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Mathematics for Flourishing (Human Flourishing Program)

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Speaker Francis Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College Abstract Math is more than just a way to describe the world, and it is more than just a set of skills, like doing arithmetic or factoring a quadratic. Math is a deeply...

Human Flourishing Program Launches the Global Flourishing Study with Baylor University Researchers

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What does it mean to live well? To be truly healthy? To thrive? Researchers and clinicians have typically answered these questions by focusing on the presence or absence of various pathologies: disease, family dysfunction, mental illness, or criminal...

Can History Make Us Happy? (Human Flourishing Program)

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The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and the Department of History at Harvard University invite Harvard staff and students to a lecture on History and Human Flourishing Darrin M. McMahon (PhD, Yale) is the Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor...

Human Flourishing Program, Baylor, & Gallup Release Wave 1 Findings of historic Global Flourishing Study

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The Global Flourishing Study (GFS), a multi-year collaborative research study carried out by the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion, Gallup and the Center for Open Science, revealed its First Wave...

Kierkegaard and Love Workshop (Human Flourishing Program)

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For the latest details on this two-day workshop, please visit the Human Flourishing Program workshop page . The subject of love is central to the Program’s research on well-being and flourishing. It is part of “The Construct and Assessment of Love” grant...

DSM recognizes moral injury, thanks to Human Flourishing Program research

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by the Human Flourishing Program In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline physicians, nurses, and first responders were confronted with impossible choices: who would receive a ventilator, whether to continue working without adequate protection...

Kierkegaard and Love Workshop (Human Flourishing)

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You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the first instalment of the “ Kierkegaard and Love Workshop” hosted by The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University on November 4-5, 2021. The Human Flourishing Program is an interdisciplinary...

Youth Flourishing Event

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The Human Flourishing Program will host a publicly-available Youth Flourishing event. In this event, we will first share our flourishing measures for adolescents ages 12-18, children ages 9-11, and children ages 5-8, which are freely available for...

Jonathan Beale (Character, Formation, and Flourishing Seminar)

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Jonathan Beale (Harvard) presents "What Role Should Human Flourishing Play Among Education's Aims?" The Human Flourishing Program is hosting "Character, Formation, and Flourishing Seminar Series" 2022-2023. Meetings usually take place every third...

Symposium on Love in World Religions (Human Flourishing)

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On August 10th, from 1–3pm ET, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University will be pleased to host a webinar on the theme of love in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Our distinguished panelists will explore how their respective traditions...

Flourishing Schools Project Virtual Launch

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Join us for the virtual launch of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard’s Flourishing Schools Project. This session will introduce a new effort to support school networks in measuring, reflecting on, and strengthening students’ character skills and...

Matthew T Lee

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Matthew T. Lee is Research Associate and Director of the Flourishing Network at the Human Flourishing Program. His current research explores topics such as well-being and flourishing, benevolent service to others, and the integration of social science...