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Welcome to Wheatley Institute

Learn more about our mission and who we are.
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American Families in an Era of Rapid Change

American Family Survey 2025 Released
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Resources for Peacemaking

Online resources for dialogue and depolarization.
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Strengthening society through research-supported work that fortifies the core institutions of family, religion, and constitutional government.

Wheatley Scholar Applications Due December 31

Open to all BYU Sophomores
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INITIATIVES

Family

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Religion

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Constitution

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EVENTS
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Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 22
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HAPPENINGS
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Religion

A Bonfire of Faith

May 12, 2025 02:32 PM
Wheatley Constitutional Government Fellow Hal R. Boyd gave a BYU Campus Devotional emphasizing the importance of a Christ-centered education and the dangers of drifting away from the faith-focused center of the BYU experience.
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Constitution

Navigating Toxic Polarization Today

May 09, 2025 02:07 PM
Wheatley Institute and BYU Political Science Department were pleased to host Mónica Guzmán as the keynote speaker for the first annual Initiative for Peacemaking Peace Conference.
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Religion

Paul Lambert Joins One America Board of Directors

May 01, 2025 12:32 PM
Paul Lambert, director of Wheatley Institute's Religion Initiative, was recently appointed to the board of directors for the One America Movement, a national organization dedicated to fighting toxic polarization in American politics.
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IN THE NEWS
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Family

Deseret News Op-Ed Cites Wheatley Research

December 23, 2025 12:10 PM
Perspective: You shouldn’t need Ballerina Farm money to put family first
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Religion

Latter-day Saints are retaining faith at uniquely high levels in a secularizing society

December 16, 2025 10:33 AM
Although retention is not as high as it once was, for Latter-day Saints it has remained remarkably robust across every major indicator of religious life. They lead the nation in church attendance, personal and family religious practice, and active retention, including among Millennials and Gen Z.
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Family

Wall Street Journal Features Wheatley Family Study

December 03, 2025 10:06 AM
"While most people aren’t “overtly hostile” to marriage, they’re becoming “indifferent” to it because they don’t see “its utility or its advantages”—even though family scholars across the political spectrum agree on its economic, social and individual benefits."
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