About the keynote

What does it mean to be happy and live a good life? How can we live a life that is free from suffering, in ways that support our well-being, the well-being of those around us and the wider world?

In his keynote, Willem Kuyken adresses those pressing questions and more. He provides an overview of the development of mindfulness-based programs in health, education, the criminal justice, workplaces and the community, profiling the work at Oxford on depression. 

The keynote draws heavily on the 2019 book Mindfulness. Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology, co-written with Christina Feldman. 

About the speaker

Willem Kuyken is the Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. His work focuses on depression and its prevention and treatment. In particular, his research examines how mindfulness and mindfulness-based programs can prevent depression and enhance human potential across the lifespan.

Dr. Kuyken has published more than 100 journal articles, including key papers on the effectiveness, mechanisms, and implementation of mindfulness-based programs and, most recently, the book 'Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology, co-written with Christina Feldman and published by Guilford Press (2019).

Read more here: https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/willem-kuyken