Ruben Laukkonen
Director of the Flourishing Intelligence Program at the University of Oxford; Senior Researcher in Oxford’s Psychiatry Department
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Research Footprint
Ruben Laukkonen appears in 5 tracked papers (2018–2025), most studied alongside Ayahuasca, Psilocybin and LSD, across Substance Use Disorders (SUD), Anxiety Disorders and Depressive Disorders.
Most-cited paper: Ayahuasca and Its DMT- and β-carbolines - Containing Ingredients Block the Expression of Ethanol-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Mice: Role of the Treatment Environment (49 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Christopher Timmermann, Alaina Doss and Manoj Doss.
Background & Research
Ruben Laukkonen is a cognitive scientist and researcher focused on consciousness, insight, meditation, and artificial intelligence. His biography states that he completed a PhD on the cognitive science of insight at The University of Queensland, did postdoctoral research in Amsterdam, and later held an associate professorship before founding the Flourishing Intelligence Program at Oxford. He has also contributed to psychedelic research as a co-author on papers about insight and therapeutic effects.
Key Impact
He is a cognitive scientist whose work connects insight, meditation, and psychedelic states, and he co-authored several influential papers on insight and psychedelics.
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University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford is a clinical department within the Medical Sciences Division that conducts research, teaching, and clinical trials across psychiatry, neuroscience, and mental health. It is based at the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford, England.
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The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public research university headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching institutions with multiple campuses and a strong international reputation.
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