Robert Cummins
Role and profile
Professor Cummins holds a Personal Chair in Psychology. He mainly teaches at Post-Graduate level, is an active researcher and supervises higher degree students.
Teaching responsibilities
Melbourne campus at Burwood, Coordinator Colloquium ProgramResearch interests
Quality of life Subjective well-being Happiness and satisfaction Awards and prizes
2007: Distinguished Quality of Life Researcher. Awarded by the International Society for Quality of Life Studies.2006-9: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer. 2005: Designated Expert of International Standing in Quality of Life Research by the Australian Research Council College of Experts. 2004: Best paper published in Social Indicators Research in 2003 (Cummins, R. A., Eckersley, R., Pallant, J., Van Vugt, J., & Misajon, R.) awarded by the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. 2004: Faculty Academic of the Year Award, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences. Awarded by the Deakin University Student Association. 2004: Victorian Public Health Award for Capacity Building Excellence (Cummins, R. A., Davern, M., Hunter, B. James, A. M., Okerstrom, E., McMillan, D., Eckersley, R., & Lo, S. K.). Awarded by the Victorian Department of Human Services. Memberships
Australian Psychological Society International Society for Quality of Life Research International Society for Quality of Life Studies Service to the University, discipline or community
University 2000-cont: Director, Australian Centre on Quality of Life 2000-cont: Member, Faculty Board Discipline 2011-cont: Past-President - International Society for Quality of Life Studies 2002-cont: Founding co-ordinator - International Wellbeing Group 2005-2013: External Academic Advisor, Master of Social Science in Counselling, City University of Hong Kong. 2008-cont: Member, Academic Advisory Board of the Australian Positive Psychology and Well-Being Conference. 2008-cont: Member, Inaugural Advisory Board for the World Happiness Forum. 2009: Co-Chair (with Anna Lau) Symposium, International Wellbeing Group. 9th Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, Florence, July. 2010-cont: Member, Expert Panel, National Carer Counselling Program, Carers Australia. 2010-cont: Member, Program Advisory Committee, Master of Wellness, RMIT (www.rmit.edu.au/wellness ) 2011-cont: Member, Steering Committee, Australian National Development Index 2011: Chair, External Review Panel, Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Psychology, Hong Kong Institute of Education. 2011-cont: Member, Advisory Committee, Partners for Livable Communities Australia (www.livable.org.au) 2012-cont: Temporary Advisor, Expert committee on measurement and target setting for wellbeing, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. 2013-cont: Temporary Advisor, Expert Group on the Development of Indicators for Health 2020, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Community: Membership of Editorial boards 1995-cont: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 1996-cont: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 1996-cont: International Journal of Practical Approaches to Disability 1999-cont: International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 1999-cont: Social Indicators Research 1999-2003: Journal of Happiness Studies 2004-2005: Editor, Journal of Happiness Studies 2006-2009: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Happiness Studies 2010-cont: Editor, Journal of Happiness Studies 2005-cont: Applied Research in Quality of Life 2010-cont: Journal of Social Research & Policy 2011-cont: Pakistan Journal of Psychology 2011-cont: Journal of Organisation and Human Behaviour 2011-cont: Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research 2011-cont: International Journal of Happiness and Development 2012-cont: Journal of Happiness and Wellbeing 2012-cont: Halloran Philanthropy/History of Well-Being project Conferences
Cummins, R. A. (2012). Self-reported states of wellbeing. Invited Address, 1st Expert meeting on measurement and target setting for wellbeing, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen.Cummins, R. A. (2012). The dark side of positive psychology. Colloquium, School of Psychology, Deakin University. Melbourne. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Measuring population happiness to inform public policy, Invited seminar, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, Canberra. Cummins, R. A. (2012). The relationship between Trust and Subjective Wellbeing is mediated by Homeostatically Protected Mood. Paper, Second Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Osaka. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Is happiness good for you? Public lecture, BrisScience, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Tanton, R., Cummins, R. & Mohanty, I. (2012) Small area estimates of subjective wellbeing using a spatial microsimulation model: First steps. Paper, International Microsimulation Association European Conference, Dublin. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Subjective Wellbeing and Public Policy. Invited paper, Subjective Wellbeing Workshop, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Set-points for Subjective Wellbeing: real or imagined?. Keynote address, Wellbeing and Public Policy Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Measuring Subjective Wellbeing to Inform Public Policy. Invited workshop, Wellbeing and Public Policy Conference, Wellington. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Subjective wellbeing and health. Invited address, 2nd expert meeting on measurement and target setting for well-being, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Paris. Holmes-Truscott ,E.; Browne,J. L.; Cummins, R. A., Reddy, P., Pouwer,F.; Speight, J. (2012) Subjective wellbeing among adults with diabetes: Results from Diabetes MILES Australia. Australian diabetes society/Australian diabetes educators association annual scientific meeting, Gold Coast. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Is happiness good for you? Invited Alumni lecture, Deakin University, Warrnambool. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Informal carers: some of your most disadvantaged clients. Invited paper, Interrelate Staff Forum, Newcastle. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Measuring Subjective Wellbeing. Invited paper, National Disability Services Forum, Melbourne. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Does healthier and wealthier make you happier?? Invited Alumni lecture, Deakin University, Melbourne. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Happiness and Quality of Life. Colloquium, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University. Geelong. Cummins, R. A.; Li, N.; Wooden, M.; Stokes, M. (2012). Set-points for Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from HILDA longitudinal data. 11th International Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, Venice. Cummins, R. A. (2012). Unipolar response scale: A suggested change for the PWI. 11th International Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, Venice. |
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