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Professor Aaron Jarden

Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 4260
Email: a.jarden@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  

Professor Aaron Jarden is Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies) in the School of Education.

Background

Professor Aaron Jarden from the School of Education at Edith Cowan University is an academic, wellbeing consultant, social entrepreneur, has multiple qualifications in philosophy, computing, education, and psychology, and is a prolific author (130+ peer reviewed publications) and presenter (170+ presentations). He has previously been an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, and Head of Research at the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). He is founder and past president of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology, co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing, and lead investigator for the International Wellbeing Study amongst others. Aaron's areas of research focus on wellbeing science, leadership, and positive education.

Professional Associations

  • 2025 - World Wellbeing Panel (Member)
  • 2024 - American Psychological Association (Member)
  • 2011- International Positive Psychology Association, IPPA (Member)
  • 2008 - New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology (Honorary life member)

Awards and recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2025 - Raymond Fowler Service Award. International Positive Psychology Association.
  • 2020 - University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Teaching Excellence Award.
  • 2016 - Auckland University of Technology 'Leading Researcher'.
  • 2015 - Auckland University of Technology, Outstanding New and Emerging Lecturer.
  • 1999 - Arthur Prior Merit Award for Philosophy.

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2020 - University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Teaching Excellence Award.
  • 2015 - Auckland University of Technology, Outstanding New and Emerging Lecturer.

Research Interests

  • Defining and conceptualising wellbeing
  • Wellbeing assessment
  • Wellbeing literacy
  • Wellbeing interventions
  • Positive education and positive systems science
  • Wholebeing
  • Ethical guidelines and codes
  • Wellbeing and public policy
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to wellbeing science

Most of the above relate to the research questions: What is wellbeing?, Who is responsible for wellbeing?, What are the best ways to improve wellbeing?, What is bigger and better than wellbeing?, What are systemic influences on wellbeing?

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, New Zealand, 2012.
  • Doctor in Philosophy, New Zealand, 2010.
  • Master of ARTS, New Zealand, 2004.
  • Graduate Diploma in Applied Ethics, New Zealand, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours, New Zealand, 1999.

Research Outputs

2026

Journal Articles

  • Iasiello, M., Van Agteren, J., Ali, K., Kolovos, E., Batterham, P., Goodman, F., Jarden, A., Kashdan, T., Kyrios, M., Oades, L., Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Fassnacht, D. (2026). A Delphi consensus study on the dimensions of positive mental health. nature mental health, 2026(4), 746–753. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00617-5.

2025

Journal Articles

  • Arslan, G., Jarden, A., Yıldırım, M., Jarden, R., Silapurem, L. (2025). Longitudinal Associations Between Life Events, Hope, Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and Depressive Symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2025(article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10630-0.
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Bujalka, H., Weiland, T., Brockenshire, N., Taylor, G., Gerdtz, M. (2025). Community‐based health programme for nurses and midwives: A mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(1), 475-498. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16336.

2024

Book Chapters

  • Jarden, A., Roache, A., Jarden, R. (2024). Measuring wellbeing in coaching. The Health and Wellbeing Coaches' Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide for Clinicians, Coaches and Health Professionals (251-265). Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003319016-22.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, TJ., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Rutherford, M., Carbery, C., Moroney, K., Joshanloo, M., Gerdtz, M. (2023). Nurses' well‐being during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A longitudinal mixed‐methods study. Nursing Open, 10(1), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1275.

2022

Book Chapters

  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A. (2022). A systems pathway to self-care in academia: Me, We, and Us as avenues to integrated long-term self-care. Reflections on Valuing Wellbeing in Higher Education: Reforming our Acts of Self-care (95-110). Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213161-10.

Journal Articles

  • Jarden, R., Joshanloo, M., Weijers, D., Sandham, MH., Jarden, A. (2022). Predictors of Life Satisfaction in New Zealand: Analysis of a National Dataset. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), article number 5612. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095612.
  • Guitard, J., Jarden, A., Jarden, R., Lajoie, D. (2022). An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 13(2022), article number 795478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.795478.

2021

Book Chapters

  • Jarden, A., Jarden, R., Chin, T., Kern, ML. (2021). Assessing Wellbeing in School Communities. The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Education (297-324). Palgrave Macmillan Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64537-3_12.

Journal Articles

  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, TJ., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Rutherford, M., Carbery, C., Moroney, K., Gerdtz, MF. (2021). Nurse wellbeing during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 28(6), 709-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2021.06.002.
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, TJ., Taylor, G., Bujalka, H., Brockenshire, N., Gerdtz, MF. (2021). New graduate nurse wellbeing, work wellbeing and mental health: A quantitative systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 121(2021), pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103997.
  • McArthur, M., Learey, T., Jarden, A., Van Gelderen, I., Hazel, S., Cake, M., Mansfield, C., Zaki, S., Matthew, S. (2021). Resilience of veterinarians at different career stages: The role of self-efficacy, coping strategies and personal resources for resilience in veterinary practice. Veterinary Record, 189(12), no-. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.771.
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, TJ., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Gerdtz, M. (2021). Registered nurses’ experiences of psychological well‐being and ill‐being in their first year of practice: A qualitative meta‐synthesis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(3), 1172-1187. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14667.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Hamling, K., Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Synard, J. (2020). Epistemological fruit salad: Broadening methodology in positive psychology research to develop contextualised interventions and understandings of well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology: dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice, 2020(2020), 670-674. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1789708.

2017

Book Chapters

  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Oades, LG. (2017). Wellbeing Policy in Australia and New Zealand. Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health (207-214). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316339275.018.

2016

Book Chapters

  • Jarden, A., Jarden, R. (2016). Positive Psychological Assessment for the Workplace. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths‐Based Approaches at Work (415-437). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118977620.ch22.

2014

Book Chapters

  • Jarden, A., Jarden, R. (2014). Applied positive psychology in higher education. Student Motivation and Quality of Life in Higher Education (37-43). Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315814070.

Research Projects

  • Strategic delay of smartphone use in early adolescence: Implications for students’ wellbeing and school outcomes, Association of Independent Schools of WA, AISWA - Grant, 2026, $15,000.
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