Creating a future where happiness, wellbeing & fulfilment are at the centre of society.

Can technology help us create a joy economy?

 
 

The Happiness Foundation is a progressive multidisciplinary collaborative research foundation and think tank focused on the intersection of new paradigms in technology, economics and design. We bring together the world’s best minds to collectively re-imagine how to prioritise happiness, well-being and fulfilment in the design of our future technological and economic systems.

 

Speakers

  • Mo Gawdat

  • Martin Seligman

  • Shawn Achor

  • Barry Schwartz

  • Robert Waldinger

  • Robin Ince

  • Laurie Santos

  • Derren Brown

  • Sophie Scott

  • Sandro Galea

  • Jim O'Neill

  • William Eimicke

Our Purpose

Solve happiness and the future of human fulfilment.

Our Vision

To create a future where happiness, wellbeing & fulfilment are at the centre of society.

Imagine a 2050 where a trillion-dollar company was creating a trillion dollars of happiness; where work felt meaningful and fulfilling for everyone; where wellbeing was part of our educational infrastructure; where happiness was our starting point, versus something to be pursued.

Humanity has lifted billions out of poverty, taken steps on the moon, and sent robots to Mars – this is our next step forward.

 

The Plan

Our 4-step plan will translate cutting-edge research & moonshot thinking

into system-shifting, real-world impact via policy, technology and education.

Research & Research Commercialisation

Our Happiness Think Tank is partnered with Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, the Royal College of Art, and the World Economic Forum. We’re researching the future of happiness.

Advisory

We then translate this research into policy. We’re already working with the Estonian government, speaking at Davos later this year, and developing the Happiness Score.

Innovation

Our Happiness Incubator will work with startups, to transform our research into impactful technologies - from AI-powered psychotherapy to personalised predictive healthcare.

Education

Finally, our Wellbeing School delivers corporate wellbeing programmes and educational media on the cutting-edge science of optimal wellbeing.

Partners and Collaborators

 

“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which humanity is always landing. Progress is the realisation of utopias.”

— Oscar Wilde