Compassion Scholars Directory

Mo Tabib

Robert Gordon University

My current research interests and publications are focused on the influence of the educational interventions (that include relaxation/meditation and emotional intelligence training) on the wellbeing of expectant parents, and childbirth practitioners.

Dr. Phi Loan Le

California State University, Fullerton

Embodied healing, mind and body integration with ancient yoga practice and psychology.

Dr. Reut Livne-Tarandach

Manhattan College

I study antecedents, processes and consequences of compassion at work

Claire Feeley

King's College London

Midwifery practice and maternity care.

Mrs. Lee Nielson Nielson

Sydney University

Buddhism and psychology

John Romate

Central University of Karnataka

My research area is Health psychology and counselling

Dr. Hooria Jazaieri

Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University

Employee experience and expression of compassion

María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández

University of Almeria

Compassion Care, Compassion in Healthcare Professional

Deanna Varley

University of Sydney

Dr. Deanna Varley's research focuses on how early life experiences influence mental health and emotion regulation later in life, with a particular emphasis on attachment styles and their impact on the experience of psychological distress and compassion — specifically, how they affect sensitivity to distress and the ability to experience, express, and respond to compassion.

Dr. Darcia Narvaez

University of Notre Dame

Humanity's evolved nest which fosters and maintains a compassionate human nature.

Winnifred Louis

University of Queensland

I look at the impact of identities and norms on decision-making in conflict, and how this plays out in social and system change.

Mr. Elvir Mandzukic

Webster University

Mindful Living Practices

Mrs. Sara Wright

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

I study the influence of critical consciousness on bystander intervention in civil courage situations.

Dr. Martha Pollard PhD

University of Edinburgh

Compassion for caregivers: the role of human rights and liberating systems

Prof. Simon Cottle PhD

Cardiff University

I'm interested in the communicative forms and dimensions of media that can enhance feelings of compassion and care and the compulsion to act in a world-in-crisis.

Dr. Özlem Gümüşkaya

Sakarya University

I am interested in families of children with disabilities and ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities and Mental health, mindfulness, self compassion and compassion

Ms. Pramita Sengupta Pramita Sengupta

LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health Tezpur Assam

Mental health and psychotherapy

Ignacio Ramos-Vidal

Universidad de Sevilla

Studying relationships and their effect on psychosocial processes

Kirstie McAllum

University of Canterbury

My research focuses on paid and unpaid workers in health and social care contexts give meaning to their work and collectively construct workplace relationships that foster collaboration, compassion, and access to meaningful work for all.

Mr. Masanneh Jallow Jallow

University of San Diego

My area of research is education.

ALICE SHIRES

university of technology Sydney

mindfulness integrated therapies. MICBT

Mr. Aboagye Da-Costa Asirifi Mr.

Trinity Theological Seminary, Legoon

Pastoral approaches

Prof. Fiona Denney

Brunel University London

compassionate leadership in public sector organisations

Mrs. Maryvonne Verkerke

Gentleminds, Institute for Compassion

Compassion for Highly Gifted and High Sensitives

Vanessa Vilas-Boas

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Infection control

Mr. Hendrik Wilhelm Crispiniano Garcia

Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde (FPS)

The Impact of Mindfulness & Compassion on Mental Health, Psychopathology & Psychophysiology

THAPA SIRJANA

Namseoul University

Mental Health & Culture

Shane Sinclair

Compassion Research Lab, University of Calgary

Advancing the Art and Science of Compassion in Healthcare through research, measurement, and evidence based tools.

Duygu Kocer

Universitat Ramon Llull

Expat mental health and trauma

Christine Wekerle PhD

McMaster University

Youth resilience from adversity, particularly child maltreatment, and the role of self-compassion in mental health and wellbeing

Jeff W Bens

Manhattanville University

I am a novelist and professor of creative writing interested in compassion as the foundation for creative work.

Dr. Madeleine Fraser

Australian Catholic University

Self-compassion applied in clinical psychology

Dr. RONALD Levant

University of Akron

Does compassion attenuate the link between masculinity and violence

Dr. Alea Skwara PhD

University of California, Davis

Cognitive neuroscience of compassion and responses to suffering

Dr. Sophia Kathariou

North Carolina State University

Microbial Evolution and Genetics

Ms. Cuca Azinovic

Nirakara; Complutense

Mindful Eating and Self Compassion

Chris Wagstaff

University of Portsmouth

Advancing Elite Sport and Performance Organisations

Diamond Sky

Embodiment through creative, meditative, compassionate & contemplative practices.

Diana Burychka

University of Valencia

Body image and the prevention of eating disorders

Karyn Nash

University of Derby

The impact of self-compassion on executive functioning in woment or people assigned female at work with late-diagnosed ADHD and autism.

Miss Kim Villard

University of Southern California

Developing dispositions of compassion in higher education amongst emerging adult students.

Andrea Lynn

Florida Gulf Coast University

My students and I approach compassion through the following inquiry: "Survival of the fittest or of the most compassionate?"

Dr. Liza Barnes

Drexel University

How managers and employees can respond compassionately to colleagues navigating struggles in their personal lives

Julio Torales

National University of Asunción

Psychiatry, Medical Psychology and Psychodermatolgy

Tania Singer

Max Planck Society

Social neuroscience and training of the social brain (compassion, empathy etc.) towards more mental health and social cohesion

Prof. David Sheffield

University of Derby

My research examines the psychological and physical health benefits of compassion and psychophysiological mechanisms

Foteini Lekka

Institute for Behavioral Research and Therapy

Mindfulness and compassion in health care and clinical settings

Dr. Jason Pandya-Wood

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Exploring the potential of greater compassion in politics, social policy and welfare.

Rev. Godfree McIntyre

Claremont School of Theology

I am interested in compassion as a path for healing dialog and praxis toward liberation and recovery of soul.

Ecem Sarper

Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

health psychology, prolonged grief, public stigma

Christina Bethell

Johns Hopkins University

Promoting early and lifelong health by promoting nurturing relationships and flourishing in policy and practice.

Allen Joshua George

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Jharkhand

Employment of mindfulness-based interventions for eudaimonia and related positive psychological outcomes

Karin Hägglund

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences

Exploring self-compassion as a resource to be sustainable as high-performance coach in elite sport

Paweł W. Woźniak

TU Wien

Human-Computer Interaction for wellbeing

Dr. Hannah Gilbert

Compassionate Mind Foundation

Anthropology of compassion and compassion focused therapy

Astrid Kendrick

University of Calgary

Understanding and addressing compassion fatigue and burnout in educational workers

Dr. abraham williams

Wohprag Biblical University

Corruption is killing the African continent

Dr. Jane Compson

University of Washington, Tacoma

Application of compassion and mindfulness in contemporary secular contexts, including healthcare, education and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Cheryl O'Malley

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

We created a compassion center at our hospital and are evaluating the outcomes via survey

John Calvin Chatlos

Rutgers University

Study compassion as significant part of spiritual experience.

Haleh Hashemi Toroghi

Brunel University London

I am a Doctoral Researcher researching compassionate leadership in the context of higher education.

Christine Lathren

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I study self-compassion in caregivers and children, including intergenerational self-compassion.

Dr. Frank Rogers Jr.

Claremont School of Theology

Compassion cultivation rooted in western spiritual traditions

Philomena Free

SOAS University of London

Embodied, enlivened and ensouled cultures of education.

Dr. Peter Grossenbacher

Naropa University

My research centers human connectivity, including ways that compassion involves intrapersonal and interpersonal connection.

Sanjay Patole

University of Western Australia

nutrition for preterm infants, research methodology, leadership in healthcare,

Matthew Henninger

Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Contemplative, mindfulness, compassion, and somatic approaches for positive embodiment in trauma and substance use recovery among marginalized communities and people of the Global Majority.

Jayson Molina

Pangasinan State University

I am pursuing research topics about program/project development and management; welfare of employees of social welfare agencies; compassion and reflective supervision.

Mr. NATHAN HARRIS

Deakin University

Examining the role of compassion in aggression and violence

Sara Clarke

The effects of music on physiological co-regulation and it’s influence on conflict management and resolution.

Dr. Martin Burt

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The Poverty Stoplight is a new poverty metric and coaching methodology that allows families to aself assess their level of multidimensional poverty and to develop personalized plans to overcome their deprivations.

Prof. Elenice Oliveira

Montclair State University

My research focuses on social justice, crime prevention, policing and mindfulness in social and criminal justice

Esther Calvete

University of Deusto

Resilience and vulnerability to stress

Prof. Erwin Rimban

Cagayan State University Andrews Campus

I do research on Compassion, Ethics and the Intersections of Transpersonal Psychology, Humanistic Psychology and Analytical Psychology

Muireann Ní Raghallaigh

University College Dublin

My research is focused on the lived experiences of people of refugee background, particularly unaccompanied refugee children and young people.

Mr. Timothy Harrison

Emory University

How can the compassion training be effectively manualized, scaled to a global audience, replicated with fidelity, and tailored for special sectors to maximum individual and societal flourishing?

Dr. Justine O'Hara-Gregan O'Hara-Gregan

University of Auckland

The practice of self-compassion by early childhood educators/teachers

Dr. Miia Paakkanen

Compassion and emotional skills at work and in leadership

Ms. Nitika Arora

The interplay of Compassion with negative experiences (such as discrimination, bullying, mistreatment) at work

Prof. Nancy Guerra

University of California at Irvine

Promoting healthy development in children and youth, now interested in compassion and aging.

Robert Crammond

University of the West of Scotland

Entrepreneurship and business development from the perspective of education and universities.

Dr. Özlem Gümüşkaya

Sakarya University

I am interested in ADHD, I also have been diagnosed recently. I am interested in individuals with ADHD/Autism/LD and self compassion and compassion related ımplications for these groups and their families.

Prof. florencia bravo

UTDT

Wellbeing

Mr. Jose Cyril E Alaras

Emory University

We take care of the animals used by investigators in research.

Dr. Julie Matthaei

Wellesley College

I am researching the emerging solidarity economy, which is based on values of compassion and cooperation.

Dr. Debbie Ling

Monash University

Investigating the impact of compassion training on healthcare workers.

Dr. Yuki Miyagawa

Otemon Gakuin University

My research focuses on how self-compassion motivates us to take necessary actions to promote well-being (i.e., a fierce aspect of self-compassion; Neff, 2023)

Mr. Joel Navarez

De La Salle University

My area of research focuses on well-being and mental health.

Marcela Matos

University of Coimbra

Examining the protective effects of compassion in different populations and the impact of compassion focused interventions on indicators of mental and biophysiological well-being

Michal Braun

Hadassah Medical Center and the Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo

Psycho-oncology, Coping with Nreast Cancer and the influence of cancer and end of life care on formal and informal caregivers.al

Gayatri Mendanha

Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

I am interested in the nature of mind its role in the construction of its reality and consequent suffering.

Ms. Sarah Wolfenden

Brunel University London

Conducting research on coaching, compassion and wellbeing in UK universities

APRIL HOANG

University of Queensland

Youth and positive youth development

Paul Condon

Southern Oregon University

Compassion training adapted from Buddhist traditions, with support from social psychology and cognitive science

M S SUJA MANI

PRESIDENCY COLLEGE

To enhance the compassion, social anxiety, mindfulness and emotional well-being among female adolescents

Jason Kanov

Western Washington University

I study triggers and dynamics of suffering in the workplace as well as processes by which we can compassionately respond to and in some cases prevent work-related suffering.

Ms. Moira Godfrey

University of the West of Scotland

Social workers and compassion

Gayatri Mendanha

Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

I am interested in the nature of mind its role in the construction of its reality and consequent suffering.

Dr. Aminda O'Hare

Weber State University

I study how different mindfulness practices, particularly focused attention vs. compassion practices, impact cognition and emotion interactions in the brain.

Shon Prem Bon Soeng PhD Researcher, M.A. Clinical Psychology, Dharma Teacher

Auckland University of Technology

Contemplative Psychology and Wisdom

Dr. Geetanjali Basarkod

Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, IPPE

My research program aims to foster educational environments where every child feels safe and accepted. To this end, I focus on school-based interventions to improve the psychosocial outcomes (e.g., wellbeing, school belonging, and reduced bullying) of diverse students. I am also interested in improving all students’ moral behaviours, as moral disengagement negatively impacts psychosocial outcomes like bullying.

Jeff Clyde Corpuz

De La Salle University

I am a professor of theology and religious education.

Diego Ocampo m

Dublin City University

Intersectional approaches to racial justice and gender equality against abuse of power and algorithmic discrimination

Mrs. Nayeli Maillefert

Valladolid

bringing mindfulness and compassion to promote well being

Mozaffar Ghaffari

Compassionate care is considered one of the important elements of patientcentered and oriented care that gives health to the patient

Syed Ahmed Mujtaba

S. M science college, Karachi Pakistan

To educate down trodden people know their rights

Luisa Weiner

University of Strasbourg

Emotion dysregulation in psychopathology and neurodevelopmental conditions

Miss Haleh Hashemi Toroghi

Brunel University London

I am a doctoral researcher , and my area of research is compassionate leadership.

Dr. Patricia Isis

Miami Art Therapy and Mindfulness Trainings

Mindful doodling and social emotional well ess

Ms. Dikla Hertzog Twig

Stanford

Applying Compassion in the healthcare system

Leonie Schültke

University of Mannheim

Mindfulness- and Compassion-based aspects in psychotherapy and beyond

Arya Haddadi

Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

Clinical Psychology, Mood disorders, Suicide and Sleep

Dr. Patricia Donohue-Porter PhD, RN

Adelphi University College of Nursing & Public Health

An examination of courage and caring in nursing.

Dr. Cris Tietsort

University of Denver

I study how compassion unfolds in organizational contexts, with particular emphasis on how compassion recipients disclose and discuss suffering

Ms. Mary Doane

Zen Caregiving Project, Compassion Institute

I am trained and certified as a compassion instructor through Stanford University and the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) and serve as Supervising Instructor for Zen Caregiving Project.

Mr. Fares Ahmad

University of California Santa Barbara

The intersection of compassion and technology.

Dr. John Forsyth

Our focus is on processes that contribute to human suffering and its successful alleviation, including acceptance and commitment therapy processes, mindfulness, and self-compassion.

Prof. John Calvin Chatlos

Rutgrers University

A CBT based framework of how spirituality is developmentally organized in experience with compassion as a mojor component.

Sara Fovargue

University of Sheffield

Health law and ethics

Ms. Nan Zhao

Iowa State University

My research is focused on how compassion promotes mental health across cultures

Ms. Judith Reynolds

Rhodes University

Resilience of higher education students in navigating the intersection between their academic and non academic roles and activities

Ayse Karadas

Balikesir University

Designing interventions to support well-being and happiness in nurses

Nicola Byrom

King's College London

Public Health Research, focused on the Higher Education Context

Cristina Ottaviani

Sapienza University of Rome

Enhance our understanding of mental health by integrating multiple levels of complexity—from biological vulnerability to behavior and sociocultural context—with the ultimate goal of informing precise treatment selection

Michele Blake-Roensch

Steinbeis University

Compassionate Intelligence in Leadership

Mrs. Jeanine Wasik M.Ed.

Vancouver Island University

The positive impacts of practicing mindful self-compassion as an educator and modeling self-regulation and healthy emotional expression to foster resilience.

Dr. Christine Lathren

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I study the role of self-compassion in relational contexts, particularly in caregivers (parent-child, formal caregivers).

M.A. Silke Zukunft

Alumni University Goettingen

Development of school curricula for social learning with heart and mind, mindfulness and self-efficacy through movement and development of Compassion Campus.

Dr. David Victorson

Northwestern University

Flourishing in society and health

Rev. Mia Baumgartner

University of Washington

I study how validated mindfulness and compassion cultivation/education interventions impact healthcare workers' wellbeing --including levels of burnout, secondary trauma, self-compassion, and loneliness

Dr. Kimberly Dickman

US Air Force Academy

I focus on Well-being, relationships, and character related to leadership development.

David L. Rodrigues

Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Dynamics in personal relationships; individual and interpersonal functioning

Nelson Tam

City University of Hong Kong

My research focuses on mental health and wellbeing.

Lydia Brown

University of Melbourne

Compassion, Mental Health and Well-Being in the Second Half of Life

Dr. Nandhini Giri

Purdue University

Dr. Giri conducts research work on developing experiential learning systems and interactive pedagogical tools that explore the tangible and intangible layers of cross-cultural experience design in games and XR platforms.

Ms. Gayatri Mendanha

Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness Studies, Religion, Literature

Debarshi Roy PhD

I work on creating empathy driven socio-behavioural systems

Soraya Sánchez

The Languages of Energy

Art, Science and Healing for Conscious Social Transformation

Ms. Sara Curtis

Lawrence University

I am a mental health therapist, I work with my clients on self compassion, compassion fatigue, and forgiveness.

Dr. Pablo Mountford MD

GATLA- Argentinian research group for hematologic malignancies

Mindfulness/ Compassion/Positive P training in Cancer patientes and family members

Dr. Raghad Ebied

Wilfrid Laurier University

compassionate, and resilience based education to promote equity, inclusion and well-being for marginalized students including refugees.

Marine Paucsik

Savoie Mont-Blanc University

modelling safeness with compassion and emotion regulation processes

Ms. KARINA DEL CASTILLO

Boston School International

Passionate educator, clinical psychologist. Looking for a kinder world for our children

Dr. Marianne Florian

University of Texas McGovern Medical School

Using ethnography and qualitative analysis, I explore experiences of learning to practice meditation, and other ways that people intentionally seek to learn and change their own perspectives and traits.

Prof. Muhammad Taufiq Amir

Universitas Bakrie

Positive Leadership and Managing innovation

Dr. Jennifer Griggs

University of Michigan

My work focuses on the role of honoring dignity, the inherent worth and value of each person, at work and in the world.

Tobyn Bell

University of Manchester

Psychotherapy and supervision

Prof. Eddie Chong

The University of Hong Kong

Diversity-equity issues in psychotherapy and minority mental health research through a Buddhist psychological lens

Dr. Anna Troisi

University of the Arts London

I'm a Non-violent communication practitioner, educator (higher education) in the field of creative computing and commputational ethics and my research involve compassionate communication in the areas of inclusive design and user experience, community involvement also with indigenous communities, and educational environments in the higher education

Mrs. Guler Ulusman

York University

Diversity and Inclusion in Workplaces

Ms. Lauren Lemmon

National Judicial College

Mindfulness and wellness

Mr. Syed Ahmed Mujtaba

Karachi

To let people know about their rights of living

Yev Veverka

University of Washington

Support for feeding, mealtime, and nutrition

Dr. Aizaiah Yong

Claremont School of Theology

Compassion and Social Transformation

Dr. Rebekah Fowler

University of Wisconsin La Crosse

I research English literature, primarily medieval, and emotions, with a new focus on the role of compassion in literary studies.

Amber Kea-Edwards

University of Alabama In Huntsville

Healing for workplace trauma

Dr. Anne-Marie Iselin

Elon University

Adolescent wellbeing and mental health, self-regulation, parenting behaviors, cultural values

Paul Davis

Umeå University

Exploring the role of emotions within performance, physical activity, and health with a focus on time perspective and interpersonal relationships.

Dacher Keltner

University of California, Berkeley

The evolution of emotion, in particular awe, compassion, beauty, and love, and power, social class and inquality.

Mr. Mr Oyat Allan Johnson

East African Institute for Management Science

understanding and fostering community dynamics and interactions within various social contexts.

Prof. Janet Garske

Ohio University

Currently retired. Life-span developmental Psychology and School Psychology

Miss Miss Karyn Nash

University of Derby

The impact of self-compassion on executive functioning in women and people assigned female at birth who were late diagnosed with ADHD and autism.

Mr. Nathanael Navarro

My research interests revolve around comparative and dialogical approaches in metaphysical investigations, inclusive democratization, sustainable social development, and cultural studies.

Pramita Sengupta Pramita Sengupta

LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health

Mental health and psychotherapy

Ms. Kelly Bastian

Regis University

Nursing and compassion as it relates to preventing burn out and self fulfillment in healthcare.

Miss Pranati Misurya

University of Exeter

Self-compassion and CPTSD

Dr. Nirmala Lekhak

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Meditation use among later life psychological health and increase of compassion

Dr. Mahendra Wijayasinghe

UC Davis; U of Alberta; Retired

Publish original Buddhism from the scientific viewpoint of my mentor

Cameron Marshman

Monash University

I am interested in visual-art based health research and health professions education with a focus on mental healthcare.

Mr. Jose Felix Falgui

Ateneo de Manila University Junior High School

I'm interested in prosocial online behavior supporting onsite IRL prosocial behavior.

Ayse Rezan Cecen

Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University

Mental health, positive psychology

Ms. Patricia Cardellini

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

My research focuses on education and self-regulation. It involves mindfulness, and compassion for parents and educators, compassion/self-compassion, and Inner Development Goals (IDG).

Dr. Kira Schabram

University of Washington

Compassion and other restorative practices to support human sustainability in the workplace

Liza Barnes

Drexel University

I study how employees and managers can support their colleagues navigating challenges in their personal lives (e.g., grief, illness).

Mr. None Lewis Munjalu

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Research area focuses on the impacts of Debt trap diplomacy on economic growth of Kenya

Sara Castro Death Doula

Las Luziernagas association

End of life care

Dr. Xiaohoa Ching

Harvard University

Scaling love in systems

Ms. Rachel Killam

University of South Florida

Qualitative research on philosophical, social, and political norms that inhibit compassion/compassionate decision-making in higher education workplace systems.

Dr. Alya Khan

London Metropolitan University

I am a philosopher specialising in health ethics, studying the lived experiences of health inequalities in marginalised communities, as well as professional ethics pedagogies for health students.

Caroline A B Redhead

The University of Manchester

My research interests lie broadly in the dynamic interplay between law, ethics (especially bioethics) and social change, with a particular interest in the way legal and ethical frameworks are interpreted and experienced by people in their everyday lives.

Mrs. M.A. Silke Zukunft

My area of research focuses on Integrating social learning, compassion, mental health, mindfulness and self-healing into the school Curriculum and teacher education

Debarshi Roy PhD

I work on empathy driven socio-behavioural systems.

Dr. Julie Hendry

St George’s university of london

Caring and compassion especially in education

Anna Linnehan Ph.D.

Endicott College

Application of nonlinear contingency analysis and programming based on Israel Goldiamond’s constructional approach to empower individuals to identify and problem solve their own emotions and emotional behavior.

Dr. Andrew Woon

Queen Mary University of London

I am interested in research on compassion fatigue among faculty in higher education

Dr. James Kirby

The University of Queensland

Examining the effectiveness of compassion-based interventions

Dr. Esther Estey

Harvard Medical School/Center for Mindfulness and Compassion; Stanford University School of Medicine/VA Palo Alto Healthcare System; University at Buffalo

Contemplative, yoga, mindfulness, and compassion-based approaches for positive embodiment in health psychology and rehabilitation, trauma recovery, and mental performance among military and Spanish-speaking populations.

Jayson Molina

Pangasinan State University

Volunteerism, social work, reflective supervision, and sustainability are my focus and avicacies as a researcher and academician.

Mr. Zerihun Tumato Tulla

Hawassa

Social Solidarity and ethno-cultura integration for sustainable peace

Mrs. Sara Castro

Asociación para la prevención del duelo complicado / UNED España

End of live doula - grief - Death coach - Hospice volunteer

Miss Ebru Pek

TurkishWIN

Women

Prof. Jane Dutton

University of Michigan

As an organizational researcher I have been studying compassion in organizations.

Chase Sherwell PhD

The University of Queensland

Multimodal methods of measuring compassion in everyday life

Mrs. Daniela Castillo Dani

Universidad de Chile

My research focuses on compassionate care and agency, using theories from sociology and social neuroscience

Ms. Amy Richards

Emory University//The Task Force for Global Health

Compassion and ethics at the heart of global health systems

Dr. Peilian Chi Chi

University of Macau

I am interested compassion research that promote individual and family resilience.

Dr. Jon Reid

Oxford Brookes University

The emotional work of teachers who support children who experience distress and the role of compassion to support wellbeing in education.

Dr. Amber Kea-Edwards

University of Alabama In Huntsville

Healing from workplace trauma

Dr. Lorena Fuentes Ramírez

HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACION ALCORCON

I am anesthesiologist and form in compassion an emocional inteligence to phisycians and nurses

Ms. Pramita Sengupta

LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health

Psychotherapy

Miss Harriet Broadfoot MA, BA(hons), Mont.Dip.,EYTS, AFHEA

Durham University

Compassion in early childhood education environments in context of holistic well-being and living in our interconnected world

Prof. Winnie Mak

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Buddhist psychological concepts (mindfulness, compassion, discernment, concentration, interconnectedness, nonattachment, etc.) on individual and collective well-being

Prof. Alex Chi-Keung Chan

School of Arts and Humanities, Tung Wah College

Self-compassion, meaning in life, transcendence and transformation, positive technologies

Dr. Marcie Ray

Michigan State University

I work on trauma-informed pedagogy in music, as well as the construction of nature and humanity in early-modern music.

Emmanuelle Le Barbenchon

Aix Marseille University

use of compassion for health and prevention interventions; psychosocial features of mindfulness and compassion practices; trajectories of victims and PTSD

Dr. John Makransky

Boston College

Contemplative training in compassion

Dr. Kathryn Waddington

University of Westminster

I am interested in arts-based psychosocial research and practices that support compassion at the multiple intersections of individual, group/community-based and organizational initiatives.

Mrs. Yafit Auerbach

University of Haifa

Self-compassion and parenting and Self-compassion in education teams

Dr. Jordan Quaglia

Naropa University

Relationships between self-compassion and compassion for others

Prof. Steven J McMichael OFM Conv.

University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN

I work on the theme of compassion in medieval spirituality in all its forms - especially in the life and writings of Francis of Assisi (I am a Franciscan)

Charlie Crimston

The Australian National University

Examining the psychology of moral expansion.

Dr. Matthew Skinta

I apply compassion interventions to work with queer and transgender communities internationally.

Dr. Maria Maddalena Moretti

how language influences relationships

Nancy Guerra

University of California at irvine

Positive youth development and healthy aging

Dr. ALICE SHIRES

university of technology Sydney

The application of mindfulness, particularly MiCBT, equanimity and interoception on mental ill health, pain and well being.

Dr. Paul Houston Blankenship-Lai

Earlham School of Religion

Compassionate research methods for personal and social transformation / homelessness / spirituality / elder care

Ms. Susan O'Regan

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

An exploration of how compassion-based mindfulness, particularly self-compassion, can support family carers in their caring role

Ali Khoshfetrat

University of Worcester

Clinical Psychology

Mr. Patxi del Campo

Instituto MAP

Terapia de la Compasión, Comunidades Compasivas

Dr. Sharon Wheeler

Wrexham University

How to live and work compassionately without burnout.