Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing | Michael F. Steger, Ph.D.

Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology, and the Founding Director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose at Colorado State University. In addition to his service on the Strategic Advisory Board, he also holds honorary positions at the University of Melbourne, the Stockholm School of Economics, and North-West University in South Africa. 

His research focuses on how people flourish through building meaning and purpose in their lives and in their work. His recent work focuses on aligning human wellbeing interests with the wellbeing of natural and societal life-sustaining systems. He has published more than 150 scholarly articles and book chapters, and his published works include the two most widely-used measures of meaning and meaningful work, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire and the Work and Meaning Inventory. He has published three co-edited books, including The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work and Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace. His first authored book will be released soon, The Presence of Meaning, with Oxford University Press. 

He loves both traveling and taking the stage for evidence-driven talks, and has gratefully delivered hundreds of keynotes and workshops across six continents.