Centre for Human and Cultural Values

The Centre focuses on research and training in understanding and appreciation of the variety of human and cultural values and how they relate to big social issues in society.

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If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.

Lee Iacocca

If something’s important to you, you make time for it.

Mía Maestro

When your values are clear to you, decisions become easier.

Roy E. Disney

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.

Elvis Presley

Everyone’s values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others.

William Greider

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Research themes

The Centre for Human and Cultural Values brings together some of the world’s leading academics to understand and apply personal and cultural values theory to address important social issues.

Specifically, the Centre has six main research themes: Personal & Cultural Values; Children’s Values; Societal Issues; Prosocial Behaviour; Consumer Behaviour; and The Workplace.

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EVENTS

Values Seminar Series

1 DECEMBER 2021
‘Between- and Within- Person Structures of Value Traits and Value States’ – Dr Ewa Skimina & Prof Jan Cieciuch

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10 NOVEMBER 2021
‘Development of values in adolescence: Stability, Change, Genetic and Environmental Effects’ – Prof Ariel Knafo-Noam & Louise Twito

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6 OCTOBER 2021
‘What’s driving value change: age or birth cohort?’ – Prof Hester van Herk

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The Centre for Human and Cultural Values focuses on research and training in understanding and appreciation of the variety of human and cultural values and how they relate to big social issues in society.

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