As Twitter Blows the Whistle on Trolls, A Cal Scholar’s Celebrity Makes Her a Target
GGSC's Dacher Keltner uses the science of cooperation and compassion to empower Twitter users to engage in more productive free speech.
In the Media
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Facebook Reactions, the Totally Redesigned Like Button, Is Here
How GGSC's Dacher Keltner helped conceive and design Facebook's new reaction buttons.
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Should Schools Teach Emotional Skills?
An interview with GGSC's education director, Vicki Zakrzewski
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Study shows virtues, not vices, lead to more effective political leadership
GGSC director Dacher Keltner is co-author of a new research paper showing that stable virtuous traits enhance the ability to convert power into influence, at least when it comes to the 151 members of the U.S. Senate who served between January 1989 and December 1998.
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Dacher Keltner tapped to foster a kinder Twittersphere
GGSC director and UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner has been appointed to Twitter’s new “Trust & Safety Council,” an advisory panel tasked with helping to combat trolls, abuse and harassment on the 10-year-old microblogging site.
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Children’s Books Embedded With Racism As A Teaching Opportunity
Should parents pass up a good story because reading it to their child means wrestling with outdated racial stereotypes? NPR's Rachel Martin asks Greater Good web editor Jeremy Adam Smith.