Global Research Team
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of British Columbia, Psychology
Eric S. Kim is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and director of the Psychosocial Flourishing and Health Lab. His research investigates how dimensions of psychological well-being — including purpose in life and optimism — influence age-related health outcomes, and explores the behavioral, biological, and social mechanisms that link psychological well-being to physical health. He is also a Visiting Scientist at the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Research Affiliate with Harvard's Human Flourishing Program.
Analytic methodology for childhood predictor analyses for wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Analytic methodology for demographic variation analyses for wave 1 of the global flourishing study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Childhood experiences and adult community participation in secular and religious contexts in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Community participation in secular and religious contexts across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Early life experiences and adult orientation to promote good in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Identifying childhood correlates of adult purpose and meaning across 22 countries (Global Flourishing Study)
npj Mental Health Research · 2025 · First author
Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
The distribution of optimism across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025
Variations in character involving an orientation to promote good across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
When the glass is half full: early life experiences and adult optimism in 22 countries
npj Mental Health Research · 2025