If we look at people’s values - abstract ideals that guide our behaviour - there are reasons to be positive about society.
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While we can’t control everything that impacts our health, making room for a more positive outlook in life can help support both wellbeing and longevity.
Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s composition into an image of hope.
National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting emissions, and people everywhere are more cognizant of their actions.
Research shows that associations between optimism and physical health tend to be positive — meaning that young people who were more optimistic or less pessimistic were healthier.
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones
The former Labor minister says the Albanese government has been too defensive on key issues.
While there are many reasons to despair at the state of the world right now, there are also plenty of reasons for optimism - and power in embracing it.
Humans tend to suffer from a negativity bias – we notice and dwell more readily on negative experiences than positive ones.
Optimism can rely on a sense of luck, while hope is action-oriented − and often aimed at helping other people.
A four-year survey of Palestinian school children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem found hope and wellbeing already seriously declining. The situation now can only make it worse.
Made at a time when America was facing crises on many fronts, William Friedkin’s film has profound things to say about humanity and society.
Kenya’s confidence crisis is a problem because people need to believe the judiciary is acting independently if it is to play its role.
Two experts in policy and technology who were also co-authors of an international climate assessment see reasons for optimism.
According to a recent study, optimists were more likely to live into their nineties.
Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.
A scholar of democratic virtues explains why Dominican monk Thomas Aquinas’ thoughts on hope are relevant today.
Superior optimism is often given as the reason why men earn more than women.
This study wanted to find whether believing your child is better at school than they actually are was detrimental or beneficial to the child’s academic success. Turns out, it actually helps.
A textual analysis of Joe Biden’s inaugural speech reveals the main lines of his future communication, which will be marked by a clear break with that of his predecessor.
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Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, School of Management, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of Climate Change, Technology and Policy, Carleton University
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Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Professor of Operations Research, Brock University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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PhD candidate of Psychology, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor of Management, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Hope College
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Professor, Sustainable Marine Futures, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England