Ethics & Well-being Hub
The science of doing good and feeling well
One of the fundamental questions of human existence is: how should one live? Drawing on theories and methods from across psychology, we study the social and psychological processes that contribute to living ethically and well.
The Ethics & Well-being Hub seeks to develop and integrate expertise across social, personality, clinical, and developmental psychology—along with research in emotion, neuroscience, and decision making—to better understand how people make ethical decisions, how these decisions are shaped by processes within and around them, and how these factors influence their quality of life and mental health.
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Friday 10:00am - 11:00amWhere are the self-correcting mechanisms in science?
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Friday 10:00am - 11:00amUsing billions of geolocated tweets to prospectively predict domestic violence
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Selfies, sexualisation, and female objectification
ABC Big Ideas discussion featuring Dr Tomi Ann Roberts, Dr Niamh Corduff, Dr Khandis Blake, and Nadine Atia.
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Dealing with feelings about COVID-19
In a time when we feel we can’t manage our environment, there are still some effective ways to manage our feelings.
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Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones
Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions but while things may seem all doom and gloom, new data reveals it’s surprisingly rare for a person to experience purely negative emotions.
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COVID-19's other death toll
TW / CW: suicideWe know economic downturns drive up the suicide rate. So what kind of toll could COVID-19 exact in the years to come, and what can we do now to prevent it?
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Understanding the Links Between Personality and Happiness
Personality is a major driver of well-being—here's what we can learn from this.
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Root of Humanity's Belief in Evil Possibly Found
Disease may be the root of all evil.