We are a research center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, founded by neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson. Our work is driven by a simple but far-reaching conviction: well-being is not a fixed trait. It is something that can be learned, practiced, and cultivated — across a lifetime, and across communities.
Through rigorous science, we study the mind, emotion, and awareness — from the neurobiology of compassion to the effects of meditation on the developing brain, from well-being in schools to resilience in communities returning from incarceration. We build tools, train educators, and publish research designed to move well-being from the margins of public life into its center.
We believe that a kinder, wiser, more compassionate world is not just a vision. It is something we can work toward — measurably, carefully, together.
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