Professor Felicia Huppert is internationally renowned for her work on the science of well-being and the promotion of human flourishing. Her research examines the causes and consequences of well-being using data from large population samples, longitudinal studies, and intervention programs such as the Mindfulness in Schools Project. Felicia is a Professor of Psychology who spends part of the year in the UK, where she is Director of the Well-being Institute at the University of Cambridge, and part of the year in Sydney, Australia at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education. She advises the UK Government and international bodies on the measurement of well-being and policies to enhance well-being. In addition to numerous published papers, her edited books include the seminal publication The Science of Well-being (2005), a four-volume set “Major Works in Happiness and Well-being” (2011), and the more recent book Interventions and Policies to Enhance Well-Being (2014). 

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