REACHing for Forgiveness | Stories of Impact

Watch this video for findings from the largest-ever study of a forgiveness intervention, conducted in six languages, in sites across the world.

REACH-Forgiveness-hands-imagery.jpg

REACHing for Forgiveness: Exploring the Impact of the REACH Forgiveness Program (video)

Care for Caregivers | Stories of Impact

A  TWCF-funded study will be one of the world's largest randomized control trials assessing the impact of mental health interventions for health care providers. Learn more from this video.

Care For Caregivers Video Still.jpg

This TWCF-funded study will be one of the world's largest randomized control trials assessing the impact of mental health interventions for health care providers.

Tools for Human Flourishing: Care For Caregivers - With Leandro Chernicoff & Doctors in Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUaOVCJhSwA

Collective Effervescence; Stories of Impact

With a TWCF grant, a social scientist researches the effects on human flourishing associated with "collective effervescence" by studying participants in Koolulam's global mass singing events.

koolulam video still.jpg

What can science tell us about the heightened sense of unity often felt during group activities, especially mass singing?

Tools for Human Flourishing: Collective Effervescence - With Koolulam & Shira Gabriel (video)

Video Episode: Mental Health & Video Games | Stories of Impact

Engaging in the intrinsic joy of play through specially-designed video games is helping kids manage and overcome their anxiety. Learn more about work by TWCF grantee Isabela Granic and her team at GEMH Labs

mindlight podcast.png

Specially-designed digital games are helping kids manage and overcome anxiety.

Tools for Human Flourishing: Video Games For Emotional & Mental Health with Isabela Granic & GEMH Lab

Shamiri Institute

Lack of access to mental health care is a roadblock to the success of youth in Africa. With TWCF support, Shamiri Institute aims to change this for teenagers in Kenya and beyond.

shamiri - from blog.jpeg

With TWCF support, the youth-led Shamiri Institute is innovating interventions to help adolescents in Kenya leverage character strength as a tool for flourishing.

Tools for Human Flourishing: Shaping the Future of Mental Health in Africa & Beyond (video)

Video Episode: Ethical Apparel | Stories of Impact

With support from TWCF, a team of North Carolina State University researchers is developing an innovation designed to promote the ethical production of apparel - The Ethical Apparel Index.

Ethical Apparel Index.jpg

With support from TWCF, a team of North Carolina State University researchers is developing an innovation designed to promote the ethical production of apparel.

Tools for Human Flourishing: The Ethical Apparel Index (video)

Video Episode 5: Adversity and Resilience in Human Flourishing | Stories of Impact

Thought leaders including Hafsat Abiola, Angela Duckworth, Arthur C. Brooks, Wynton Marsalis, and Laurie Santos share how grit, the ups and downs of life, and post-traumatic growth impact our capacity to flourish in this Stories of Impact video by journalist Richard Sergay.

adversity and resilience video still.jpg

Thought leaders share how grit, the ups and downs of life, and post-traumatic growth impact our capacity to flourish.

Adversity and Resilience in Human Flourishing (video)

Religion Remixed: Spirituality, Science and Innovation for a Changing World (video)

Video Episode 4: The Science of Spiritual Exercises | Stories of Impact

This video exploring how the science behind spiritual practices relates to human flourishing features interviews with Casper ter Kuile and Reverend Sue Phillips, co-founders of Sacred Design Lab, as well as Kenneth Pargament, Professor emeritus of psychology, Bowling Green State University.

How the science behind the practice of spiritual exercises relates to human flourishing.

The Power of Listening in a Polarized World

Video Episode 3: Listening | Stories of Impact

The kind of deep connection that listening to each other well encourages is essential to human flourishing.

Netta Weinstein on Stories of Impact.jpg

The deep connection that listening to each other well encourages is essential to human flourishing.

The Power of Listening in a Polarized World (video)

Human Flourishing and What It Means for the World | TWCF

In this video put together by veteran journalist Richard Sergay, Templeton World Charity Foundation President Andrew Serazin, D.Phil, highlights the Foundation's call to action for the future of human flourishing. Dr. Serazin emphasizes the importance of seeking solutions to global challenges using an approach based on the virtues, values, and ideas that drive Human Flourishing.

Seeking solutions to global challenges using an approach based on the virtues, values, and ideas that drive human flourishing.

 Human Flourishing and What It Means for the World (video)

What is Human Flourishing? New Documentary Series

Human Flourishing video (15 min)

Journalist Richard Sergay kicks off his TWCF-supported documentary series on Human Flourishing and what it means to an array of global luminaries.

Human Flourishing Video.png

A TWCF-supported Stories of Impact video on Human Flourishing and what it means to an array of global luminaries.

Innovations in Human Flourishing (video)

Program on Human Flourishing with Dr. Arthur C. Brooks - AEI - Stories of Impact Video

Program on Human Flourishing | Arthur Brooks | AEI

In this Stories of Impact video by Richard Sergay, economist and former president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI,) Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, discusses AEI's program on human flourishing. The aim is to understand the cultural underpinnings of free enterprise and entrepreneurship in the United States and beyond.

Program on Human Flourishing  Arthur Brooks  AEI 04.jpg

Exploring the cultural underpinnings of free enterprise and entrepreneurship in the United States and beyond.

Program on Human Flourishing with Dr. Arthur C. Brooks - AEI (video)

The Search for Mathematical Genius: The Spirit of Ramanujan - Stories of Impact video

The Search for Mathematical Genius: The Spirit of Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematical genius with no formal training. After his talent was discovered, he transformed the future of the field. The Spirit of Ramanujan Talent Initiative finds and fosters the mathematical talent of promising young students who, like Ramanujan,  are math geniuses but lack traditional resources. In this video, mathematician Ken Ono and past Ramanujan winners discuss the life-changing opportunities provided by this initiative.

The Search for Mathematical Genius The Spirit of Ramanujan 02.jpg

An international search for gifted young STEM students that aims to locate and nurture undiscovered talent ensures that we won’t miss the next Ramanujan.


The Search for Mathematical Genius: The Spirit of Ramanujan (video)

The Theology of Human Suffering: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans 15 Years On - Stories of Impact video

Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans 15 Years On | Stories of Impact

In August of 2005, as the world watched on, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. This video explores the character of the people that lived through the disaster and how their faith helped them to rebuild their lives.

The Theology of Human Suffering  Hurricane Katrina 01.jpg

Exploring the character of the people that lived through the disaster and how their faith helped them to rebuild their communities.

The Theology of Human Suffering - Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans 15 Years On (video)

Human Flourishing: Religion & Scientists with Elaine Howard Ecklund, James Mahan, Michael Galko, Vicki Huff - Stories of Impact video

Human Flourishing: Religion & Scientists

 A study at Rice University increases the conversation about the intersection of science, spirituality and religion across the globe. This video features interviews with Elaine Howard Ecklund, James Mahan, Michael Galko and Vicki Huff.

Human Flourishing Religion & Scientists 04.jpg

What is the relationship between scientists, spirituality, and religion across the globe?

Human Flourishing: Religion & Scientists with Drs. Elaine Howard Ecklund, James Mahan, Michael Galko, Vicki Huff (video)

Citizenship in a Networked Age with Vint Cerf, Nuala O’Connor, & Michael Wear - "Stories of Impact" video

Citizenship in a Networked Age | University of Oxford

This video — featuring Internet pioneer Dr. Vint Cerf; former president and CEO at the Center for Democracy and Technology, Nuala O’Connor; and director of faith outreach for President Barack Obama, Michael Wear — explores what it means to be a citizen in today’s networked age from the perspective of tech, policy, and theology.

Citizenship in a Networked Age 01.jpg

An exploration of the ethical demands of being a citizen in the 21st century, from the perspective of tech, policy, and theology.

Citizenship in a Networked Age with Vint Cerf, Nuala O’Connor, & Michael Wear (video)

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Be More Moral? Video with Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dr. Jana Schaich Borg & Dr. Vincent Conitzer

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Be More Moral?

In this video, an ethicist, a neuroscientist, and a computer scientist at Duke University discuss the concept of machine morality. Featuring interviews with researchers Drs. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Jana Shaich Borg, and Vincent Conitzer at Duke University.

