GHFI Releases
Waves 1 and 2 of the Global Flourishing Study are now freely available to the public through the Center for Open Science, removing the pre-registration requirement that previously limited access. The dataset spans 200,000 participants across 22 countries and has produced more than 90 peer-reviewed publications.
Baylor's Dr. Matthew T. Lee led the inaugural Flourishing Network Summit at Harvard, bringing together researchers and practitioners committed to advancing human flourishing. The two-day event featured interactive dialogue with Barry-Wehmiller, interest-group sessions on leadership and organizational culture, and conversations grounded in the Global Flourishing Study's landmark dataset.
What does it really mean for humans and communities to flourish? The answers aren’t always what you might expect, which makes Byron Johnson’s landmark Global Flourishing Study a seminal contribution to the field. Learn what he and a team of elite global researchers found in countries around the world that unlock clues to help people thrive in meaningful ways.
On September 30th, “Faith and Flourishing: Parchman Prison,” premiered at the Museum of the Bible’s World Stage Theater. The event will be co-sponsored with the American Correctional Association. A panel discussion followed the screening to talk about prison reform, themes from cutting-edge social science research on human flourishing and how Christian beliefs and practices have inspired this transformative process. The panel included voices from Parchman Prison (including former prisoners), as well as national leaders within the field of corrections. It was an inspiring event that will provide lessons learned from inside of prison that may well guide how individuals and institutions in the free-world can also flourish in their own contexts.
Happiness, wellness, well-being, and other aspects of the good life have long occupied a central place in popular debates and scholarly research. Flourishing is beginning to emerge as a way to integrate all of these discrete elements of a life well-lived.
It is our hope that the findings from the first wave of GFS data that we report will enhance cross-cultural dialogues about flourishing and contribute to a better understanding of this important new interdisciplinary field of study.