March 1, 2015 by Shannon
March 15th 2015. Positive Computing: A new partnership between psychology, social sciences and technologists Psychology of Well-Being [www.psywb.com] is inviting submissions for a special issue of the journal that will be dedicated to the topic of Positive Computing. The decades between 1970 and 1990 saw the creation and blossoming of a partnership between many disciplines around...
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February 28, 2015 by Shannon
February 28th 2015. Edward Deci and Kenneth Sheldon, two SDT faculty members, were honored at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference on February 27th in Long Beach, CA for their scientific work and achievements in the field of social and personality psychology. At this event, Edward Deci, Professor of Psychology and Helen...
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February 25, 2015 by Shannon
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education PhD Scholarship Opportunity Professor Richard Ryan and Associate Professor Chris Lonsdale are seeking to recruit a promising student to complete a PhD under their supervision at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education (IPPE), AustralianCatholic University. The candidate will complete a doctoral thesis on a topic...
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February 20, 2015 by Shannon
February 28th 2014. Self-Determination Theory faculty Nikos Ntoumanis and Joan Duda have been awarded the 2014 International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) Best Paper Award for their work, “Self-Regulatory Responses to Unattainable Goals: The Role of Goal Motives”, published in the 2014 volume of Self and Identity. The award was given out at this years Society for...
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February 4, 2015 by Shannon
February 4th 2015. This Gamasutra article explores how Warner Bros. Games’ studio Monolith designed the Nemesis gaming system of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) concepts. What made this game distinctive from other games was the Nemesis system and its ability to enable narrative and a player-driven story supportive of the basic psychological needs, which...
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January 14, 2015 by Shannon
January 14th 2014. Self-Determination Theory faculty Dr. Adam Grant cited in Huffington Post blog on workplace satisfaction. “People work so hard, yet so often they never get to meet the people directly impacted by their work. Companies need to place more emphasis on “end user” connection because the research in this area is nothing short...
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January 11, 2015 by Shannon
January 11th 2014. A study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology in 2010 showed that spending even just 20 minutes a day in fresh air boosts vitality that is, having both physical and mental energy. “Research has shown that people with a greater sense of vitality don’t just have more energy for things they...
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January 1, 2015 by Shannon
January 1st 2015. Call for Self-Determination Theory Faculty We are now accepting nominations for the SDT Faculty webpage. If you, or someone you know, is working and generating research within the SDT tradition and hold(s) a PhD, please email the following information to: info@selfdeterminationtheory.org Name of candidate (self nominations are strongly encouraged); Contact information; University/organization affiliation; and Reference list...
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December 12, 2014 by Shannon
One of SDT’s faculty, Dr. Rashmi Kusurkar, was recently awarded the “Best Thesis Prize 2014” by the Dutch Medical Education Association (NVMO). Her thesis, entitled “Motivation in Medical Students,” examines medical students’ motivation, in particular the importance of quality of motivation and the factors influencing their motivation. This prize is awarded every two years by...
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