Scientific publications
Alfred K. Njamnshi
Other affiliations: Central Hospital of Yaoundé · South African Brain Research Institute
Olivia Nail-Beatty
Agustín Ibáñez
Other affiliations: Global Brain Health Institute
Paweł Świeboda
Other affiliations: Global Brain Health Institute
Jo‐An Occhipinti
William Hynes
Other affiliations: World Bank · University College London
Burcin Ikiz
Other affiliations: Columbia University
Laura Castro-Aldrete
Michael L. Platt
Shazia Adalat
Other affiliations: Evelina London Children's Healthcare
Jafri Malin Abdullah
Other affiliations: Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Rajinder K. Dhamija
Zul Merali
Cyprian M. Mostert
Shekhar Saxena
Mohamed Salama
Omnia Mahmoud Abdelraheem
Frédéric Destrebecq
George M. Slavich
Other affiliations: Neurobehavioral Systems
Bello Muhammad Shehu
Graham Fieggen
Other affiliations: Neuroscience Institute
Claudio L. Bassetti
Other affiliations: University Hospital of Bern
Harris A. Eyre* (Corresponding author)
Other affiliations: Global Brain Health Institute · Rice University
Rym Ayadi
Kelly K. O’Brien
Debbie Beck
Brain Communications
Optimal brain health is essential to smoothing major global skill-intensive economic transitions, such as the bioeconomy, green, care economy and digital transitions. Good brain health is vital to socio-economic sustainability, productivity and well-being. The care transition focuses on recognizing and investing in care services and care work as essential for economic growth and social well-being. The green transition involves shifting towards environmentally sustainable and fairer societies to combat climate change and environmental degradation. The digital transition aims to unlock digital growth potential and deploy innovative solutions for businesses and citizens, and to improve the accessibility and efficiency of services. The bioeconomy transition refers to the shift towards an economy based on products, services and processes derived from biological resources, such as plants and microorganisms. Brain capital, which encompasses brain health and brain skills, is a critical economic asset for the success of economies of the future. The brain economy transition from a brain-negative (brain-unhealthy) economy, which depletes brain capital, to a brain-positive (brain-healthy) economy, which arrests and reverses the loss of brain capital, will be foundational to these major transitions. Increased brain capital is vital to educational attainment, upskilling and reskilling. In this paper, we provide a detailed roadmap for the brain economy transition.
