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Professor Aaron Jarden

Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 4260
Email: a.jarden@ecu.adu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  

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.
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