On belonging

Professor of Belonging Science, Monash University

Global belonging, beyond borders.Lead Director, Global Belonging CollaborativeVisit globalbelonging.org

Belonging shapes how people endure change, navigate work, sustain relationships, and make sense of their place in the world.

My research focuses on the conditions that build and maintain belonging, as a psychological process, across the lifespan.

Still learning to belong

Starting off as a school psychologist, I felt too young.

Starting off as an academic, I felt too dumb.

Starting off my own website, I felt too up myself.

So I tried to fit in.

But fitting in is not the same as belonging.

Now I am learning to feel that I am enough as I am.

And I am thinking a lot about what it means to be human.