HAPPINESS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE

OUR MISSION:

The Happiness Learning Collaborative’s mission is to foster knowledge, learning and action in happiness and well-being for individuals and communities. In partnership with the Happiness Alliance and Purdue University, we provide research, application and resources for actualizing happiness and well-being as reflected in improved quality of life in sustainable ecosystems.

What we are

The Happiness Learning Collaborative is deeply action-based, providing knowledge, skills, tools, and resources in accessible ready-to-use formats for scholars, educators, community members, and engaged citizens to bring about change in their local communities and larger social context for a well-being based society that is ecologically sustainable and provides all beings equal opportunity for happiness. It fills the gap between the personal and the community.

Who We Are

RHonda PHillips
Project co-Director

Dean of the Purdue Honors College, UNESCO Core International Faculty in Community, Leadership and Youth Development, more.

Melissa Kovich
Project Manager

Well-being and Quality of Life Researcher, Lecturer, Health Care Worker, more.

Jason Ware
Project Co-Director

Clinical Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Managing Editor International Journal of Community Well-being, more.

Kathryn DilWorth
Project Co-Director

Assistant Dean of Advancement and External Relations for the College of Science and Mathematics,
nonprofit leader,
philanthropy scholar, more.

Laura Musikanski
Project Co-Director

Executive Director Happiness Alliance, co-Author Happiness Policy Handbook, Chair IEEE Standard 7010, co-Founder Planet Happiness more.

The Happiness Learning Collaborative brings together researchers, residents, scholars, organizers, educators, thought leaders, and social communities and empowers them to increase personal and community well-being where they live, work, and play. By creating an environment of mutual exploration and understanding, innovative ideas will develop and foster sustainable changes, and community well-being will increase, creating a ripple effect that will allow all citizens to reach their fullest potential and live happy, healthy, meaningful lives.

We Believe

Well-being is synonymous with happiness and is, as Aristotle stated “ the whole aim and end of human existence.”

Empowerment of Teaching for professors, instructors and teachers

Teaching resources: Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability: A Course in Systems Change
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Measurements and Data
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Partnership Opportunities: Planet Happiness
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Publishing Opportunities: International Journal of Community Well-being (IJCWB)

Empowering community organizers, engaged citizens and individuals

Knowledge and Tools: The Happiness Policy Handbook
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Measurement Tools
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Happiness Skills Resources
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Community Toolkit
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Convening Leadership: Happiness Roundtable

Covid-19 response
Community Well-being
Resilience
and disaster response

Working with communities to address well-being now and in the future in the face of COVID-19 impacts on health, economies, employment, trust in government and ecological sustainability.