Wilmar Schaufeli 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

Wilmar Schaufeli

• Wilmar B. Schaufeli is full professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and distinguished research professor at KU Leuven, Belgium. In addition, he is also visiting professor at Loughborough Business School, UK, and Jaume I Universitat, Castellon, Spain. He received his PhD from Groningen University, magna cum laude. His main research field is occupational health psychology. Initially, he was interested in job stress and burnout but since the turn of the century he focuses on positive occupational health, notably work engagement. He is one of the authors of the Job-Demands Resources model, which is currently the most popular model in occupational health psychology. With over 500 articles, chapters and books, Dr. Schaufeli is a prolific, Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics), ranking among the top 1% in the field of psychology and psychiatry (profile page: www.wilmarschaufeli.nl). Dr. Schaufeli is a fellow of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, a licensed occupational health psychologist, and also works part-time as an organizational consultant (www.3ihc.nl).