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Be More Moral 08.jpg

Artificial intelligence is here, beginning to interact with our everyday lives in new ways. Learn how researchers are pairing AI systems and human wisdom and how that deepens our understanding of human moral philosophy and behavior.

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Be More Moral? With Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dr. Jana Schaich Borg & Dr. Vincent Conitzer (video)

Building Forgiveness Around the World with Everett Worthington - "Stories of Impact" video

Building Forgiveness Around the World | Everett Worthington

In this video, Dr. Everett Wothington shares how his research and experiences led him to develop the REACH method, which has helped thousands of people reap the mental and physical benefits of forgiveness. He also highlights examples of people who have offered forgiveness to those who caused them grave harm, and recounts how he applied the REACH method to his own profound trauma.


The benefits of forgiveness have been established by science, but mainly in the US. Increased distribution of the REACH Forgiveness workbook in diverse cultural and geographic contexts expands forgiveness research globally.

Building Forgiveness Around the World with Everett Worthington (video)

Understanding Everyday Love with Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD - Stories of Impact video

Understanding Everyday Love | Barbara Fredrickson | Stories of Impact

Do increases in positivity resonance increase virtuous behavior? r. Barbara Fredrickson, director of the​ Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory (PEP Lab) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explores this question.

Understanding Everyday Love 08.jpg

Do increases in positivity resonance increase virtuous behavior?


Understanding Everyday Love with Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD (video)

Youth Radio Dialogues on Ubuntu in South Africa

Youth Radio Dialogues on Ubuntu in South Africa 07.jpg

When we attempt to listen to each other, we begin the journey of understanding.

Youth Radio Dialogues on Ubuntu in South Africa with Nina Callaghan (video)

Understanding Social Cognition in Autism | Diverse Intelligences

Dr. Sue Fletcher-Watson, and her colleague, Dr. Catherine Crompton are studying social intelligence in autism. They want to discover how autistic people interact with each other and to learn more about interactions with non-autistic people. Learn more in this award-winning video by Richard Sergay for Templeton World Charity Foundation.

Understanding Social Cognition in Autism 04.jpg

How can new research in autism illuminate our understanding of social intelligence?

Understanding Social Cognition in Autism with Dr. Sue Fletcher-Watson and Dr. Catherine Crompton (video)

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | Rt. Revd. Dr. Steven Croft | Stories of Impact

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence  Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft 09.jpg

Does AI hinder or help advance human flourishing?

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence with Rt. Revd. Dr. Steven Croft (video)

Managing Extreme Technological Risk | University of Cambridge

Managing Extreme Technological Risk - University of Cambridge 08.jpg

At the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER,) scientists are exploring biological, environmental, and AI risks, and how we can manage them.

Managing Extreme Technological Risk with the University of Cambridge (video)

Humpback Whale Songs & the Search for Alien Intelligence

Research into animal communication challenges ideas of intelligence and informs the search for life in the universe. Learn more in this video interview with Astronomer Dr. Laurance Doyle, Research Scientist at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, and Dr. Fred Sharpe, Principal Investigator at the Alaska Whale Foundation. By Richard Sergay for Templeton World Charity Foundation's Stories of Impact series.

Humpback Whale Songs & the Search for Alien Intelligence 06.jpg

Research into animal communication challenges ideas of intelligence and informs the search for life in the universe.

Humpback Whale Songs & the Search for Alien Intelligence with Dr. Laurance Doyle and Dr. Fred Sharpe (video)

Being Human: How Do Students View Science and Religion? With Berry Billingsley - Stories of Impact series

Being Human: How Do Students View Science and Religion? | Berry Billingsley

How can we teach students about the big questions of the universe? A Stories of Impact video featuring Berry Billingsley.


Being Human - How Do Students View Science and Religion 07.jpg

How can we teach students about the big questions of the universe?


Being Human: How Do Students View Science and Religion? With Berry Billingsley (video)

Searching for Language in Dolphins – Cracking the Code | Stories of Impact | Denise Herzing

Denise Herzing's project seeks to find linguistic richness in the vocalizations of dolphins. This would represent nothing less than a paradigm shift in the way we understand diverse intelligence. Watch the Stories of Impact video to learn more.

