2025 Melbourne Symposium: Advancing Emotion Regulation
The Ethics and Well-Being Hub recently hosted the inaugural 2025 Melbourne Symposium. The event, held 9-11 July, brought together leading national and international researchers to explore emotion regulation.
A gathering of minds
The 2025 Symposium explored how people notice, understand and change their own and other people's emotions. The symposium opened with presentations on the social nature of emotion management by Professor Carolyn MacCann (University of Sydney) and Professor Nickola Overall (University of Auckland). Afternoon presentations focused on recent advances in emotion regulation prevalence and skills by Dr Elise Kalokerinos (University of Melbourne) and Dr David Preece (Curtin University & Stanford University).
Day two started with new research on clinical presentations of depression by Associate Professor Renee Thompson (Washington University in St Louis). Associate Professor Tammy English (Washington University in St Louis) and Associate Professor Naragon-Gainey (University of Western Australia) presented on novel ways to capture emotion regulation dynamics using mobile sensing technology.
Rounding out the Symposium, Dr Ella Moeck (University of Adelaide) presented on emotion regulation in uncertain contexts and Ethics and Well-Being Hub Director Associate Professor Pete Koval discussed emotion dynamics and their intersection with regulation efforts.
The first two days of the Symposium also featured Flash Talks by early career researchers in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences as well as affiliated University of Melbourne departments. The third day offered an opportunity for speakers to reflect on issues facing the field, and identify areas for collaboration and targeted investigation.
Looking ahead
The 2025 Melbourne Symposium demonstrated the depth and versatility of emotion regulation research, setting a high bar for future events. The Ethics and Well-Being Hub extends their heartfelt thanks to all presenters, attendees, and staff who made the Symposium a success. They aim to run the Melbourne Symposium biennially, showing their commitment to advancing psychological science and promoting well-being.