Michael Busseri, Brock University

Research

life satisfaction lifespan development successful aging self-evaluation positive functioning self-evaluations

Latest funding

Beliefs about how life unfolds over time: Content, causes, and consequences for successful aging across the adult lifespan
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$40,513
Beliefs about how life unfolds over time: Content, causes, and consequences for successful aging across the adult lifespan
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$25,091
On the belief that life gets better and better, or worse and worse over time: causes and consequences across the adult lifespan and around the world
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$75,438

All 4 grants and awards

Beliefs about how life unfolds over time: Content, causes, and consequences for successful aging across the adult lifespan

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Busseri, Michael A.

Keywords: life satisfaction; lifespan development; successful aging; self-evaluation

$40,513

Beliefs about how life unfolds over time: Content, causes, and consequences for successful aging across the adult lifespan

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Busseri, Michael A.

Keywords: life satisfaction; lifespan development; successful aging; self-evaluation

$25,091

On the belief that life gets better and better, or worse and worse over time: causes and consequences across the adult lifespan and around the world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Busseri, Michael A.

Keywords: life satisfaction; positive functioning; lifespan development; self-evaluations

$75,438

Investigating the belief that life gets better and better over time: sources and implications of upward subjective trajectories for life satisfaction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Busseri, Michael A.

Keywords: life satisfaction; self-appraisal; personal beliefs; human development

$21,427

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: life satisfaction Dear Professor Busseri, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on life satisfaction connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Beliefs about how life unfolds over time: Content, causes, and consequences for successful aging across the adult lifespan" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]