GFS Contributing Authors
Professor of Practice and Director of Education, Positive Psychology Center
University of Pennsylvania
James O. Pawelski is Professor of Practice and Director of Education in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he co-founded and directs the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program. His scholarly work spans positive psychology, philosophy of well-being, and the humanities' role in cultivating human flourishing, and he has led a multi-million-dollar grant examining the Humanities and Human Flourishing. He is founding executive director of the International Positive Psychology Association.
An exploratory cross-national analysis of the childhood predictors of inner peace in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood predictors of balance in life: a cross-national analysis of the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Demographic Variation in Balance in Life Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis of the Global Flourishing Study
Applied Research in Quality of Life · 2025
Demographic Variation in Inner Peace Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis of the Global Flourishing Study
Journal of Happiness Studies · 2025
The Prevalence and Predictors of Experiences of Beauty in 22 Countries: An International Assessment of Aesthetic Appreciation in the Global Flourishing Study
Applied Research in Quality of Life · 2026