Cultivating Cyber-Phronesis
Project Overview Cultivating Cyber-Phronesis research project builds on the Jubilee Centre’s work on phronesis in ways that apply specifically to the online world. We live in an age in which the Internet, which has become so ubiquitous, presents not only a range of opportunities but also a number of risks, from issues of privacy to cyberbullying and online abuse. This […]
Virtues in Career Decision Making
Project Overview Building Your Best Life: A Workbook for Character and Career Development Foreword written by Prof AC Grayling, and Afterword by National Careers Service, West Midlands. In this workbook, you will embark on a journey of self-discovery and career exploration, using your character strengths as your guide. The workbook is free for anyone to […]
Character Education Pedagogies: What works, where and why?
Project Overview The Character Education Pedagogies research project began in January 2021 and reviewed the Centre’s existing character education resources and research data with a particular focus on what pedagogical approaches were used. This analysis enabled the research team to produce a comprehensive database of pedagogical approaches for character education that included both caught, taught and sought strategies. The […]
Phronesis
Project Overview The Psychological Development of Character: Emotion, Identity and Phronesis project aimed to investigate the factors that motivate moral action in adolescents. Specifically, the project focussed on the ‘gappiness problem’; addressing what bridges the gap between virtue literacy (knowledge of virtues) and virtuous moral action (acting in a virtuous way). Existing theories of moral action suggest […]
Civic Virtues Through Service to Others
Project Overview The Civic Virtues Through Service to Others project draws from and extends the Centre’s work to date on civic virtue, service and youth social action. Using service as a prism for exploring civic virtues in young people’s lives the project examines the meaning of civic virtue in contemporary public life and education in the UK. […]
Virtues in Policing
Project Overview The Character Virtues in Policing research report was published on 15th September 2021. Drawing on insights from mixed-method research with pre- and in-service police officers from forces and universities throughout the U.K. The project aimed to understand the moral character that sits behind the human agency, rather than solely concentrating upon the structure and culture […]
Thank You Film Awards
Project Overview This project explored what young people are grateful for, who young people are grateful to and their understanding of gratitude. Young people between the ages of 5 and 16, predominantly in schools and youth organisations across the UK, were asked to create a short film to say thank you to a person, organisation or […]
Torchbearers of Liberty
Project Overview This report was published by the Jubilee Centre, in partnership with the National Liberty Museum (NLM), and was launched at the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia on 15th February 2016. The report presents the findings from the collaborative Torchbearers of Liberty project, and makes recommendations based on the research. The aim of the […]
Gratitude and Related Character Virtues
Project Overview The Gratitude and Related Character Virtues project extends the Centre’s An Attitude for Gratitude project, by examining, both theoretically and empirically, how gratitude relates to four other virtues: generosity, compassion, forgiveness and humility. This project formed part of the larger mission of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues to work in partnership with schools and professional bodies […]
Give Thanks – Give Back
Project Overview The Give Thanks – Give Back project explored young people’s awareness and understanding of the virtue of gratitude and what things they are personally grateful for and why. It also explored creative ways young people can make a positive voluntary contribution by ‘giving back’ to their local community. This report details the findings of the […]