Part I. Introduction to Wisdom Theory and Research: 1. Introduction: What is wisdom and why is it important? Robert J. Sternberg and Judith Glück; 2. Philosophical foundations for the study of wisdom Jason D. Swartwood; 3. Folk conceptions of wisdom around the world Nic M. Weststrate; 4. Psychological theories of wisdom Robert J. Sternberg, Judith Glück and Sareh Karami; 5. Wisdom: Situational, Dispositional, or Both? Igor Grossmann; 6. Measurement of wisdom Judith Glück; Part II. Foundations of Wisdom in the Individual and in the World: 7. Wisdom, intelligence, and creativity Dowon Choi, Sarah F. Lynch, and James C. Kaufman; 8. Wisdom, morality, and ethics Judith Glück and Robert J. Sternberg; 9. Wisdom, personality, and well-being Monika Ardelt and Stephen Pridgen; 10. Wisdom and Emotion Ute Kunzmann; Part III. The Modifiability of Wisdom: 11. The development of wisdom Judith Glück; 12. Interventions for developing wisdom Michel Ferrari, Juensung Kim and Stephanie Morris; Part IV. Wisdom in the World : 13. Wisdom in the professions Barry Schwartz and Kenneth E. Sharpe; 14. Wisdom development and practice in leadership David Rooney and Bernard McKenna; 15. Injecting wisdom into social policy so we can deal with gigantic problems in the World Don Ambrose.