The Greater Good Science Center is dedicated to building connections with the community beyond UC Berkeley. By sponsoring public lectures and participating in public symposia we encourage dialogue about the importance of promoting positive emotions and relationships in classrooms, in families, and in our communities at large.
Gratitude expert Giacomo Bono, Ph.D., will present a webinar for educators on incorporating gratitude into their schools and classrooms.
A free online course exploring the roots of a happy, meaningful life. Co-taught by the GGSC’s Dacher Keltner and Emiliana Simon-Thomas. Up to 16 CE credit hours available.
A day-long semiar with GGSC Science Director Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., celebrated compassion teacher Joan Halifax, burnout expert Christina Maslach, Ph.D., and UCLA psychiatrist Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D.
We welcome researchers from a broad spectrum of academic disciplines at UC Berkeley to apply for research support.
A new position to help us report on the science of generosity, gratitude, and more.
This position will lead a new initiative to support the well-being of parents and their children.
Find links to articles and webcasts where the Greater Good Science Center, Greater Good magazine, or GGSC staff and faculty are featured.
The year’s most thought-provoking, important, or useful nonfiction books on empathy, kindness, and moving the conversation forward.
Dr. Dachner Keltner is the founding director of the Greater Good Science center, as well as a professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley, so he’s in a special place to discuss some incredibly interesting positive psychological topics like love, awe, teasing, compassion, empathy, gratitude and much more! It’s a fun and fascinating episode where we take a deep look into the science of the good life. Enjoy the show!
Why gratitude is so good for you
New research reveals how we learn to lie for the benefit of other people.
A new study suggests preschoolers can "catch" prejudice from grown-ups through nonverbal behavior—and it hints at solutions.
A new book suggests that parents can raise healthier and happier children by providing a balance of support and freedom.
Gratitude expert Giacomo Bono, Ph.D., will present a webinar for educators on incorporating gratitude into their schools and classrooms.
How compassionate are you? How generous, grateful, or forgiving? Find out!
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Talks by inspiring speakers like Jon Kabat-Zinn, Dacher Keltner, and Barbara Fredrickson.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
"Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
"From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
Jeffrey J. Froh’s Laboratory for Gratitude in YouthLearn more about one of the leading researchers of gratitude.
Expanding the Science and Practice of GratitudeThe GGSC’s new project which aims to expand the scientific database of gratitude and promote practices of gratitude in...
The Research Project on Gratitude and ThankfulnessThe Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness, co-directed by Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough, is a...
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Best-selling author and founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program
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