01
Digital Reading
Research from our community helps Fortune 50 companies deliver text to billions of readers every day.
Our Mission
Building Community
Our community’s shared interest is in a new understanding of readability. Our topic is too big to fit in any one research area, and so we invite experts from many disciplines.
Attend our Community Meetings
If you work in this space or are interested in it, we want you to be part of our community. Restarting in September 2026:
Request an invitation to our community meetings
Research in Practice
Our community’s work is already making a difference.
02
Education
Our work is improves tools, changing how educators help entire classrooms learn to read.
03
Technology
Our research informs how AI and other tools that make typography and digital text more accessible.
Founding Researchers
Who are we?
Dr. Benjamin Wolfe
Assistant Professor
Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of Toronto Mississauga
Founder, Readability Research Foundation
Chair, Scientific Council
Dr. Sofie Beier
Professor
Design
Royal Danish Academy
Vice-Chair, Scientific Council
Dr. Ben D. Sawyer
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering
University of Central Florida
Co-Founder, Readability Research Foundation
Chair, Executive Council
Dr. Shaun Wallace
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
University of Rhode Island
Co-Founder, Readability Research Foundation
Vice-Chair, Executive Council
Readability Research Foundation is a project of non-profit Readability Matters. All contributions to Readability Research Foundation are used in whole by itself. Our governance model is divided between a scientific council and an executive council. Membership is free, and those interested in becoming members can apply here. We are open to academic, industry, government, and other members interested in the science and practice of readability. Our community meetings cover cutting-edge readability research and have a standing prohibition on presentations that promote a product or service.