Lindsay Oades
Lindsay G. Oades is an Australian wellbeing public policy strategist, author, researcher and academic. He is the Director of the Centre for Wellbeing Science and a professor at the University of Melbourne. He is also a non-executive Director of Action for Happiness Australia, and the Positive Education Schools Association. He is a former co-editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing. Oades' major contribution has been in well-being and mental health recovery. He developed a mental health recovery model – the Collaborative Recovery Model – which is a positive psychology coaching model, used to assist people with mental illness. He is the author of five books, and over 150 journal articles and book chapters. Oades was awarded the Australian Government citation in 2013 for outstanding contribution to student learning. Oades currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and two sons. Early life and education Oades was born in Adelaide, South Australia where he spent his entire childhood years. He attended Heathfield High School and the University of Adelaide and lived at St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide). Oades received a B.A. with Honours in Psychology in 1993 from University of Adelaide. He then joined University of Wollongong in 1994, where