Professor Felicia Huppert: Mindfulness

Suzy sits down with Professor Felicia Huppert, the Founding Director of the Well-Being Institute at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology. Felicia will be speaking with Suzy about all things MINDFULNESS, discussing the research surrounding formal and informal practices and the many many evidence-based benefits.

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 neuroscience 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. Her current research focuses on studies of the effects of mindfulness and compassion training in education, healthcare and business organisations and the application of a high quality multi-dimensional measure of subjective well-being to guide research and policy. She spends part of the year in the UK, where she is Founding Director of the Well-being Institute at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology. She is 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. She is a Fellow of the Black Dog Institute and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Prevention United, an Australian organisation committed to the

promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental disorders. Felicia has published hundreds of papers in peer-reviewed journals, and a number of edited books. Her most recent book written with a small team of European colleagues is entitled ‘Creating the World we Want to Live in: How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future.’ It will be published by Routledge early next year.