Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, known for his research on the experience of flow, a psychological concept he introduced in his best-selling book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial, 1990), has sadly passed away.
Csikszentmihalyi was Claremont Graduate University’s distinguished professor of psychology and management, and founder and co-director of a nonprofit research institute that studies positive psychology, the Quality of Life Research Center.
Csikszentmihalyi delivered a TEDTalk titled “Flow, the Secret to Happiness,” and has been the principal investigator on eight grants in the past 10 years, receiving funding from the Public Health Service, the Atlantic Philanthropies, the Getty Trust, the Sloan Foundation, the W T Grant Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation, for a total of more than $10 million.
