Biography
Professor Felicia Huppert is internationally renowned for her work on the science of well-being and the promotion of human flourishing. Her work is unusual in that it brings together traditional approaches from cognitive psychology and neuropsychology with a population perspective derived from epidemiology. Working with outstanding colleagues across a variety of disciplines she has been able to integrate her work on well-being with an understanding of underlying physiological mechanisms, gene-environment interactions, and the role of the social context. Felicia also advises governments and international bodies on the measurement of well-being, and on policies to enhance well-being.
Her research examines the causes and consequences of well-being, using data from large population samples, longitudinal cohorts, and intervention programs. Felicia’s current research focuses on four main areas: major studies of the effects of mindfulness training for both teachers and students (https://mindfulnessinschools.org/); a Templeton funded project on well-being and compassionate care in a healthcare setting; analysis of the effects of the global financial crisis on well-being across Europe; and development of a psychometrically robust multi-dimensional measure of subjective well-being to guide research and policy.
In addition to numerous published papers, her edited books include the seminal publication The Science of Well-Being (OUP, 2005), a four-volume set Major Works in Happiness and Well-Being (Routledge, 2011) and Interventions and Policies to Enhance Well-Being (Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2014).
