New Grant to Support Collaboration on the Building H Index

We are delighted to announce that we have received our first grant! Funding from Einhorn Collaborative will support our work on the next iteration of the Building H Index, specifically to refine our approach to measuring how products and services influence the social engagement of their users and by doing so, either build greater social connection or create risks for increased social isolation and loneliness. The grant will support a collaboration between Building H and the Foundation for Social Connection (F4SC). F4SC will engage members of its Scientific Advisory Council, led by renowned researcher Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, to apply their knowledge on social connection to Building H’s methodology for assessing entertainment, food, housing and transportation products and services. The grant will also provide funds to support three new consumer surveys that will examine the health habits of users of products and services in three industries that we’ll be adding to the Index: social media; video and computer games; and personal transportation. We’re so excited to work with the team at F4SC and grateful to Einhorn Collaborative for their support.