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Since its founding in 2013, the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) has convened educators, researchers, policymakers, and partners from around the world to advance the science and practice of positive psychology and human flourishing in education. Over the years, IPEN’s platform and blog have included research summaries, partner initiatives, global events, community responses, and movement […]
The field of positive education has amassed growing evidence that school-based wellbeing interventions support and boost the mental health of students, but comparatively less scientific attention has been given to the processes employed to embed this approach. Professor Lea Waters AM, PhD, and Dr Anne Johnstone, IPEN Global Chair and Principal of Ravenswood School for […]
What role do positive emotions play in fostering individuals, communities and societies to flourish? Psychologist Barbara Frederikson theorised that, on first consideration, the answer seems simple: Positive emotions serve as markers of flourishing, or optimal wellbeing – when we feel joy, interest, contentment, love and the like, we are not in that same moment plagued […]
