UCLA is launching the world's first research institute that will focus on the science of kindness. A $20 million gift from The Bedari Foundation has given birth to the Bedari Kindness Institute that plans on supporting world-class research on kindness, creating opportunities to translate the research into real-world practices, and serve as a global platform to educate and communicate its findings. The hope is to inspire leaders to create more humane societies and empower people of all ages. The Bedari Kindness Institute will take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding kindness—through evolutionary, biological, psychological, economic, cultural and sociological perspectives.
“Much research is needed to understand why kindness can be so scarce in the modern world. As we seek at Bedari to bridge the divide between science and spirituality, through the establishment of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute we hope to educate and empower more and more people in the practice of kindness.” stated Matthew Harris, the foundation’s co-founder and a 1984 UCLA graduate.
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