Prioritise Wellbeing in Every Technology - Professor Rafael Calvo (Imperial College London) - #6

Instead of trying to build one almighty app to improve our wellbeing, Professor Calvo has chosen to focus his efforts on making wellbeing a priority in every technology.

As the Director of the Wellbeing Technologies Lab at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Co-lead for Imperial College London of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, and the co-author of Positive Computing, Professor Calvo is as qualified as anyone to speak on the potential for technology to nurture wellbeing and unleash human potential.

Some of the most stimulating work I do is advising Professor Calvo's lab on how to ensure their mental health innovations are clinically-valid, need-led, and patient-centred. In this episode, you will get to peak under the hood of the Wellbeing Technologies Lab and learn how we can build digital environments that support our basic psychological needs.

Professor Calvo also shares why he has chosen to make his contribution to mental health technology as a professor rather than as an entrepreneur, and he outlines his views on problems in mental health that have not yet been solved - indicating where the opportunities for innovation lie.

Visit the Positive Computing website to find details about the lab, book, and resources on how to prioritise wellbeing in every technology.

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