Trust Here

Extensive research across many disciplines has illustrated a deep correlation between social trust and human, social, economic and democratic well-being. Leading social innovator, Ric Young, has pioneered a platform for measuring social trust and acting to improve it at the most local level which can be scaled to cities worldwide.

Sunstone Institute adds layers of publicly-available data, social media activity, internet queries and geospatial information. Together, we synthesize a vast array of data to generate insights that decision-makers can act on to improve social trust where the impact is greatest.

A chart to show the trust scale for citizens answering specific questions from the social trust survey.

President and Founder
Ric Young

Partner
Sunstone Institute

(For a brief video, please click here.)

STATUS:   Active; Prototyping in various municipalities