Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness

The Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness brings together an interdisciplinary team of academics and diverse community partners to explore, investigate, and illuminate kindness and its impacts on people and communities.

Public launch

We held a public launch event for the Centre on Thursday 23 March, 2023, hosted by BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond.

If you missed the event, you can watch the recording here

0:00 - Opening remarks
7:49 - Claudia talks about her book, "The Keys to Kindness", which draws on the results of The Kindness Test: a global research collaboration between the University of Sussex and the BBC.
36:08 - Audience sharing stories about acts of kindness. You can see the responses from our online audience members here
41:38 - Claudia hosts a panel discussion on kindness in schools, in the workplace, and in the community
1:22:05 - Questions from the audience
1:39:19 - Closing remarks

You can see a few pictures from the event here.