A research project that will expand the research of the Metro Area Economic Freedom Index, aiming to increase awareness of the importance of economic freedom and emphasize how it's vital to humanflourishing.

A novel intervention program synthesizes research on prejudice reduction, experiential design, and affective science into effective diversity interventions meant to aid reduction of social inequality. A multidisciplinary team has created cinematic-quality films where people with marginalized identities share their experiences with social exclusion. The program combines engaged viewing of these films with exercises designed to develop a nuanced and specific understanding of the emotional experiences of other individuals in a potentially polarizing context.

Ants exhibit measurable decision-making both at the individual and group level as they solve novel problems. This study investigates the ways fluctuating environmental conditions may impact navigational solutions for the rock ant (Temnothorax rugatulus). Individual ants will be tagged and followed by automated cameras to produce digital data for analysis.

In a search to find the most compelling and current research on human flourishing, this critical component of the Templeton World Charity Foundations’s First Annual Global Scientific Conference on Human Flourishing inclusively recruits research abstracts from scientists around the world.

This workshop will identify how markets can best support human flourishing. It will explore how the role of inclusive societies, open economies and empowered people connects to flourishing, pressing challenges across Africa and success stories. It takes place during Templeton World Charity Foundation’s First Annual Global Scientific Conference on Human Flourishing.