The Science of Positive Psychology

Lecture by Dr Martin Seligman
The Science of Positive Psychology
6pm Monday 8 September 2008
Clifford Chance

The Young Foundation hosted a special lecture by Dr Martin Seligman, Founder of Positive Psychology and Director of the Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Centre. Dr Seligman’s main mission has been the promotion of the field of Positive Psychology. This discipline includes the study of positive emotion, positive character traits, and positive institutions. Dr Seligman is now turning his attention to training Positive Psychologists, individuals whose practice will make the world a happier place, parallel to the way clinical psychologists have made the world a less unhappy place. Dr Seligman will be speaking about the foundations of Positive Psychology as a science, how it has developed since he founded it in the US, and the potential for its practical replication in the UK.

For more information on this event, please contact Fancy Sinantha on 020 8709 9275 or fancy.sinantha(at)youngfoundation.org 

Other Speakers
Prof Lord Richard Layard, Founder and Director of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, and author of ‘Happiness: Lessons from a New Science’.
Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation.

Venue and directions
6-8 pm lecture and reception
Clifford Chance