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We often talk about how everyday people can be trained to act as heroes, but is there a heroic personality? One of the keystone papers in the field of heroism by Scott Allison and George Goethals [...]

Today’s everyday heroes are two young lifeguards who saved a man from drowning in a Victorian river. Grace Creenaune and Erica Montgomery jumped into action after being alerted by the [...]

Author, public speaker and self-proclaimed “professional troublemaker” Luvvie Ajayi gave a powerful Ted Talk in 2017 about the power of speaking up.

A Perth man happened to be enjoying a crepe at the night markets when the Bunnings store burst into flames. What Zoran Blagaich did next has earned him the title of Everyday Hero.

We know about why we need heroes, but did you know there are several types of heroes? A paper by Zeno Franco, Kathy Blau and Dr. Phillip Zimbardo illuminates the differences between these types [...]

A young boy from Mandurah is being hailed as a hero after saving a toddler from a locked car.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a Real Life Superhero! Find out about how these masked do-gooders are spreading hope and justice in their communities.

Today’s everyday hero is a man who overcame the bystander effect and was the only respondent in an accident. The story was published in December by Big Rigs, who noted that Simon’s [...]

The next installment in our League of Everyday Heroes is one of the stars on our advisory board. Dr Scott Allison is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond in America.

The function of superheroes in the heroism research field has always been a contentious one. We sit down with Hero Town’s co-vice president Ellie Jacques to discuss her views on superheroes.