Frank Martela
Frank Martela, PhD, is currently a visiting scholar in the Human Motivation Research Group at the University of Rochester, NY. His research concentrates on the ultimate factors of human motivation.
Posts
Is Finland really the happiest country? Correcting five misunderstandings of what the rankings reveal
March 20, 2023
Maslow 2.0: Replacing the Pyramid of Needs with a Sailboat of Needs
December 22, 2020
How meaning of life was invented: Thomas Carlyle on how to overcome an existential crisis
December 4, 2020
The Emergence of the Modern Notion of the Meaning of Life in the Early Nineteenth Century
September 28, 2020
Leo Tolstoy and The Silent Universe
September 11, 2020
To make black lives matter the actions of whites matter: From ‘not racist’ to antiracist
June 4, 2020
The question that keeps me awake at night: What can I do to help?
April 5, 2020
I published today a book entitled ‘A Wonderful Life.’ Is this the appropriate time for it?
March 24, 2020
In facing the Coronavirus epidemic, meaning in life still resides in small, everyday moments
March 23, 2020
Trust, happiness, and Coronavirus – Why Finland is both the happiest country in the world and well prepared for the epidemic
March 20, 2020