Compassion & Empathy

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Altruism and Wonderment: Towards a Sustainable Harmony

Matthieu Ricard

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Environment | Interconnection

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Film & Panel: “Storytelling, Science, and Hope: Climate Feedback Loops Film & Panel”

Moderators: nischal neupane
Panel: Bonnie Waltch, Donald Perovich, Thupten Jinpa, nischal neupane

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Stress & Resilience

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Keynote and Q&A: “Educating the Hearts and Minds of Children in School: Emerging Research, New Discoveries, and Current Challenges in Contemplative Approaches in Education “

Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Keynote and Q&A: “Contemplative Studies: An Ecological Methodology for Multidisciplinarity”

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Environment

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

The Role of Contemplative Practice in Cultivating Cultural Humility and Inclusivity in Research and Education

Kamilah Majied

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Self & Other | Social Change

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Compassion-Centered Spiritual Healthcare

Jennifer Mascaro

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Developmental Contemplative Science: Framework for the Study of Prosocial Development

Phil Zelazo

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Education

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Trust and Fairness in Development

Philippe Rochat

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Our stories are our medicine: Centering culture and healing through story work with Indigenous communities

Ramona Beltrán

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Contemplating 400 Years of Inequality: A Mindfulness & Compassion Community Practice

Angel Acosta

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

School-Based Promotion of Children’s Empathy, Kindness, and Altruism: Emerging Research, Lingering Questions, and Future Directions

Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Keynote Panel “Contemplative Practice Enters the Digital Age”

Moderators: Zindel Segal
Panel: Acacia Parks, Jack Kornfield, Darnell Lamont Walker, Zindel Segal

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Integrating First–person Inquiry in the Higher Education Classroom

Judith Simmer-Brown

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Catherine Kerr Award Ceremony and Lectures: “Education for Peace: Transforming our Schools with Mindfulness and Compassion”

Patricia (Tish) Jennings

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 International Research Institute Session

Healing Through Gratitude: Buddhist Theories of Mind and Self-Transformation in the Japanese Contemplative Practice of Naikan

Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session

Contemplative Practice in Context: Embodiment, Enactment and the Cultural Neurophenomenology of Experience

Laurence J. Kirmayer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session

The Zen Roots of Contemplative Studies

Harold Roth

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Self & Other

2018 Summer Research Institute Session

Shadow Selves: Becoming Skillful and Wise in Our Response to the Human Need for an Enemy

Polly Young Eisendrath

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Self & Other

2018 Summer Research Institute Session

Person-Perception, Self-Perception, and Moral Development from Infancy to Adolescence

Robert Roeser

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Self & Other

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Ethics and Compassion in Education Research

Daniel Goleman, Robert Roeser, Matthieu Ricard, Sona Dimidjian

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Meta-Awareness and Attention Training in Education Research

Amishi Jha, Sona Dimidjian, Thupten Jinpa, Richard J. Davidson

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Social and Emotional Learning and Education in the Classroom

Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Sophie Langri, Tara Wilkie, Jennifer Knox, Anthony Phillips

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Self & Other

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Evaluation and Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Flourishing

Sonia Lupien, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Aaron Stern

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session I – The History and Contemporary Frame of Botho/Ubuntu: Philosophical and Sociocultural Complexities

Michael Onyebuchi Eze, Lily Mafela

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session III – The Impact of Trauma on the Brain: Structural Changes and Behavioral Outcome

Rebecca Shansky, Theo Sowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Stress & Resilience

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session I – The Concept of Botho/Ubuntu: its Expression and Resilience in the Lived Experiences of Batswana and Other Indigenous Africans

Moderators: Lily Mafela
Panel: Ponatshego H.K. Kedikilwe, Lily Mafela

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session III – I am Because we are: Dynamic and Embodied Brain-to-brain Coupling as a new Framework for Social Interaction Between People

Uri Hasson, Theo Sowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

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2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Plasticity of the Social Brain: Effects of a One-year Mental Training Study on Social Connectedness, Compassion, Theory of Mind, Social Stress, and the Body

Tania Singer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Modern Interpretations of Zen Buddhist Teachings

Takafumi Kawakami Osho

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions

Andrew Dreitcer

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Sustainable Compassion Training—Receiving-Care Mode of Practice

John Makransky

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Sustainable Compassion Training—Extending Care Mode of Practice

John Makransky

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Minding Mindfulness: Issues, Models, and Findings in the Scientific Study of Meditation

Clifford Saron

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Moving Together From Colorblindness to ColorInsight: Contemplative Inquiry, Research and Practice in the Work of Transformative Justice

Rhonda Magee

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Meditation Practice: Cultivating Love and Compassion

Roshi Joan Halifax, Sharon Salzberg

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Compassion in Context

Brooke D. Lavelle

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Fostering Communities of Care: Toward an Ecological Approach to the Development and Implementation of Contemplative-Based Programs

Brooke D. Lavelle

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Basic Benefactor Practice: A Relational Contemplation for Deepening in Trust

Willa Blythe Baker

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Working with Fears of Compassion

Brooke D. Lavelle, Yotam Heineberg

Topics: Compassion & Empathy

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – G.R.A.C.E.: Cultivating Compassion in Interactions with Patients

Anthony Back, Roshi Joan Halifax, Cynda Hylton Rushton

Topics: Compassion & Empathy

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Innovations in Mindfulness for Educators: Complementary Approaches and Outcomes

Mark Greenberg, Alexis Harris, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Robert Roeser, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Resilience and Compassion

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – First Findings from the ReSource Project: Training Mind and Heart

Anne Böckler, Boris Bornemann, Bethany Kok, Fynn-Mathis Trautwein

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Promoting Mindful Practice for Health Care Professionals: Quality of Care, Quality of Caring and Resilience

Ronald Epstein

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Challenges in Teaching Secular Compassion Cultivation

Dent Gitchel

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Mindfully Walking the Path of Creating Conditions for Compassion to Flourish in Health and Human Service Organizations

Dawn MacDonald, Micheline St-Hilaire

Topics: Compassion & Empathy

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Heartfulness as Mindfulness: Affectivity and Perspective in Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions

Linda-Susan Beard, Andrew Dreitcer, Brent A. Field, John Makransky, Rabbi Or Rose, Michael Spezio

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Engaged Compassion: Humanizing the Sacred and Secular

Enver Rahmanov

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Dancing Compassion: Using Dance to Cultivate Personal and Social Awareness in the Classroom

Judy Austin

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Education

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – The Role of Empathy in Social Cognition

Alan Jurgens

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Remote Emotional Memory for Depictions of Human Suffering Following an Intensive Meditation Intervention

Brandon King

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Contemplative Science Goes to School

Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

ISCS Opening Keynote

Diana Chapman Walsh

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Environment | Social Change

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Contemplative Inquiry and Science

B. Alan Wallace, Paul Ekman

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Is Compassion Good? The Science and the Conception of Prosocial Behavior

Paul Condon, Jake Davis, Gaelle Desbordes, John Makransky, Erin Robbins, Brooke D. Lavelle

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Validation of the Perceived Compassion Scale

Dent Gitchel

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness