UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute and ISH Host Adam Phillips for its Compassionate Conversation Series

On February 26-27, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) and Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) welcomed Adam Phillips, renowned psychoanalyst and bestselling author of many critically acclaimed works, including On Kissing, Tickling, and Being…

Hate and Social Media

On February 13th, Professor David Myers, Professor Saadia Gabriel, and CRESST researcher Dr. Christine Ong convened on the subject of “Hate and the Internet/Social Media” for the third installment of the online series “The State of…

Hate and Politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0M_B3pfI5E&ab_channel=TheFriendsoftheSemel On January 23rd, Professors David Myers, Cesi Cruz, and Lynn Vavreck met to discuss the vital topic of hate and politics in the first 2025 installment of our…

ISH hosts the California Commission on the State of Hate for Convening on Online and K-12 Hate Prevention Policy

On October 31, scholars, policy makers, educators, and advocates from across California gathered in the Luskin Conference Center to develop innovative solutions for preventing and reducing hate online and in California schools. This convening…

ISH awards funding for 15 new projects to study Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate, and antisemitism

Responding to the events of October 7 and the aftermath in Gaza, ISH has awarded a total of 15 grants to researchers studying the history and alarming rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia in this country and around the world. The Islamophobia…

ISH Hosts First Impact Symposium

The Initiative to Study Hate launches a new online series, “The State of Hate” in collaboration with the Friends of the Semel Institute

The State of Hate is a multi-part online series co-sponsored by the Friends of Semel Institute, the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors, and the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate. The series brings together UCLA experts to share…
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KCRW interviews ISH director David Myers: In an Increasingly hate-filled world, UCLA researchers seek solutions

KCRW's Steve Chiotakis recently sat down with ISH director David Myers to discuss the initiative's efforts to understand and address hate. Listen to the interview here.
Harnessing the campus research community to understand and combat hate

Harnessing the campus research community to understand and combat hate

UCLA takes on hate Harnessing the campus research community to understand and combat hate. Read article here.

ISH research led by Sara Wilf and Taylor Reed featured in The Guardian and the Journal of Research on Adolescence.

An article in The Guardian featured an ISH project led by Co-Principal Investigators Sara Wilf and Taylor Reed. This study explored Black and Latinx youth organizers' experiences of racism within national gun violence prevention organizing spaces,…