Searching for Language in Dolphins – Cracking the Code 07.jpg

Is the observed symbolic communication in the spotted dolphin complex enough to be considered language?

Searching for Language in Dolphins – Cracking the Code with Denise Herzing (video)

The Honey Bee Brain with Dr. Andrew Barron - Stories of Impact

The Honey Bee Brain | Dr. Andrew Barron

Insights from studying the bee brain are informing advancements in artificial intelligence. Learn more in this award winning video by Richard Sergay featuring Dr. Andrew Barron, Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroethology at Macquarie University in Sydney. For Templeton World Charity Foundation's Stories of Impact series.

The Honey Bee Brain Dr Andrew Barron 06.jpg

Insights from studying the bee brain are informing advancements in artificial intelligence.

The Honey Bee Brain with Drs. Andrew Barron and James Marshall (video)

Putting Our Heads Together - A Global Community to Study Animal Cognition with Dr. Brian Hare - Stories of Impact

Putting Our Heads Together | A Global Community to Study Animal Cognition

In studying the evolution of intelligence in man’s best friend, and our closest relative, Dr. Brian Hare recognized that friendliness has become a survival technique for both species. He is creating an online tool for comparative animal cognition collaborations​​​.


Putting Our Heads Together  A Global Community to Study Animal Cognition 07.jpg

Connecting animal psychologists on a global level may lead to the discovery of new intelligences, and further the understanding of how cognition evolves.

Putting Our Heads Together - A Global Community to Study Animal Cognition with Dr. Brian Hare (video)

How Does Altruism Develop? With Dr. Andrew Meltzoff and Dr. Rodolfo Cortes - Stories of Impact series

How Does Altruism Develop?

Where does human altruism come from? In this project, Dr. Andrew Meltzoff, an expert on child development at the University of Washington, investigates how childhood experiences shape human minds and values. In doing so, he seeks to develop ways to foster and enhance altruism. 

How Does Altruism Develop 09.jpg

Experts on child development investigate how early experiences shape human minds and values. Their research seeks to develop ways to foster and enhance altruism. 

How Does Altruism Develop? With Dr. Andrew Meltzoff and Dr. Rodolfo Cortes Barragan (video)

The Chestnut Tree: Bringing Back an American Icon | William Powell

Billions of American Chestnut trees used to grow in America—and then a fungal blight spread throughout its native range. By the 21st century, this population had all but disappeared. Using revolutionary technology, the American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project aims to resuscitate the Castanea dentata. In this Stories of Impact video, William A. Powell (SUNY ESF) and Rex Mann (The American Chestnut Foundation) discuss the American chestnut and their goal of restoring the iconic tree to its former glory. 

The Darling 58 Chestnut Tree - Bringing Back an American Icon.jpg

Using revolutionary technology, the American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project aims to resuscitate the Castanea dentata. 

The (Darling 58) Chestnut Tree: Bringing Back an American Icon with William Powell and Rex Mann (video)

Accelerating Research on Consciousness | Stories of Impact

We know that we are conscious but we don't yet know how or why. The subjective nature of consciousness makes it difficult to study because only the individual has direct access. The search is on for a theory that helps us determine the presence of consciousness in humans and other scopes of life.

Accelerating Research on Consciousness 03.jpg

Consciousness is a foundational concept for understanding human nature, but there is little agreement on what anatomical structures and physiological functions produce consciousness.

Accelerating Research on Consciousness with Lucia Melloni and Christof Koch (video) 

Foundations of Cultural Intelligence | Cristine Legare | Stories of Impact

UT-Austin scientist Cristine Legare's research illuminates how the near-absence of cumulative culture in other species suggests humans are unique among animals. Her research team is examining why humans have developed sophisticated technology over time, while chimpanzees — our closest primate relative — have been using and continue to use primitive tools over the same span of time.

Foundations of Cultural Intelligence  Cristine Legare 01.jpg

Why have humans developed sophisticated technology over time, while chimpanzees — our closest primate relative —  continue to use primitive tools?

Stories of Impact Video Series