Extended Bio
Professor Felicia Huppert PhD, FBPsS
Emeritus Professor & Founding Director of the Well-being Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Degrees
1965: B.A. (First Class Honours in Psychology), University of Sydney, Australia
1968: M.A. (Psychology) University of California, San Diego
1972: Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) University of Cambridge, UK
Academic Posts
Current
2020 – present: Honorary Professor at the Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group, University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia
2020 – present: Visiting Professorial Fellow, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2013 – present: Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK
Previous
2014 – 2020: Honorary Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
2013 – 2014: Professor, Centre for Positive Psychology and Education, University of Western Sydney, Australia
2004 – 2012: Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
2001 – 2004: Reader in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
1986 – 2001: University Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, UK
1982 – 1986: Senior Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
1977 – 1981: Senior Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK
Roles and Appointments
Current (selected)
2023 – present: Member of Expert Advisory Group on Improving university student mental health, University of Melbourne, Australia
2022 – present: Member of the Advisory Council of the Global Compassion Coalition (GCC)
2021 – present: Member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll)
2019 – present: Director of the Australian Compassion Council Scholars Program
2007 – present: Founding Director of the Well-being Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Previous (selected)
2021 – 2023: Member of the Contemplative Studies Centre Advisory Board, University of Melbourne, Australia
2019 – 2023: Member of the Australian Expert Group of the Mindfulness Initiative
2018 – 2023: Member of the Advisory Committee of Prevention United (Australia)
2015 – 2018: John Templeton Foundation Advisory Board for project “Happiness and Well-Being: Integrating Research Across the Disciplines”
2014 – 2021: Fellow of the Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia
2012 – 2014: Member of ROAMER – A Roadmap for Mental Health Research in Europe. Work Package 8: Well-being
2012: Member of the UN Expert Group on Happiness and Wellbeing: Defining a New Economic Paradigm.
2010 – 2012: Technical Advisory Group, UK Office for National Statistics ‘Measuring National Wellbeing’
2007 – 2013: Member of the Board of Directors, International Positive Psychology Association
2006 – 2012: Head of consortium that developed the Well-being Module for the European Social Survey
2006 – 2008: Lead expert on Wellbeing for the UK Government’s Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing
2004 – 2006: Chair, European Network for Positive Psychology
1999: Elected Chair of the Alzheimer’s Disease Society, Cambridge
Research Grants
2015-2022 : Wellcome Trust (UK) 104908/Z/14/Z “Promoting Mental Health and Building Resilience in Adolescence: Investigating Mindfulness and Attentional Control” Williams, Kuyken, Blakemore, Dalgleish, Huppert et al (£6.4m)
2017-2018: ACU Research Funding “Well-being Profile (WBPro): Creating a high quality multidimensional measure of subjective wellbeing to advance research and policy” Huppert & Marsh – $50,000
2016-2018: John Templeton Foundation and St Louis University, “Happiness and Well-Being Project, “Compassion at the heart of well-being: an inter-disciplinary study of well-being in a healthcare setting.” Huppert, Atkins, Ciarrochi, Fairbrother, Johnson, Keller, Nguyen, O’Connor, Sahdra, Samuel, Yu – US$231,832.50
2014-2017: Australian Research Council, LP140100100 Economic and Social Research Council (ESCR)
for 2015-2016 entry “Cultivating Capability: Explicating Critical Psychosocial Drivers of Educational Outcomes and Wellbeing for High-Ability Aboriginal Students”. Craven, Huppert et al. – AUD$342,000
2015-2016: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Making Wellbeing Count for Policy: Patterns and trends in personal, social and societal wellbeing in Europe and the UK. Harrison, Abdullah & Huppert – £284,000
2005-2010: US National Institute on Aging and UK Office of National Statistics “The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing – ELSA” Marmot, Banks, Blundell, Erens, Huppert et al.- £4,695,000.
2006-2010: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, “idesign 3: extending active living through more effective inclusive design”, Clarkson., Huppert., Langdon, Akers, Roberts et al., – £998,390
2005-2008: The US National Institute on Aging, “Aging pathways, polymorphisms and functioning in older persons” Melzer, Huppert et al. – – £770,000
2004-2007: The Leverhulme Trust, “Human flourishing: a life-course approach” Huppert, Croudace, Kuh & Richards – £131,361
2004-2007: The Health Foundation, “The changing health status and needs of older people”. Melzer, Marmot, Huppert, Guralnick & Wallace – £235,000
2001-2007: The Isaac Newton Trust – “Positive well-being in later life”” Huppert – £70,000
2000-2005: US National Institute on Aging and UK Government Depts. “English Longitudinal Study of Ageing – ELSA” Marmot, Nazroo, Blundell, Howell, Huppert et al. £6,088,333
2003-2004: The Leverhulme Trust, “Development of a high quality measure of midlife positive well-being for the 1946 birth cohort”, Huppert, Croudace, Kuh – £37,775
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