Leisa Aitken

Honorary Postdoctoral Associate

Biography
Research Interests
Research Publications
Scholarship
Teaching
Supervision
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Qualifications

PhD (University of Sydney) , Common Hope: A New Integrated Hope Conceptualisation Informed by Interdisciplinary and Historical Perspectives with Initial Scale Validation – 2023

M.Psych. (University of New South Wales) – 2004

B.Sc. (Honours Class One) (University of New South Wales) – 1996

Field of Research

Theology

Journal Articles

Forthcoming

Aitken L., MacCann, C., Cavanagh, M.J. & Collicutt, J.. The Common Hope Scale: Initial psychometric properties of a new interdisciplinary derived measure of hope. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, .

2024

Aitken, L. (2024). The shape of hope: conversations between psychology and theology. St Marks Review, 266 6-26.

2023

Aitken, L. (2023). The Power of hope: How the science of wellbeing can save us from despair review. Economic record, Vol.99 (327) 564-566.

Presentations

2023

Rediscovering hope (2023), 2023 Annual Richard Johnson lecture, Centre for Public Christianity, 01 Sep 2023

Professional Memberships

Australian Psychological Society (APS) (since None)

Board Approved Supervisor AHPRA (since None)

Centre for Christian Apologetics, Scholarship and Education (UNSW) (since None)

Centre for Public Christianity (since None)

Coaching Psychology and Christianity Interest Groups of APS (since None)

College of Clinical Psychologists (since None)

Psychology Board of Australia (since None)