 36 ​Jasper Synowski, Brendan Eappen, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Lucia Coulter, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Justus Arndt, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Tatjana Visak, Vanessa See Joey Savoie, Julian Jamison, Karolina Sarek, Peter Brietbart, Peter Singer, Tatjana Višak
2024 36 ​Jasper Synowski, Brendan Eappen, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Lucia Coulter, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Justus Arndt, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Tatjana Visak, Vanessa See Joey Savoie, Julian Jamison, Karolina Sarek, Peter Brietbart, Peter Singer, Tatjana Višak

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2019-01-01 7 ​Jasper Synowski, Barry Grimes​, Florian Kuhlmeier, Lucia Coulter, Nikita Patel​, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin
2020-01-01 23 ​Jasper Synowski, ​Jasper Synowski, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Barry Grimes​, Brendan Eappen, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Derek Foster, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Justus Baumann​, Lucia Coulter, Lucia Coulter, Michael Plant, Sid Sharma, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Ulf Johansson, Vanessa See
2021-01-01 21 ​Jasper Synowski, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Barry Grimes​, Brendan Eappen, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Lucia Coulter, Michael Plant, Sid Sharma, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Ulf Johansson, Vanessa See
2022-01-01 30 ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Jasper Synowski, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Brendan Eappen, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Justus Arndt, Lucia Coulter, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Tatjana Visak, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson, Vanessa See
2023-01-01 30 ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Jasper Synowski, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Brendan Eappen, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Justus Arndt, Lucia Coulter, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Tatjana Visak, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson, Vanessa See
2024-01-01 30 ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​, ​Jasper Synowski, ​Marcin Kowrygo, Andrew Fisher, Barry Grimes​, Brendan Eappen, Caitlin Walker, Clare Donaldson, Derek Foster, Derek Foster, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Florian Kuhlmeier, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Joel McGuire, Justus Arndt, Lucia Coulter, Michael Plant, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Sid Sharma, Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin, Stephan Tegtmeier, Tatjana Visak, Teis Rasmussen, Ulf Johansson, Vanessa See

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2018-11-01 5 5 0 Barry Grimes​, Florian Kuhlmeier, Lucia Coulter, Nikita Patel​, ​Jasper Synowski
2019-01-01 7 2 0 Sonia Vallentin, Sonia Vallentin
2019-04-01 8 1 0 Justus Baumann​
2019-06-01 10 2 0 Joey Savoie, Michael Plant
2019-09-01 11 1 0 Clare Donaldson
2019-12-01 12 1 0 Joel McGuire
2020-01-01 29 18 -1 Brendan Eappen, Caitlin Walker, Derek Foster, Eemaan Thind, Ethan Bialick, Florian Kuhlmeier, Jide Alaga, Julian Jamison, Karolina Sarek, Lucia Coulter, Peter Brietbart, Peter Singer, Sid Sharma, Tatjana Višak, Ulf Johansson, Vanessa See, ​Jasper Synowski, ​Marcin Kowrygo Nikita Patel​
2020-02-01 30 2 -1 Caitlin Walker, Sid Sharma Justus Baumann​
2020-05-01 29 0 -1 Lucia Coulter
2020-07-01 28 0 -1 Sid Sharma
2020-08-01 29 1 0 Derek Foster
2020-11-01 28 0 -1 ​Jasper Synowski
2020-12-01 27 0 -1 Caitlin Walker
2021-03-01 36 9 0 Andrew Fisher, Justus Arndt, Paul Davies, Robin van Dalen, Stephan Tegtmeier, Tatjana Visak, Teis Rasmussen, ​Amanda Mai, ​Derek Foster​

List of people (42 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
​Amanda Mai Contributor 2021-03-01 [1]
Andrew Fisher Contributor 2021-03-01 [1]
Barry Grimes​ Communications Manager 2018-11-01 volunteer [2], [3]
Brendan Eappen Researcher 2020-01-01 [2]
Caitlin Walker Intern 2020-02-01 2020-12-01 intern [4]
Caitlin Walker Volunteer 2020-01-01 volunteer [5]
Clare Donaldson Chief Operating Officer 2019-09-01 [2], [6]
​Derek Foster​ Contributor 2021-03-01 [1]
Derek Foster Research Volunteer 2020-08-01 volunteer [5]
Derek Foster Researcher 2020-01-01 [2]
Eemaan Thind Contributor 2020-01-01 [2]
Ethan Bialick Contributor 2020-01-01 [2]
Florian Kuhlmeier Research Volunteer 2018-11-01 volunteer [5], [7]
Florian Kuhlmeier Researcher 2020-01-01 [2]
​Jasper Synowski Research Volunteer 2018-11-01 2020-11-01 volunteer [5], [8]
​Jasper Synowski Researcher 2020-01-01 [2]
Jide Alaga Researcher 2020-01-01 [2]
Joel McGuire Research Analyst 2019-12-01 full-time [5], [9]
Joey Savoie Advisor 2019-06-01 advisor [10]
Julian Jamison Advisor 2020-01-01 advisor [2]
Justus Arndt General Project Manager 2021-03-01 [1]
Justus Baumann​ Research and Community Manager 2019-04-01 2020-02-01 [2], [11]
Karolina Sarek Advisor 2020-01-01 advisor [5]
Lucia Coulter Researcher 2020-01-01 [12]
Lucia Coulter Volunteer Researcher 2018-11-01 2020-05-01 volunteer [5], [13]
​Marcin Kowrygo Contributor 2020-01-01 [2]
Michael Plant Founder and Director 2019-06-01 [2], [14]
Nikita Patel​ Website Manager 2018-11-01 2020-01-01 volunteer [2], [15]
Paul Davies Contributor 2021-03-01 [1], [16]
Peter Brietbart Advisor 2020-01-01 advisor [2]
Peter Singer Advisor 2020-01-01 advisor [2]
Robin van Dalen Contributor 2021-03-01 [1]
Sid Sharma Intern 2020-02-01 2020-07-01 intern [17]
Sid Sharma Volunteer 2020-01-01 volunteer [5]
Sonia Vallentin Researcher Volunteer 2019-01-01 volunteer [5]
Sonia Vallentin Researcher 2019-01-01 [2], [18]
Stephan Tegtmeier Personal Happiness Interventions Researcher 2021-03-01 [1]
Tatjana Višak Advisor 2020-01-01 advisor [2]
Tatjana Visak Contributor 2021-03-01 [1]
Teis Rasmussen Careers Researcher 2021-03-01 [1]
Ulf Johansson Researcher 2020-01-01 [2]
Vanessa See Contributor 2020-01-01 [2]

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