Global Research Team
Research Associate
Harvard University, Sociology
Renae Wilkinson is a sociologist and Research Associate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. She completed her doctoral training at Baylor University and studies how social resources and adverse life conditions shape health and well-being across the life course. Her current work includes projects within the Global Flourishing Study examining social relationships and adversity across cultural contexts, as well as research on loneliness and its long-term effects on health.
A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in suffering across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood predictors of suffering in adulthood across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
Early life experiences and adult orientation to promote good in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Sociodemographic variation and childhood predictors of showing love and care for others in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Strangers, Friends, and Everything Between: Sociodemographic Variation in Social Relationship Quality Across 22 Countries
Social Indicators Research · 2025 · First author
The distribution of optimism across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025
When the glass is half full: early life experiences and adult optimism in 22 countries
npj Mental Health Research · 2025