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

Jeff Hanson publishes review on Walsh's new book: Kierkegaard and Religion: Personality, Character, and Virtue

October 5, 2018

See his review at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Website.

HFH Publishes New Study on Religious Upbringing and Well-Being in Adolescence

September 13, 2018

For more on this study, please visit our press release. The article is available here.

Matthew Lee Podcast Interview, Success 2.0

Matthew Lee interviewed on "The Success 2.0 Podcast"

August 27, 2018

HFH Director of Empirical Research Matthew Lee was recently interevied by C.J. McClanahan of the Success 2.0 Podcast. The title of the episode is "The Effects of Benevolent Service" where Dr. Lee discusses:

How Dr. Lee landed a position at Harvard University researching love, after spending many years studying the darkside of human nature.
The correlation between altruistic service and personal gratification.
Dr. Lee’s work with...

Professor VanderWeele presents at the Harvard Cultural of Health MOOC

June 28, 2018

June 18, 2018: Professor VanderWeele presents at the Harvard Cultural of Health MOOC on the flourishing index: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VACmUaPWGxc&feature=youtu.be

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Jeffrey Hanson to talk at Forty-Fourth Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium

April 13, 2018

Dr. Hanson will be giving a talk entitled "Bending the 'Rule': The Fate of Monastic Labor." For more information, see http://medievalcolloquium.sewanee.edu/

Aetna and HFH launch well-being research in collaboration with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

April 3, 2018

The Human Flourishing Program and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health announced a multi-year research collaboration with Aetna (NYSE: AET). The goal of the research will be to study the determinants of well-being, correlations to population heath and productivity, and ways to enhance total well-being. Data will be gathered across six dimensions: physical health, emotional health, social connectedness, financial security, purpose and character strengths.

HFH flourishing measure included in Harvard Presidential Task Force on Inclusion

March 27, 2018

The Program's flourishing measure was referenced in final report of Harvard's Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging (Section VI.C). We view this as a program success because the survey will now include a more comprehensive list of items that more broadly and accuratly capture the floursihing of students at the college.

Prof. VanderWeele on human flourishing in PNAS

December 11, 2017

Professor VanderWeele publishes paper on pathways to human flourishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS): http://www.pnas.org/content/114/31/8148.full.pdf Read more about Prof. VanderWeele on human flourishing in PNAS

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