Events

Jonathan Haidt Keynote Lecture

The anxious generation

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising a keynote lecture by Jonathan Haidt entitled “The Anxious Generation” on 25 June 2026 at 7 pm to mark the publication of his latest book of the same title, published by Deusto. Following his talk, he will take part in a discussion with Ana Ariño.

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1985 and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. Haidt is a social psychologist whose research focuses on morality - its emotional foundations, cultural variations, and developmental course. He began his career studying negative moral emotions, such as disgust, shame, and revenge, but then moved on to understudied positive moral emotions, such as admiration, awe, and moral uplift. He is the co-developer of Moral Foundations Theory, and the YourMorals.org research centre. He uses his research to help people understand and respect the moral motives of people with whom they disagree. In 2012 he was named as “one of the top 100 global thinkers” by Foreign Policy magazine and one of Prospect magazine's 65 “World Thinkers of 2013”. He is the author of more than 90 academic articles and two books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, y The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. At NYU-Stern, he is focusing his research on moral psychology to business ethics, asking how companies can be structured and function in ways that are resilient to ethical failures. Haidt is also working to increase the diversity of viewpoints in academia through Heterodox Academy, his new collaborative project.

Ana Ariño She is the founder of EducAI and a recipient of the Rafael del Pino Fellowship of Excellence. An expert in strategy, innovation and economic development, she has built an outstanding international career in both the public and private sectors. She has held senior management positions at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where she was Executive Vice-President y Chief Strategy Officer, as well as at ACCIONA and Bird, where she led operations in Spain and Portugal during a period of strong growth. Prior to that, she worked as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Recognised among the Choiseul 100 Economic Leaders for Tomorrow a graduate of Johns Hopkins SAIS, she currently focuses her work on promoting education in artificial intelligence and preparing the next generation for the challenges of the economy of the future.

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