TEDxBrighton 2011

George MacKerron - Mapping happiness across space and time

How, and how much, does our immediate environment affect the way we feel? FInd out how a new study answers this question -- with the generous assistance of 30,000 iPhone users.

About George MacKerron

George MacKerron is a PhD researcher at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE).

His research focuses on subjective wellbeing, sustainability and environmental quality, and non-market valuation. His methodological interests are in spatial analysis and visualisation, and survey and experimental techniques for mobile devices and the web.

George is responsible for Mappiness, a spatial experience sampling project exploring links between immediate wellbeing and the immediate environment. He's also contributing to the UK National Ecosystem Assessment as a member of the Economic Assessment of Cultural Benefits team.

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2011 Sponsors

  • Cogapp
  • University of Brighton
  • The Spot Agency
  • Oxbow

Recommended by George MacKerron:

TED Talk

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

Websites

  • mappiness.org.uk

    Find out more about Mappiness, track the UK's happiness in real-time, and even take part in the study.

  • neweconomics.org - wellbeing

    The New Economics Foundation do some of the most thought-provoking research and advocacy in relation to wellbeing and sustainability.

  • University of Surrey - Resolve Project

    The University of Surrey's RESOLVE project aims to unravel the complex links between lifestyles, values and the environment.

Books

  • Stumbling on Happiness

    by Daniel Gilbert

    A fascinating look at how we systematically mispredict what will make us happiest from a Harvard psychologist.

  • The Geography of Bliss

    by Eric Wiener

    This book is currently at the top of George's non-fiction reading list.

  • Holes

    by Louis Sachar

    Just a great story, sparely and simply told.