Elizabeth Dunn
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Dr. Elizabeth Dunn is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, where she conducts research on how to optimize the use of time, money, technology, and carbon in order to promote happiness. Her work has been published in top journals (including 3 articles in Science) and she has written for The New York Times and The Atlantic. She is co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, which was selected by the Washington Post as one of the “top 20 books every leader should read.” Her new book, co-authored with Dr. Jiaying Zhao, is entitled Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species; it will be published by Penguin Random House in June 2026. She is also an avid skier and surfer, and she surving a shark attack while surfing in Hawaii.
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