ACC Compassion Research Conference 2021

17 November 2021

We received overwhelmingly positive feedback for this online forum where we examined compassion research and application as a rapidly emerging field of science, with significant implications for improving our collective human wellbeing.

International Speakers:

Professor Paul Gilbert
Founder of the Compassionate Mind Foundation, University of Derby, UK

Professor Tania Singer
Social Neuroscience Lab, Max Planck Society, University of Berlin

Australian Speakers:

Professor Alasdair Foster
Culture in Community Wellbeing, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland

Dr Tara Hickey
Monash University

Dr James Kirby
University of Queensland

Dr Susan Sumskis
Nan Tien Institute, Wollongong

This forum has been brought together by the Australian Compassion Council (ACC) Scholars Network in partnership with the University of Sydney’s, Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group and will showcase and share the wide diversity of compassion research taking place in numerous institutions around Australia and the world.