Insight Fellow at the Contemplative Studies Centre
University of Melbourne
Cullan Joyce is a passionate collaborator, environmental activist, meditation researcher, practitioner, and (future) MBSR teacher. He taught philosophy, and spirituality for over a decade at the University of Divinity and the ACU before joining the Contemplative Studies Centre (CSC) at the University of Melbourne. He is an Insight Fellow at CSC, where his main interest is applying contemplative research and practices to support vulnerable Australian communities. He has helped develop CSC’s future educational offering, the Graduate Certificate in Contemplative Care (GCCC).
His research collaboration covers several disciplines, primarily health, psychology, and the humanities in CSC’s projects: A) Contemplative practices and social change and B) Mapping contemplative experiences across and within meditation traditions.
Cullan has a Bachelor of Theology (ACU) and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Tasmania and is completing his training as an MBSR instructor.