Podcast Interview, "Human Flourishing and Public Health," with T. VanderWeele and M. Wilson

July 11, 2019

Professor Tyler VanderWeele and Associate Director Matthew Wilson are intereviewed on the Harvard Chan podcast.

...

Prof. VanderWeele writes Op-Ed article for USA Today discussing church sexual abuse scandal and Richard Dawkins new book.

March 22, 2019

In this article, Prof. VanderWeele argues that religion's health effects should make doubting parishioners reconsider leaving the church.

Link to USA Today

Helping the Sick Find Work: A Study on Individual Placement and Support

March 6, 2019

Dr. VanderWeele publishes a new paper, "Suffering and Response: Directions in Empirical Research"

February 12, 2019

Tyler VanderWeele's paper, "Suffering and Response: Directions in Empirical Research," was just published in Social Science and Medicine. In this article he proposes... Read more about Dr. VanderWeele publishes a new paper, "Suffering and Response: Directions in Empirical Research"

The Human Flourishing Program announces it is hosting a conference on the meaning of life!

February 8, 2019

The Human Flourishing Program is sponsoring an interdiciplinary conference on the topic of the meaning of life this April, 19-20th. For more on the conference, please go to: www.meaningoflifeconference.org Read more about The Human Flourishing Program announces it is hosting a conference on the meaning of life!

Jeff Hanson to teach PHIL 175W: The Wisdom of Work Proseminar at Harvard College

January 25, 2019

Jeff Hanson will be teaching a course within the philosophy department that begins next Thursday, January 31st. For more information on the course, please visit our Wisdom of Work Course page. Students may register for the course through my.harvard.edu.

Chen & VanderWeele Publish New Study on Parental Warmth

January 3, 2019

A new study from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University has found that one’s ability to flourish in midlife – a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good – is closely linked to parental warmth in childhood.

The findings are valuable for policy makers and public health officials, indicating that more focus on improved parenting in the home can have dramatic outcomes in the happiness and well-being of individuals in later life. View our ...

Matthew Lee Publishes New Article on Adolescent Substance Use

December 21, 2018

Matthew Lee has published a new article, “Transposing the Adverse Social Dynamics of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders Into More Effective Treatment and Clinician Resilience.” This paper synthesizes the insights of a group of senior scholars across disciplines, as well as emerging leaders among medical school students, regarding more effective responses to the opiate crisis and related social issues affecting the well-being of adolescents.

Taking a broad view of the origins of the crisis, including the decline of community and the lifelong burden of adverse...

Human Flourishing Program Releases New Study on Divorce

December 3, 2018

NEW HARVARD STUDY ON RELIGIOUS SERVICE ATTENDANCE AND DIVORCE REVEALS 50% DECREASE IN DIVORCE RATES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New research, gathered from a 14-year study from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, shows that regular religious service attendance is associated with 50% lower divorce rates in later life.

The statistic is important in the context of general divorce rates among the middle-aged, which doubled between 1990 and 2010. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of...

Jeff Hanson to give a talk, "Michel Henry's Philosophy of Work: Labor Between Life and the World" at the Abigail Adams Institute

October 26, 2018

News