Compassion Symposium

This cross-disciplinary symposium is designed to bring together academics, clinicians, researchers, and students from different disciplines within The University of Queensland and from the community, to present on how compassion is or could be a part of their research, studies, or practice.

Contacts

UQ School of Psychology

+61 3365 6230

reception@psy.uq.edu.au

Upcoming sessions
Past sessions

Compassion Symposium 2025

29 November 2025 8:45am–5:00pm

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The 10th iteration of this beloved event, the Symposium will bring together researchers, clinicians and students from a range of disciplines to showcase compassion-based research and practice.

Can computation capture contemplation, consciousness and compassion? - Professor Jakob Hohwy

27 September 2024 5:00pm–7:00pm

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In this talk, Professor Jakob Hohwy explains how computational understandings of our perception and behaviour are becoming dominant but can seem inhospitable to contemplation, consciousness and compassion.

Compassion Conference 2023

9 September 2023 9:00am

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The School of Psychology at The University of Queensland is delighted to announce the return of the UQ Compassion Symposium for 2023. The eighth iteration of this beloved event, the Symposium will bring together researchers, clinicians and students from a range of disciplines to showcase compassion-based research and practice.

Compassion Keynote 2023

8 September 2023 6:00pm

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At our 2023 Compassion Symposium Keynote Address, we are excited to welcome Dr Marcela Matos, Clinical Psychologist and Auxiliary Researcher at the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Portugal. Marcela will open the symposium with her talk titled 'The compassion (r)evolution: From easing suffering to awakening flourishing'.