Dan Weijers is a Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Programme at the University of Waikato (New Zealand). He researches wellbeing and new technologies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives and using a range of methods.

 

Dan became interested in wellbeing after working as a volunteer counsellor, counsellor trainer, and supervisor while studying. He is the co-founding editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing and honorary lifetime member of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology. He has given wellbeing policy advice to several organisations, including at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Happiness and Wellbeing, Statistics New Zealand, the New Zealand Treasury, the City Government of Dubai, and the X-Prize Foundation.