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One-sentence bio

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Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo is the founder of the World Happiness Foundation, author of The Transpersonal Leader, creator of Happytalism, ROUSER, ICEF and the Fundamental Peace framework, and a researcher, speaker, coach and certified hypnotherapist focused on human flourishing and transpersonal leadership.

50-word bio

For programme booklets and short posts

Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo is the founder of the World Happiness Foundation, author of The Transpersonal Leader, and creator of Happytalism, ROUSER, ICEF and the Fundamental Peace framework. His work integrates research, hypnotherapy, coaching, education and global convening to help individuals, leaders and societies move from suffering to flourishing.

100-word bio

For event pages, speaker platforms and article by-lines

Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo is the founder and president of the World Happiness Foundation and World Happiness Fest, author of The Transpersonal Leader, and creator of Happytalism, ROUSER, ICEF and the Fundamental Peace framework. A researcher, speaker, coach and certified clinical and transpersonal hypnotherapist, he works at the intersection of human flourishing, consciousness, leadership, happiness science and social transformation. Through books, research, global gatherings, education programmes, hypnotherapy and advisory work, Luis helps individuals, leaders and organisations cultivate inner peace, relational wisdom and regenerative impact.

250-word speaker bio

For keynote introductions

Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo is the founder and president of the World Happiness Foundation and the World Happiness Fest, one of the largest global convenings on flourishing, consciousness and regeneration. He is the author of The Transpersonal Leader, Brands & Rousers, Happytalism, Fundamental Peace, Unlocking the Hidden Light, The Meta Pets Method and Nine Paths to One, and the creator of Happytalism, the ROUSER Leadership Model, the Integrated Consciousness Evolution Framework (ICEF) and the Fundamental Peace framework (FPS-20 / FP20). He is a professor at Shoolini University’s Yogananda School of Spirituality & Happiness, President and Chair of the International Chair of Contemplative Sciences at Universidad de Zaragoza, and co-founder of the Gross Global Happiness programme at the UN-mandated University for Peace. Luis advises governments, universities, Fortune 500 boards and global institutions on wellbeing strategy and conscious leadership, and has delivered keynotes at TEDx, COP28, the US Conference of Mayors, the GNH Symposium in Bhutan, EUROTAS and the UN. A Gusi Peace Prize Laureate and ICF PCC-credentialed coach, he is also a certified clinical hypnotherapist (IIH) and Michael Newton Institute Life Between Lives Practitioner. He speaks and works bilingually in English and Spanish, and his community reaches 10 million+ people across 45 countries. His mission is simple: to help individuals, leaders and societies move from suffering to Fundamental Peace, and from extractive systems to Happytalism.

Academic bio

For research profiles, journals and conference programmes

Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo (ORCID 0009-0005-3222-6092) is a researcher and professor at Shoolini University’s Yogananda School of Spirituality & Happiness, and President and Chair of the International Chair of Contemplative Sciences at Universidad de Zaragoza. His peer-reviewed and preprint work spans clinical and transpersonal hypnosis, emotion regulation, self-integration, the neurobiology of Fundamental Peace, transpersonal leadership, youth well-being and the Happytalism paradigm. He is the developer of the Fundamental Peace Scale-20 (FPS-20) — the formal 20-item, four-component instrument used across the ICEF measurement architecture — publicly delivered as the FP20 assessment. He is the author of The Transpersonal Leader and lead researcher on integrative reviews of age-regression clinical hypnosis and the HEAL Framework for the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.

Media bio

For interviews, podcasts and journalists

Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo is a global speaker, author and researcher on human flourishing. He founded the World Happiness Foundation and the World Happiness Fest, created Happytalism, ROUSER, ICEF and the Fundamental Peace framework, and wrote The Transpersonal Leader. He is a Gusi Peace Prize Laureate and a certified clinical and transpersonal hypnotherapist. Available interview topics: Fundamental Peace and inner peace as measurable capacities; the ROUSER leadership model for founders and executives; Happytalism as a post-capitalist operating system; conscious AI; life between lives and past-life regression; how organisations move from wellbeing to flourishing; and lessons from Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness. Speaks English and Spanish.

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