The question of how to change one’s personality is of great interest to society. Personality coaching is booming. Surprisingly, however, psychological research on targeted personality development is still in its infancy.

We are an international transdisciplinary scientific network of more than 20 researchers from psychology and related disciplines, funded by the German Research Foundation. Together, we aim to substantially expand the existing knowledge on targeted personality development and to derive ethically, theoretically, and empirically sound and effective personality change interventions for a wide audience. More information