Emirates Center for Happiness Research (ECHR)

Research Projects

The Emirates Center for Happiness Research has conducted various researches in collaboration with external and internal entities.

• Positive Education

(How would positive education look like in UAE? This was the first research project the center took since it s beginning. It was a collaboration with University of Melbourne, Prime Minister office and Ministry of education)

• Trends in happiness distribution around the world and the for health across population groups: exploring the heterogeneous effect of last great recession on happiness and the Implications

Faculty Members involved: Dr Tatiana Karabchuk

• Community Wellbeing: Localizing Walkability Score Measures for Urban neighborhoods in the UAE

Faculty Members involved: Khaled Al Zaghloul

• Exploring UAE Youth Happiness Index

Faculty Members involved: Dr. Marwan Al Mubarak and Dr. Tatiana

• PERMA to enhance the wellbeing of expatriate workers in the United Arab Emirate

Faculty Members involved: Dr. Raina Chajjer, Dr. Rashed Al Zahmi and Noof Al Jenebi

• Comfort monitoring in Indoor Environments

Faculty Members involved: Dr. Parag Kulkarni, Rahemeen Yusuf and Biven Pradeep

• Exploring United Arab Emirates University Professors and student s perception of online teaching during Covid-19

Faculty Members involved: Dr. Najwa Alhosani, Negmeldin Alsheikh Rachel Takriti, Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal, Dr. Hala Elhoweris and Noof Al Jenebi