Home | Institute of Personality and Social Research

Welcome to the Institute of Personality and Social Research!

The Institute of Personality and Social Research (IPSR) harnesses insights from personality and social research and uses them to understand and foster well-being, health, and equality for all.

IPSR speaker Giovanni Ramos, Assistant Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley, Wednesday, December 3, 2025, Leveraging Clinical Science to Advance Mental Health Equity.

Newly published work on habituation to negative and positive stimuli from former IPSR graduate student Elizabeth Yartsev and IPSR faculty members Oliver John and Ozlem Ayduk provides surprising insight on anxiety.

IPSR professor Juliana Schroeder is co-organizing the 9th annual Psychology of Technology Institute Conference on “Promoting Human Flourishing Through Purpose-Driven AI.”