Plainsong chanting, tai chi, and a community-based arts-related Christian practice will be evaluated for how they each deliver wellbeing benefits via various causal pathways identified through Interacting Cognitive Subsystems theory.
Hans Ijzerman and team at Annecy Behavioral Science Lab aim to create the first Global Index of Social Connection, with a focus on including the Global South. The Index will provide a universal method for understanding social needs fulfillment and serve as a tool to facilitate global comparisons.
Building upon their previous work, Alison Gopnik’s team will further explore human conceptions of caregiving, across age-groups, and across a range of cultures in the US, Peru, and Namibia. They aim to provide a formal model of caregiving conceptions, ultimately informing policy about caregiving.
A new suite of activities aimed at providing policy leaders with the opportunity to develop their own character strengths and skills, learn about cutting edge research and practical innovations, and engage with others in the field of character education will be developed for this part of the project.