Peggy Kern

Dr Peggy (Margaret) Kern is a professor at the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Education. Her research is collaborative in nature and draws on a variety of methodologies to examine questions around who thrives in life and why, including understanding and measuring healthy functioning, identifying individual and social factors impacting life trajectories, and systems informed approaches to wellbeing. She has published 3 books, 1 handbook and over 150 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. You can find out more about Professor Kern’s work at www.peggykern.org.