Over the past few years I've had numerous opportunities to write articles for the general public and to engage with the press.
Articles for General Audiences
- Kern, M. L., & Benecchi, S. D. (2019). Intersections of positive psychology and Christianity [White paper]. http://www.peggykern.org/uploads/5/6/6/7/56678211/kern___benecchi_2019_-_intersections_of_pospsych_and_christianity.pdf
- Kern, P. L., Rizoiu, M.-A., & McCarthy, P. X. (2019, December). Robot career advisor: AI may soon be able to analyse your tweets to match you to a job. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/robot-career-advisor-ai-may-soon-be-able-to-analyse-your-tweets-to-match-you-to-a-job-128777
- Kern, P. L. (2019, October). The Portal review: can meditation change the world? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-portal-review-can-meditation-change-the-world-123513
- Allen, K., Kern, P., Waters, L., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2018, July). Why don’t Australian school kids feel a sense of belonging? Pursuit. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/why-don-t-australian-school-kids-feel-a-sense-of-belonging
- Allen, K., & Kern, P. (2018, June). School vision and mission statements should not be dismissed as empty words. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/school-vision-and-mission-statements-should-not-be-dismissed-as-empty-words-97375
- Kern, P. (2017, September). Promises and pitfalls of social media. Inspire Magazine, 6. http://researchaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/INSPIRE-Issue-6.pdf
- Kern, P. (2017, May). Twitter’s plan to help young people not get too overwhelmed by bad news doesn’t go far enough. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/twitters-plan-to-help-young-people-not-get-too-overwhelmed-by-bad-news-doesnt-go-far-enough-76990
- Kern, P. (2017, May). Explainer: What is positive psychology and how can you use it for yourself? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-positive-psychology-and-how-can-you-use-it-for-yourself-75635
- Kern, P. (2016, December). How to be a healthy user of social media. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-to-be-a-healthy-user-of-social-media-70211
- Kern, P. (2016, December). Is social media good for you? Pursuit. The University of Melbourne. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/is-social-media-good-for-you
- Kern, P. (2016, November). A holistic approach to student wellbeing. Psychlopaedia, Australian Psychological Society. https://psychlopaedia.org/learning-and-development/holistic-approach-student-wellbeing/
- Kern, P. (2016, May). How gender shapes our Facebook chats. Pursuit. The University of Melbourne. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how-gender-shapes-our-facebook-chats
Press On My Work
Here are a few to start, with more to come as I find time to update this.
Weekly Review, Australia, 4 October 2016
http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/learn/having-an-active-social-life-can-help-enhance-students-atar-results/
Nine Coach, Australia, 31 August, 2016; 5 October 2016
http://coach.nine.com.au/2016/10/05/13/05/how-to-understand-your-personality
http://coach.nine.com.au/2016/08/31/13/53/should-you-trust-the-myers-briggs-test
World Well-being Project, Psych science article on heart disease (February 2015):
The paper got quite a bit of press, including a TV interview on the ABC Sunday morning show. For more, see the UniMelb press release.
Workplace well-being
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3017403/why-your-boss-cares-if-youre-happy?partner=newsletter
Weekly Review, Australia, 4 October 2016
http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/learn/having-an-active-social-life-can-help-enhance-students-atar-results/
Nine Coach, Australia, 31 August, 2016; 5 October 2016
http://coach.nine.com.au/2016/10/05/13/05/how-to-understand-your-personality
http://coach.nine.com.au/2016/08/31/13/53/should-you-trust-the-myers-briggs-test
World Well-being Project, Psych science article on heart disease (February 2015):
The paper got quite a bit of press, including a TV interview on the ABC Sunday morning show. For more, see the UniMelb press release.
Workplace well-being
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3017403/why-your-boss-cares-if-youre-happy?partner=newsletter