Marriage and fertility rates have reached all-time lows in the U.S. in recent years, as fewer people marry or have children. These trends are likely to continue in the future. In 2023, only 72% of 18-year-old women in the U.S. said they were likely to have children, down from 85% in the late 2000s.

Wheatley Religion Initiative Director Paul Lambert joined religious inclusion expert Sumreed Ahmad for a discussion on the power of pluralism in the workplace, sharing ways their religious backgrounds have shaped the way they work and collaborate.

Wheatley Institute hosted our 2025 Divinely Inspired Constitutional Principles Law Student Seminar, with law students from universities around the country. Students heard from authorities and officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as Wheatley Fellows and BYU professors who taught about the principles emphasized in President Dallin H. Oaks's April 2021 General Conference talk on the Constitution.

Wheatley Institute fellow Justin Dyer was interviewed on the Church News podcast about a recent study on mental health for Latter-Day Saint youth.

Judge Thomas Griffith, non-resident fellow, presents research about election security for Deseret News.

Wheatley Director and Fellow Place Op-Ed in Deseret News