Should Schools Teach Emotional Skills?
An interview with GGSC's education director, Vicki Zakrzewski
In the Media
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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Should parents pass up a good story because reading it to their child means wrestling with outdated racial stereotypes?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.
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We Are Built to Be Kind
Human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry, but research by Dacher Keltner finds that we are hard-wired to be kind.
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BetterWorldians Radio Gratitude Series
For the final episode of BetterWorldians Radio’s Gratitude Series, the team talked with the Greater Good Science Center about its Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude project. Science Director Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas discussed the fascinating research being done about the…