Voluntas

Voluntas was created from the fundamental belief that all human beings have the inherent right to live a meaningful life. That is why we exist: To realize human potential in all corridors of life - making every workplace, community, and country on the planet full of hope and dignity.

Founded in Denmark in 2015, Voluntas is the first company in the world to systematically explore and measure meaningfulness. For us, the value of money and impact depends on how it is earned and achieved. We strive to pave the way for a humanistic capitalism where every economic, societal, or technological gain equals greater freedom for humans to pursue their potential. To democratize this philosophy, we want to build a new, human-centered metric. A global meaningfulness baseline to constantly challenge the truths about what constitutes a good life and a viable civilization.

Philosophers by heart and advisors by profession, we use our insights to provide evidence-based inspiration, tools, and recommendations for our partners around the world. We advise international organizations, companies, investors, foundations, and NGOs on how to drive a meaningful change in societies and organizations. We study social cohesion and peacebuilding in fragile states. We assess leadership and ethics in modern corporations. We facilitate private-public partnerships and collaboration in every sector. All to understand humans and what drives meaning in their lives.

Voluntas is a consultancy that puts purpose above profit and aims to fundamentally change how human potential is led and realized. In our work across the development and humanitarian sectors, we provide fact-based policy options and recommendations based on extensive research and analysis in fragile and conflict-affected regions. We use our insights to underpin strategic thinking and evidence-based decision making. Our goal is to have a positive, sustainable impact on populations affected by crisis to improve their living standards and access to rights.

We work across North and East Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia with a wide range of clients including UN agencies, international NGOs, major donors, and private companies. Our projects focus on policy and programming, research, needs assessments, perception studies, context monitoring, and monitoring and evaluation. We work on thematic areas such as governance, conflict resolution, political economy, informality, climate, migration, prevention of violent extremism, youth, gender, human rights, employment, health, water, food security, and WASH.