Happiness Foundation

The Happiness Foundation is a global think tank at the intersection of technology, economics, and design, bringing together leading minds to reimagine how to prioritize happiness and wellbeing in future technological and economic systems. Their purpose: 'solve happiness and the future of human fulfillment in the Singularity Era.'

Website: https://www.ruankeyun.com/

Location

Country: UK

City: London

Key People

  • Prof. Keyun Ruan, Ph.D. - Founder & Chair (Risk Economics at Alphabet-Google; PhD Computer Science UCD; Visiting Professor NYU; cloud forensics expert)
  • Dr. Avi Roy - Director
    biomedical scientist, Oxford; aging/longevity; former CTO BioViva
  • Reijo Pold - Director
    tech/investment; space-based insurance pioneer
  • Dr. Anders Sandberg - Research Fellow
  • Dr. Stuart Armstrong - Research Fellow
  • Dr. Richard Atkinson - Research Fellow

Partners

  • Harvard Human Flourishing Program
  • Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • World Economic Forum
  • Royal College of Art

Projects

  • Humanity in Digital Age
  • HumanConnection.AI
  • Flourishing Economics

Important Dates

  • 2020: Happiness Festival
  • 2022: Startup Day
  • 2024: Three projects launched
  • september2025: Paper published with Harvard ('Flourishing Considerations for AI')