Dr Nick Baylis CV in a nutshell
Well-being Scientist
At Cambridge University, Nick is co-founding, co-director of the newly created Well-being Institute, where he endeavours to understand how each of us can make profound progress in our everyday lives: psychologically, physically, and socially. (Visit www.CambridgeWellbeing.org)
To put The Science of Well-being in a nutshell: by learning the lessons from lives that thrive and flourish, we can apply the principles & strategies, skills & experiences, to help other lives go from strength to strength.
This new field encompasses such subjects as our essential need for healthy partnerships; how we achieve expertise and sustainable high-performance; creating beauty in all its forms; harnessing the energy of happiness and all our other emotions; communicating well with our sub-conscious mind; thriving in the face of adversity; and living in harmony with new technologies and our natural environment.
Nick specialises in innovative research methods and one-to-one in-depth interviews. (Visit www.YoungLivesUK.com)
In January 2005, he was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce.
TV & Radio Presenter
This November 2006, Nick is the on-screen expert for each episode of a ten-part BBC television series about 'dream careers' that is hosted by Adrian Chiles (presenter for Match of the Day, and Working Lunch). Each episode of this new series also has contributions from world-famous personalities representing the full range of careers.
3rd May 2006, Nick was a guest on the Libby Purves MIDWEEK show on Radio 4, together with opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; children's book laureate, Jacqueline Wilson; and dance impresario, Celeste Dandeker. Nick was invited to discuss his new book, Learning from Wonderful Lives: lessons from the study of well-being.
List to Nick's interview on Libby Purves' MIDWEEK show (1.78Mb, 7 mins 47 s)
A recording of the full show can be heard at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/midweek_20060503.shtml
Public Speaker
Nick has a vocation to prove that the skills of well-being can pay their way in the workplace, as well as in our personal lives. Recently he has given workshops and lectures on 'Applying the Skills of Well-being' to organisations ranging from The Royal College of General Practitioners to The Royal Mail, and from City investment banks to the BBC World Service and Oxford University Business School.
Nick's findings can also contribute to the research & development of products & services that helpfully anticipate the emerging requirements of 21st century life.
At Cambridge University from 2001 onwards, Nick became Britain's first ever lecturer in Positive Psychology, to which he then added his own emerging field, 'The Science of Well-being'.
Therapist through the Media
Nick is a practicing psychotherapist, and as 'Dr FeelGood' for The Times, he wrote over 100 weekly columns, many of which have now been syndicated by The Australian newspaper.
From autumn 2005 onwards, Nick wrote a year's worth of monthly columns about the healing and inspirational potential of feature films, for the successful new Psychologies Magazine.
Nick's first book written for a general readership, is 'Learning from Wonderful Lives: Lessons from the Study of Well-being', which can be read about at www.NicksBook.com
Editor and Conference Organiser
In 2003, Nick was invited to co-convene the first ever 'Royal Society of London' three day conference on 'The Science of Well-being', and then became co-editor of the multi-disciplinary collection of academic chapters by world-leading voices that comprise The Science of Well-being (Huppert, Baylis and Keverne, Oxford University Press, 2005).
Nick now runs workshops for teachers, parents, coaches and personnel managers… indeed anyone who would like to share some insights on how to work better with themselves and with those around them.
Pro-bono Trainer
Nick supports Teach First, the highly innovative charity that trains promising young teachers for some of Britain's most challenging schools.
Nick also supports St. Christopher's Hospice in East London, the flagship and training centre of the modern day hospice movement caring for terminally ill children and adults.
Before Cambridge, Nick studied with the Open University and taught creative writing in Feltham Young Offenders Prison. There, as a volunteer, he founded Trail-Blazers, a mentoring project for the young inmates (www.trail-blazers.org.uk), and the project has blossomed these past 8 years.
Most recently, Nick has collaborated with the pioneering new headmaster at Wellington College (a leading co-educational public school for 13 to 18 year olds), so as to introduce 'the skills of well-being' to the formal and informal curriculum.
General
Nick holds the Masters in Criminology, and the PhD in Psychology, both from Jesus College, Cambridge University.
He is also a graduate of the University of East Anglia Masters of Arts in Creative Writing, and of the National Film & Television School screenwriting course.