Altruism Courses and Certifications

TEDx

The Essence of Giving - Discovering Altruism and Human Connection

Explore the transformative power of giving beyond material value, delving into compassion, empathy, and community impact through personal experiences and insights on altruism and human connections.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

TEDx

E omenește să ajuți? - Explorarea altruismului și motivațiilor pentru ajutorare

Explorează conceptul de altruism și motivațiile din spatele ajutorului oferit altora, subliniind impactul pozitiv al acestor acțiuni asupra societății și a individului.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Science of Generosity: Do Good…Feel Good

5 ratings at edX

Explore how generosity can increase your own happiness and make a difference in the communities around you.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Evolution, Emotion, and Reason - Emotions, Part I

Explore the evolutionary basis of human emotions, their functions, and communication. Delve into case studies on happiness, fear, and familial emotions, with insights on infant emotional responses.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Impact of Evolutionary Thought on the Social Sciences - Lecture 22

Explore evolutionary transitions in human society, examining conflicts between individual and group selection, and their impact on cooperation, aggression, and cultural norms.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Selfishness and Altruism in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior - Lecture 36

Explore evolutionary explanations for altruism, including kin selection and ecological constraints, challenging the idea that self-sacrifice contradicts natural selection.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Guwahati

Game Theory and Economics

The course would introduce to the fundamental tools of game theory, a few equilibrium concepts, apart from numerous exercises and applications.

• YouTube
• 1 day 16 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Gene-Culture Co-Inheritance of Behavioral Traits: A Price Equation Approach

Explores gene-culture co-inheritance of behavioral traits using a Price equation model, examining how cultural selection can overcome genetic selection and modify genetic selection pressures for complex phenotypes like altruism.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Why We Come to the Aid of Our Friends - An Evolutionary Puzzle

Explore the evolutionary puzzle of unconditional friendship, its benefits, and how humans avoid exploitation. Discover the origins, cultural variations, and comparisons to social ties in other species.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

A Cooperative Species - Altruism, Parochialism, and War

Explore how war and hostility may have shaped human morality through computer simulations of alternative historical trajectories, challenging our understanding of altruism and cooperation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

A Cooperative Species - Evolutionary Origins of Human Altruism - Lecture 1

Explore the evolutionary origins of altruistic cooperation, challenging traditional notions of 'selfish genes' and Homo economicus through archaeological, genetic, and climatic evidence.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

First-Passage Processes in Physics and Beyond

Explore first-passage processes in physics and their applications, from diffusion equations to extreme value statistics and convection. Gain insights into stochastic hunting and open problems in the field.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Driving Workplace Happiness

639 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Happy employees are productive employees. Get tips to drive workplace happiness and increase employee engagement.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

American Psychological Association

Positive Psychology

34 ratings at edX

Explore the science of happiness, well-being, and life satisfaction. Learn evidence-based strategies to enhance personal growth, cultivate positive traits, and foster meaningful relationships.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Upward Spiral of Compassion

31 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

This course examines the concept of contagious compassion, and how one act can affect anyone directly or even indirectly involved with a compassionate act.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available