While some people get their highs from a brisk run, others swear by sharing a cuppa with a friend or spending time in nature for a wellbeing boost.
Now those behind the Global Happiness Megastudy hope to recruit tens of thousands of people across the globe in a unique trial to pinpoint the techniques and interventions that are most likely to lift the spirits.
“It’s definitely daunting, but I’m really, really excited about it,” says study team member Harry Clelland, a postdoctoral research fellow at Hungary’s ELTE University.