Lunch Lectures on Positive Psychology in the summer term 2026
The Positive Psychology Lunch Lectures will continue this summer term, and the next session is just around the corner!
These were launched for the first time last summer term in close collaboration with the DGPPF (chaired by Prof. Dr Corinna Peifer and Prof. Dr Claudia Harzer) and are now set to continue on a regular basis.
The Lunch Lectures for the 2026 summer term will take place online on Mondays (provisionally on 27 April, 18 May, 29 June and 20 July from 12.30–1.30 pm) here:
https://uni-luebeck.webex.com/uni-luebeck/j.php?MTID=m98942a1f6eea9f4a96d619bc2876be82
Recordings of previous talks can be found on the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DGPPF_yt
We look forward to seeing you there!
Über uns
Positive psychology is a relatively new discipline that gained popularity and attention particularly in the early 2000s. Its core aim is, as a complement to a focus on dysfunctional processes – such as those involved in (psycho-)pathogenesis – to place greater emphasis on functional processes centred on positive subjective experiences, beneficial traits and institutions that enable people to maintain or enhance well-being and to be more resilient in dealing with current and future challenges. For many years, positive psychology has made an important contribution to a better understanding of the psychological processes that promote the experience of positive emotions and states such as satisfaction and Well-being, and has developed, implemented and evaluated interventions on this basis.
The interdisciplinary Positive Psychology Interest Group therefore aims to bring together positive psychology research in Germany and to work collaboratively on questions relating to positive development at the individual, interpersonal and organisational levels, on describing differences in positive traits and experiences (in the sense of state-trait distinctions), and on the differential efficacy of positive psychology interventions. In doing so, the group aims to network and critically discuss national and international activities, address challenges – such as theory-building and methodological development within the field of positive psychology – and examine the role of contexts and settings (e.g. schools, the workplace) in greater detail from a positive psychology perspective.
Coordination team:
Dr Christina Ewert
University of Potsdam
Email: christina.ewert@--no-spam--uni-potsdam.de
Prof. Dr Samuel Tomczyk
Rostock University Medical Centre
Email: samuel.tomczyk@--no-spam--med.uni-rostock.de
News
Call for Papers - Special Issue (ZAO)
The call for papers for the special issue “Positive Psychology at Work: Advancing Theory, Methods, and Practice” invites submissions of empirical, theoretical and review articles that examine how positive psychological processes arise in the workplace and contribute to well-being, motivation and performance (PDF file available for download).