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The Future of Flourishing blog by Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) features podcasts, videos, articles, and news from thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners at the cutting edge of science and innovations in human flourishing.

Discovery

Read about interdisciplinary scientific research that can promote physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing.

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Apr 23, 2024
Diverse Intelligences Surprises with Dr. Frans de Waal & Dr. Michael Levin (podcast)
For humans to flourish, we need to better understand and honor the diversity of...
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Apr 17, 2024
The Borderlands of Perception with Chaz Firestone (podcast)
Where does perception end and thinking begin? 
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Apr 10, 2024
Humor in Apes with Erica Cartmill (podcast)
What might playful teasing among primates teach us about ourselves and shared cognitive...
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Apr 2, 2024
Social Memory in Our Closest Cousins with Laura Lewis & Chris Krupenye (podcast)
Apes exhibit decades-long memory for the faces of former groupmates. What can this tell...
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Mar 27, 2024
AI & Ethics with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Jana Schaich Borg & Vincent Conitzer (podcast)
Researchers who've studied how to use artificial intelligence to allocate kidneys to...
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Mar 19, 2024
How Adversarial Collaboration Makes Better Science & Better Scientists with Virginia Cooper, Susan Fiske, Daniel Kahneman, Christof Koch & Lucia Melloni (podcast)
Can courageous dialogue between scientists with competing theories eliminate...
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Mar 12, 2024
Peace as an Active Goal: Restorative Justice Principles & Depolarization with Jennifer Llewellyn (podcast)
What is the correlation between traditional approaches of justice and the current...
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Mar 6, 2024
Fermentation, Fire & Our Big Brains with Katherine Bryant & Erin Hecht (podcast)
Could fermentation technology have been a driver of human brain expansion?
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Feb 26, 2024
Of Molecules & Memories with Sam Gershman (podcast)
Where do memories live in the brain? The classic view is that memories are encoded in...
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Feb 21, 2024
National Geographic Society Launches the Wildlife Intelligence Project (video)
Templeton World Charity Foundation awarded the National Geographic Society with a grant...
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Development

Learn how science can translate findings into new practices or interventions.

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Apr 4, 2024
Empathy Across Social Boundaries: The Other Side of the Other (video)
The empathy that arises when we imagine ourselves “in the clothes or skin” of someone...
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Mar 14, 2024
Children’s Dream City: An Exercise in Imagination & Empathy (video)
Young people participating in a social experiment demonstrate how imagination...
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Feb 29, 2024
Music, Art, Emotion, and Empathy During the Pandemic (video)
Kids in Brazil remind us how human connection and creative expression set the stage for...
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Nov 30, 2023
Planetary Flourishing: Inspiring Science, Wisdom & Action (video)
This panel elucidates causes and conditions that affect planetary wellbeing and...
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Nov 30, 2023
Religions as a Source of Individual, Communal & Social Flourishing (video)
Panelists explore how religious faith can positively affect outcomes that are...
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Nov 27, 2023
How Citizen Science is Helping to Improve Human-Algorithm Behavior
In this Q+A, computer and social scientist, J. Nathan Matias, discusses work designed...
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Nov 18, 2023
The Other Side of the Other: Empathy & Participatory Filmmaking with Kurt Shaw, Rita da Silva & Usina da Imaginação (video)
What happens when groups that would not be likely to encounter each other in “real...
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Sep 19, 2023
Systemic Compassion with David Addiss, Heather Buesseler, Liz Grant & Corinne Reid - Compassion & SDGs Part 2 (podcast)
Four public health experts offer personal insight about what draws them to study the...
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Sep 13, 2023
A Case for Compassion in Sustainable Development Goals with David Addiss, Heather Buesseler, Liz Grant & Corinne Reid - Compassion & SDGs Part 1 (podcast)
Four public health experts discuss their research findings around the role of...
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Sep 12, 2023
Compassion and the Sustainable Development Goals (video)
A team of global health experts explore the connection between empathy, action, and...
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Launch

Find out how uptake of innovations across sectors impacts lives worldwide.

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Dec 13, 2023
Holistic Flourishing with Dr. Timothy Lomas (podcast)
What are the broad societal, environmental, and cross-cultural aspects of flourishing —...
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Nov 30, 2023
How The Arts Promote Flourishing Amid Adversity (video)
What are the ways creativity can move us from a place of suffering to flourishing?
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Nov 29, 2023
Solidarity in Love as a Foundation for Shared Flourishing (video)
What could love at the center of policy design look like?
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Nov 29, 2023
Advancing Science & Solutions for a Flourishing World: Current & Future Perspectives (video)
What does flourishing mean in real world settings vs scholarly definitions? How might...
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Nov 29, 2023
The Science of Loneliness & How to Foster Social Connectedness (video)
Lack of social connection impacts health and impedes flourishing. How can science...
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Nov 27, 2023
Solving the Loneliness Epidemic with Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas (podcast)
Loneliness is more than a bad feeling — it's a public health threat. Listen in for the...
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Nov 21, 2023
Advancing Science & Solutions for a Flourishing World: The 2nd Annual Global Flourishing Conference
Leaders in the field of global human flourishing gather to showcase advances in...
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Jul 18, 2023
Finding Beauty & Purpose to Flourish with Dacher Keltner, ELEW, Philip Ball, Frank Wilczek & Katherine Cotter (podcast)
Experiences of awe and beauty prompt us to search for meaning, to find the deeper...
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May 16, 2023
Dr. Edna Adan Ismail Receives 2023 Templeton Prize
Dr. Edna Adan Ismail Receives Largest International Award Ever Given to Individual...
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May 16, 2023
Forgiveness Part 2 with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Dr. Man Yee Ho, Andrea Ortega Bechara & Dr. Shaun Joynt (podcast)
Researchers describe the impact of the largest-ever forgiveness study on individual...
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