Since 2016, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science has been dedicated to studying and promoting human flourishing through interdisciplinary research and educational activities. Explore our approach to integrating knowledge from the social sciences and humanities to address fundamental questions of human well-being.
Welcome to the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, where we bridge the gap between quantitative social sciences and the humanities. Our program focuses on empirical research into topics crucial to human well-being, such as happiness, virtue, religious community, meaning, and purpose. We produce research publications, sponsor educational activities, and foster a community of scholars and students committed to understanding human flourishing in its full complexity.
Our structure helps ensure smooth research pathways - from pure discovery science through to clinical application and patient care. The integration of discovery biology, clinical application and patient care within a single Faculty, particularly in a region with notable health inequality, provides us with a real opportunity to have a very significant and positive impact on people's lives.
The Psychological Sciences department at William & Mary offers a comprehensive program integrating natural and social science approaches to understanding mental processes and behaviors.
The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) uses epidemiological, behavioral, and neuroimaging data to understand how individuals can best retain cognitive abilities into old age. The Cam-CAN Data Access Portal provides access to datasets from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience, including neuroimaging and cognitive data from participants aged 18-90.