PP 2.0 International Conference 2025: Positive Psychology 2.0: The Roles of Psychology of Spirituality and Transcendence in Facing Ever-Changing Environment and Life Adversities Tung Wah College Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 25-28, 2025 |
| Conference website | https://www.positivepsychology2-0.org |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pp20internationalcon |
All of us are facing an ever-changing world with a lot of life adversities and difficulties. In reality, negative life events and suffering are inevitable to all people, which lead to maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that have harmful impacts on human well-being and mental health. A deepen question of positive psychology 2.0 (PP 2.0) is “What brings out the best in all people in their strivings for survival and flourishing in challenging situations?” The PP 2.0 advocates suggest to fully develop our spirituality (both theistic and non-theistic) to live a meaningful life based on self-transcendence (sacrifice love and serving others). In facing life adversities, spirituality has been found to be an important coping resource that improves adjustment and wellbeing (e.g., Pargament et al., 2001; Tix & Frazier, 1998). Professor Paul Wong (2016) also developed the spiritual self-transcendence model based on Viktor Frankl’s concept, believing that self-transcendence can help people turn suffering into resilience by understanding life adversities as events that provide meaning, life goals, and healthy values. Hence, it is important to explore the ways to cultivate and apply spirituality and self-transcendence to enhance eudemonic well-being and flourishing in facing ever-changing environment and life adversities. Thus, the Positive Psychology (PP 2.0) International Conference 2025 will focus on the theme of “Positive Psychology 2.0: The Roles of Psychology of Spirituality and Transcendence in Facing Ever-Changing Environment and Life Adversities”, and welcomes paper presentations that share and discuss empirical-baed and evidence-based research, practice, implementation, and applications of PP 2.0.
Submission Guidelines
Presentation Abstract Submissions (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
The Conference welcomes extended abstracts (no more than 300 words) to be submitted to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pp20internationalcon). In the abstracts, you should clearly state research objectives, research questions, hypotheses (if any), research methods, findings, and implications/contributions. To ensure academic quality, all abstracts will go through a blind peer-review process. Subject to authors’ successful registrations to the Conference, accepted abstracts will be included in a conference program booklet and you will be invited to make presentations at the Conference.
Conference Book Full Paper Submissions (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
Submissions of full paper (12-20 pages, single-line spacing, APA style 7th edition) should be uploaded to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pp20internationalcon). All full papers submitted will be subject to a blind peer-review process. Upon acceptance, and subject to authors’ successful revision enhancement based on the reviewers’ comments, your accepted manuscripts will be included in a new volume entitled as “Positive Psychology 2.0: The Roles of Psychology of Spirituality and Transcendence in Facing Ever-Changing Environment and Life Adversities” to be published by Atlantis Press (open access), part of Springer Nature.
English is the working language of the Conference. Authors who are not native English speakers are strongly encouraged to seek professional English editing services before their submissions to the Conference. Each author can contribute maximum TWO submissions as first author.
List of Topics
- Positive Psychology 2.0
- Psychology of Spirituality and Transcendence
- Positive Psychology 2.0 and Mental Health or Well-being
- Positive Psychology 2.0 and Education
- Positive Psychology 2.0 and Healthcare
- Positive Psychology 2.0 for Therapy, Rehabilitation, and Intervention
- Positive Psychology 2.0 Across Cultures
- Positive Psychology 2.0 Across Life Span
Committees
International Advisory Committee (IAC)
- Prof Sally CHAN, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Tin Cheung CHAN, Christian Association for the Psychology of Religion Limited, HKSAR, China
- Prof Andrea GAGGIOLI, Catholic University of Milan, Italy
- Prof Shui-Fong LAM, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Dr Amelia N. Y. LEE, MH, School of Continuing Education at Hong Kong Baptist University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Alex Wang-On LI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Prof Michael STEGER, Colorado State University, United States
- Prof Joel WONG, Indiana University Bloomington, United States
- Prof Allan H. K. YUEN, HKAECT, HKSAR, China
- Prof Mantak YUEN, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
International Program Committee (IPC)
- Dr Larry AUYEUNG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Prof Wallace CHAN, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
- Dr Wendy CHAN, HKUSpace, HKSAR, China
- Dr Sing-Hang CHEUNG, University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Dr Floria CHIO, Trent University, Canada
- Ms Jasmine CHOI, Make Positive, HKSAR, China
- Dr Sandrine CHUNG, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Josephine Wing-fun FUNG, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Cathy HUNG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Weixi KANG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Prof Rick KWAN, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Bobo LAU, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Wilbert LAW, The Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Dr. Man-Fung Stephanie LEE, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Dr Angel LEUNG, The Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Dr Beeto LEUNG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Daniel LEUNG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Mei-kei Leung, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr P. F. Jonah LI, University of Washington Tacoma, United States
- Dr LI LIN, Lingnan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Su LU, De Montfort University, United Kingdom
- Dr Suk-Ling MA, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Joel NGAI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Nicolson SIU, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR, China
- Dr Rongwei Iris SUN, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Anson Chui-Yan TANG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Ms Ada TSANG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Mark TSANG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Anna TSO, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
- Dr Chi-hung WONG, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Kam Chung WONG, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr Katherne YAU, Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China
- Dr C. Y. Toby YIP, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Winnie YUEN, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Dr Livia YULIAWATI, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia
- Dr Michela ZAMBELLI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Dr Maggie ZHAO, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
Organizing Committee (OC)
- Conference Chair: Prof Chi-keung Alex CHAN, Tung Wah College, HKSAR
- Program Chair: Dr Ching-han Lufanna LAI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Proposal Review Chair: Dr Yuet-ying Esther LAU, The Education University of Hong Kong, China
- International Organizing Committee Chair: Dr. Ho-man Raymond KONG, Caritas Social Services, HKSAR, China
- Publication Chair: Dr Yin-hung Bess LAM, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Finance Chair: Dr Chi-fai Raymond CHUI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR, China
- Social Event Chair: Dr Chak-pui Terence LEE, School of Continuing Education at Hong Kong Baptist University, HKSAR, China
- Publication Chair: Dr Sum-yin Ice TSUI, School of Continuing Education at Hong Kong Baptist University, HKSAR, China
Invited Speakers
- Professor Kenneth PARGAMENT, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, United States
- Professor Kirk BINGMAN, Professor of Mental Health Counseling and Spiritual Integration, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Fordham University, United States
- Professor Tyler J. VANDERWEELE, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology, Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Havard University, United States
- Professor Daryl Van TONGEREN, Professor of Psychology & Director of the Frost Center for Social Science Research, Hope College, United States
- Dr Piers WORTH, Visiting Professor, Buckinghamshire New University, United Kingdom
- Prof. David Bryce YADEN, Associate Professor, The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
Venue
The conference will be held in Tung Wah College, HKSAR, China (Onsite & Live Online)
Contact
All enquiries about submissions should be emailed to positivepsychology2.0@gmail.com