E27. All things FLOW | A/Prof Marta Bassi

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello This is the weekly podcast, sharing the stories behind the studies of the wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 27. This week we go back to Italy, back to Milan in fact, to chat with Associate Professor Marta Bassi. Marta is FLOW researcher at the University of Milano, Her research interests primarily focus on optimal experience and its role in psychological selection. She has conducted research concerning individuals’ quality of experience in areas such as education, leisure and health. She is a founding member of the Italian Society of Positive Psychology (SIPP) and of the European Flow Researcher’s Network (EFRN). As you will hear, Marta is already a favourite on Researching Happy, being the President of the European Network of Positive Psychology, and therefore host of the upcoming European Conference 2024, therefore responsible for inviting Professor Corey Keyes as a keynote in Austria… fingers crossed I can make it there too…  Find out more about the conference here: https://ecpp2024.com/ I really enjoyed this conversation with Marta, learning all about her work researching Flow in a wide diversity of contexts, and I really admired the working relationships she has had with her colleagues, particularly as you will hear, Fausto Massimini and Antonella Delle Fave. People who know about Flow will probably be familiar with Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, but it was really interesting to learn about the connection Mihály had with the Milan team.  Enjoy this episode, share it with someone who would like to learn more about flow, and stay in touch with us on social media and spotify!  Just a heads up, I’m planning to take a few weeks off in December, and come back bigger and better in 2024 for Season 2 of Researching Happy. If you have ideas of what you think that could or should look like, hit me up on linked in. Enjoy and welcome Marta!