I live in Melbourne, Australia, am happily married to Rebecca Jarden, father of Sophia Jarden. I am currently employed as an Associate Professor in the Centre of Positive Psychology, Melbourne University where I am Director of the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program. I am also a wellbeing consultant and social entrepreneur, and co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing, president of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology, lead investigator for the International Wellbeing Study, co-investigator of the Sovereign New Zealand Wellbeing Index, on the board of Action for Happiness Australia, founder of The Tuesday Program, co-founder and Senior Scientist for Work on Wellbeing and  Assessing Wellbeing in Education.