Peace Psychology and Character Strengths: Integrating Science and Practice

About

Ryan M. Niemiec Psy.D. is a leading scientist educator and practitioner in character strengths and well-being. His work has reached (and hopefully positively influenced) millions of people. He is chief science and education officer of the renown VIA Institute on Character a nonprofit organization in Cincinnati that leads the global advancement of the science of character strengths; VIAs scientific measurement tool the VIA Inventory/VIA Survey of strengths is taken by someone every 9 seconds of every minute. Ryan has penned over 100 academic publications and 14 books for consumers practitioners and academics/scientists. A four-time award-winning psychologist Ryan is an annual instructor at the University of Pennsylvania and gives keynotes and invited addresses across the globe amounting to more than 1000 presentations on these topics. In regard to the integration of character strengths and peace Ryan has penned seminal publications forged numerous collaborations and given a range of presentations on the topic including to universities institutes and United Nations agencies. Ryans research areas in addition to peace psychology include character strengths interventions Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) healthy living/lifestyle habits spirituality/meaning in life intellectual/developmental disability nature connection/pro-environmental behaviors and the management/transcendence of suffering/adversity. Ryan is ordained in the Order of Interbeing the community of Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village who have offered a wide range of books and practices on peace.