Karma Ura

Karma Ura, an economist, worked on happiness within Bhutan's Planning Commission before moving in 2008 to the “Centre for Bhutan and Gross National Happiness Studies,” which he led until recently.

He is a member of several international bodies, including the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, and the Earth Trusteeship Working Group.

His book “Bhutan: The Unremembered Nation,” a two-volume study of everyday life in his home country before modernisation, was published in 2023 (Oxford University Press).

He is currently working on a book about Gross National “Philosophy and Statistics,” due out in 2027. He is also a renowned painter.

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