# Mindsets & Motivation Lab


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- [Contact](https://paulokeefe.com/2312-2/): Paul A. O’Keefe, Ph.D.University of Exeter Business SchoolRennes DriveExeter, DevonUnited KingdomEX4 4PU office 0.82 Streatham Court email p.a.okeefe@exeter.ac.uk
- [Media Coverage](https://paulokeefe.com/media-coverage/): On a Growth Mindset of Interest and its Potential to Spark Creativity and Innovation On a Growth Mindset of Interest and “Finding Your Passion” On Interest and Its Development On the Functions of Interest and Passion On Shaping Achievement Goal Orientations for Adaptive Motivation On Individual, Competitive, and Collaborative Goal Engagement On the Benefits of Growth Mindsets On the Psychology of COVID-19 (PsyCorona) On a Growth Mindset of Opportunity
- [Collaborators](https://paulokeefe.com/collaborators/): Angela DuckworthRosa Lee and Egbert Chang ProfessorDepartment of Psychology and Wharton University of Pennsylvania Carol S. DweckLewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Stanford University Judith M. HarackiewiczPaul Pintrich Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin–Madison Bruce Homer Professor of Educational Psychology Program in Educational Psychology CUNY Graduate Center E. J. Horberg Senior Research Fellow University of Exeter Business School Department of Management Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia Professor of Educational Psychology Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education Michigan State University Isabelle Plante Professor of Educational Psychology Department of Education and Specialized Training University of Quebec, […]
- [Publications](https://paulokeefe.com/publications/): Primary Research Areas Wang, B., Szücs, A., Sandalova, E., Lim, Z. M., Horberg, E. J., O’Keefe, P. A., Island, L., Rosenthal, S., & Maier, A. B. (in press). Public views towards lifespan, healthspan, and healthy longevity medicine in Singapore: A qualitative study from the HEalthy LOngevity (HELO) initiatives. Gerontology. O’Keefe, P. A., Sakthivel, R.,† & Horberg, E. J. (2025). A growth-theory-of-interest intervention helps align science students with a new multidisciplinary curriculum. Contemporary Educational Psychology. doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2025.102371 PDF Wang, B., Sandalova, E., Szücs, A., Horberg, E. J., O’Keefe, P. A., Island, L., Meij, H., Rosenthal, S., & Maier, A. B. (2025). Awareness, knowledge, […]
- [Bio](https://paulokeefe.com/bio/)
- [Home](https://paulokeefe.com/): Our Research How can we identify and dismantle psychological barriers that constrain people’s aspirations and hinder their achievement? Doing so can help people fulfill their potential and set them on a transformative life trajectory. To address this question, our research centers on people’s beliefs (“mindsets”)—about interest and passion, about opportunity, and about health and well-being. These beliefs serve as meaning frameworks that shape motivation, resilience, and achievement across contexts. Accordingly, we tend to focus on educational, work/organizational, and health contexts, where motivation is highly consequential. Much of our current research leverages our findings on mindsets to design large-scale “wise” interventions, […]


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