NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. This event will explore the entanglement of AI, the individualization of risk, and the insurance industry. Laurence Barry (CREST-ENSAE/PARI)…
RSVPNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. This event will explore the entanglement of AI, the individualization of risk, and the insurance industry. Laurence Barry (CREST-ENSAE/PARI)…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Race and Public Space Working Group on Monday, March 23 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Kimberley S. Johnson. She will discuss her new book, Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis, with Christina Greer and Domingo Morel. Kimberley S. Johnson is Professor of Social…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group on Wednesday, March 11, at 5:30 PM for an event with A.J. Bauer. He will discuss his new book Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press, with Paula Chakravartty and Reece Peck. This is a hybrid event….
IPK will host a dual book talk with David Garland, author of Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment, and Robert J. Sampson, author of Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans, on Monday, March 9 (5:30 PM). Patrick Sharkey will moderate…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the NYU History Department on Wednesday, March 4 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Bench Ansfield. They will discuss their book, Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City, with Johanna Fernandez and Tom Sugrue. Bench Ansfield is a historian of racial…
Co-coordinators: Danya Glabau, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, February 25 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Bruno Carvalho. He will discuss his new book, The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World, with Andrew Needham and Laura S. Wainer. Bruno Carvalho specializes in urban life and how cities change. He…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the John Brademas Center on Monday, February 23 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Julia R. Azari. She will discuss her book, Backlash Presidents: Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History, with Kimberley Johnson and Joe Lowndes. