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ACC Compassion Research Conference 2021

Nov 17, 2021 3:30 pm - 7:25 pm (AEDT GMT+11:00)

This forum showcased and shared the wide diversity of compassion research taking place in numerous institutions around Australia and the world and was presented by the Australian Compassion Council (ACC) Scholars Network in partnership with the University of Sydney’s, Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group.

Presentations

Video 1:

Welcome and background and context to the compassion conference

Dr Lynne Reeder
National Director, Australian Compassion Council and Adjunct Research Fellow, Federation University Australia

Compassion Research in 2021

Professor Felicia A Huppert
National Director, ACC Scholars Network,
Honorary Professor, Body Heart and Mind in Business research Group, The University of Sydney Business School

Video 2:

Shared Trauma and Compassionate Art

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

Video 3:

Dismantling Compassion Interventions: What factors impact outcomes?

Dr Tara Hickey
Monash University

Video 4:

New Developments in Measuring Compassion

Dr James Kirby
University of Queensland

Video 5:

Mindful and Compassionate Leadership: A panacea for organisational trauma?

Dr Susan Sumskis
Nan Tien Institute, Wollongong

Video 6:

Update on Australian Journal of Management Special Issue on Compassion

Associate Professor Helena Nguyen
Co-Director, Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group
The University of Sydney Business School

Video 7:

The Evolved Biopsychosocial Basis of Compassion - It's Impact on Organisations

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

Video 8:

A Social Neuroscience Perspective on how to train mind and heart

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

Video 9:

Wrap Up

Associate Professor Anya Johnson
Co-Director, Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group
The University of Sydney Business School