We at RCSI University for Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Positive Health Sciences (CPHS) are delighted to have been selected to host the European Conference on Positive Psychology 2026 in Dublin.

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Our Centre specialises in the nexus between positive psychology and lifestyle medicine. Lifestyle medicine focuses on preventative health and promotes evidence-based methods for eating well, sleeping soundly, and keeping the physical body healthy. Our theme for the 2026 Conference “Body Meets Mind: Positive Psychology and Health for Everyone” focuses on what we do best, sharing research that expands beyond psychology and towards biology, physiology and health behaviours. This will allow positive psychology researchers to share the latest advancements.

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RCSI University is committed to diversity. We have branches, students, alumni and sponsors outside of Europe. Thus we want to ensure that the research promoted in our centre goes beyond the western approach and is aimed at everyone. This means that we will ensure equal opportunities for all researchers, regardless of their experience; this also means that we will encourage sharing of research with diverse communities and cultures.

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Our Centre is also involved in a range of funded research projects delving into applying positive psychology and lifestyle medicine using coaching and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is why we the digital technology theme will feature in the Dublin conference and we are eager to create a forum for researchers to present their projects relating to both positive psychology coaching and the digital application of positive psychology.

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Finally, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and is, in fact, ranked first in the world for Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. We do not only teach and research good health and wellbeing but live by wellbeing values every day, which is what we would like to impart to the positive psychology community attending the ENPP Conference in Dublin.

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We greatly look forward to welcoming our community to Dublin in 2026.

 

ECPP 2026 Local Organising Committee