This book asks what kind of impacts innovations and technology have on subjective well-being and happiness. It presents the state of the art both in terms of results and theoretical questioning on these topics. It proposes a new concept: innovation that leads to greater happiness, and highlights new research in this area. In so doing, it addresses a less researched area in the field of well-being research. The authors state that notwithstanding the indisputable positive contributions of innovation and technology, there are also drawbacks, which need equal attention in research.

This book is of interest to students and researchers of quality of life and well-being, as well as innovation research.

Autorentext
Gaël Brulé is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva. He has published about thirty papers and several books on happiness and wellbeing. **Francis Munier **is associate professor at the University of Strasbourg, He has published forty papers on technology and innovation.

Inhalt

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1:Introduction

Part II: Salient theoretical considerations

Chapter 2: Does innovation bring well-being?

Chapter 3: Technologies: False friends?

Chapter 4: ICT: Alone together?

Chapter 5: Social innovation as a vector for a good life

Part III: Duality of innovation

Chapter 6: The Luddites

Chapter 7: Creative destruction

Part IV: Key issues and future development

Chapter 8: Transhumanism, back to the future

Chapter 9: Frugal, but happy?

Chapter 10: Responsible research & innovation and innovation-care

Chapter 11: Creative goods and Resonance

Chapter 12: Towards positive innovation

Part V: Conclusion

Chapter 13: Conclusion

BM: Index