TED Studies

Created in collaboration with Wiley, the American academic publishing company, TED Studies use TED talks as a jumping-off point for a structured educational experience. They're designed to help students, professors, researchers and self-guided learners explore important topics in higher education. On TED.com, each TED Study includes a curated video collection, as well as an introductory essay and summary analysis. An expanded version of TED Studies — including special modules on each talk with questions, assignments, key terms and recommended reading — is available by license for academic settings.

Science & medicine

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Armed with information critical to protecting the planet, these TED speakers give talks that boldly illuminate the nature and scale of current-day climate science.

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These TED speakers tackle humanity’s oldest and deepest questions by playing with primates, excavating ancient remains, and DNA-mapping family trees.

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These passionate aquatic explorers take the TED stage to share what they’ve seen in the abyss of Earth’s last frontier — the ocean — and what it means for all of us on land.

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These speakers give the talk of their lives about the prevention, detection and treatment of one of the leading causes of death worldwide: cancer.

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The brain may seem unmappable to most. But neuroscientists are using an array of techniques to chart, and even change, this amazing organ.

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These scientists explore the fascinating implications of some of physics' most perplexing theories: quantum mechanics, general relativity and attempts to unify them.

Social sciences & humanities

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These activists, academics and statesmen come together at TED to delve into new ideas about how power and influence come about in the digital age.

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These speakers share powerful insights about leaders across a wide range of fields and domains who inspire great results from their team.

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These media executives, journalists and authors explore how our ability to understand and participate in a global society is helped or hindered by the Western media.

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Live from the TED stage, these explorers of the human mind chart our understanding of that elusive problem, how happiness is created and cultivated.

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Writers, religious leaders, activists and artists take the TED stage to talk about Islam, the often misunderstood faith practiced by more than 1.5 billion people worldwide.

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TED speakers shake up the field of statistics with elegant, dynamic representations that make mountains of data comprehensible — and even exciting.

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The Western diet is making us and the environment sick. These TED Talks blaze trails to a more sensible diet and sustainable farming.

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TED speakers reveal ideas about sustainable development (and redevelopment) that aren't all about setting limits, going without or preparing for the worst.

About TED Studies

Each TED Study offers a curated and sequenced set of TED Talks, along with specially commissioned materials for teaching and self-guided learning. Created by world class experts, they cover topics ranging from "Understanding Happiness" to "Covering World News" to "Ecofying Cities." An abbreviated version of TED Studies is offered here; the full curricula — including special modules on each talk with questions, assignments, key terms and recommended readings — are available for licensing to academic institutions, ministries of education, and media companies worldwide.

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