"Acts of kindness did not decline during the pandemic. In fact, they have risen." (with Lara Aknin), Toronto Star, 2022
"COVID-19: What Next?", Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, 2020
"COVID-19 — a tragedy and renaissance: Is it too much to hope for more humility and continued generosity?", op-ed, Vancouver Sun, 2020
"A Pioneer in Broadening the Use of Subjective Well-Being to Measure and Improve Quality of Life, and in Establishing the Social Sources of Well-Being", editorial note, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2019
"A Positive Sense of Connection" (discussion with Carlo Ratti), Canadian Centre for Architecture , 2019
"Happiness Inequality and the Importance of Trust", VoxEU, 2016
"New Evidence on the Durability of Social Norms" (with Shun Wang and Jinwen Xu), VoxEU, 2013
"Celebrating World Happiness Day", Huffington Post, 2013
"Overview: Good Governance, Economic Crises, International Cooperation and World Happiness", CIGI Special Report: Five Years After the Fall, 2013
"Social Cures Have Good Side Effects", Visions: B.C.'s Mental Health and Addictions Journal 6(4): 5-6, 2011
"It's Time for Canadians to Stand Up for the Census", Vancouver Sun, July 23, 2010
"International Evidence on the Social Context of Wellbeing" (with Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Anthony Harris, and Haifang Huang), Vox, April 24, 2010
"Cutting through the Clutter: Searching for An Over-Arching Measure of Well-Being" (with Jon Hall and Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh), CESifo DICE Report 4/2010: 8-12
Reddit AMA on the World Happiness Report 2026 (with Richard Layard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve), March 26, 2026 (listed among the report's launch events, worldhappiness.report/news/world-happiness-report-2026-launch-events/)
"Happiness across the globe | World Happiness Report 2026" (with Lara Aknin, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Richard Layard), editors' video presentation, World Happiness Report, March 18, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPbUL1P3H9s
"Insights from the World Happiness Report", The Next Page podcast, United Nations Library & Archives Geneva (host Amy Smith), September 13, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8r3XY04XI
Lugano Happiness Forum 2024, IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research, Lugano, June 17, 2024: session on integrating happiness research into policy (with Heikki Hiilamo), and a recorded interview posted July 9, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgksRJ5aGWg
"The State of Happiness in 2024: A World Happiness Report Launch Event", Semafor with Gallup, Washington, DC, March 20, 2024 (panelist). https://events.semafor.com/WorldHappiness2024
"World Happiness Report 2024 with John F. Helliwell: Age, Dementia and the Critical Factor of Building Social Connections", World Happiness Fest, March 20, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40jWeBjDrVI
World Happiness Report 2023 virtual launch, March 20, 2023 (with Lara Aknin, Shun Wang, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs)
"On the use of subjective wellbeing to guide public policies", Wellbeing Report seminar series, New Zealand Treasury, September 28, 2022
"A brief history of world happiness", plenary presentation, Inaugural Wellbeing Research & Policy Conference, Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Oxford, July 7, 2022
"World Happiness Report reveals a bright light in dark times", Heads Up! Community Mental Health Podcast (Fresh Outlook Foundation), July 4, 2022
"Future-Proofing Vancouver: Beyond GDP and the World Happiness Report", Vancouver Economic Commission, May 16, 2022
"The Search for Happiness", Lifeslices podcast, April 18, 2022
"Using Happiness Research to Better Adapt", TEDxBrentwoodCollegeSchool, August 16, 2016
UBC Legacy Project interview, June 5, 2013 (UBC Library Open Collections)
"Enhancing Quality of Life: Latest Advances in the Science of Happiness" (three parts: "Trust is a must"; "Money does not equal happiness"; "Freedom brings happiness"), Dalai Lama Center, Vancouver, February 28, 2012
"Money, Generosity and Happiness", Dalai Lama Center, Vancouver, December 23, 2010
Other Selected Talks
World Government Summit, Dubai, 2017 (on happiness as the purpose of government)
Keynote, International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) annual conference, 2017