Professor Felicia Huppert is a psychologist with a long-standing research interest in the science of well-being and the promotion of human flourishing. Her work brings together approaches from cognitive psychology and neuropsychology with a population perspective derived from epidemiology. Felicia has advised governments and international bodies on the measurement of well-being, and on policies to enhance well-being. She spends part of the year in the UK, where she is Founding Director of the Well-being Ins
Her current positions include Honorary Professor at The University of Sydney’s Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group, and Visiting Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Felicia is a member of the Australian Expert Group of the Global Mindfulness Initiative and Director of the Australian Compassion Council Scholars Program.
Professor Huppert obtained her Bachelor’s degree at The University of Sydney, receiving first class honours in psychology, a Masters degree in psychology at the University of California, Santiago, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. She is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and of Darwin College, Cambridge. Professor Huppert is past Chair of the European Network for Positive Psychology (ENPP), and a past Member of the Board of Directors of t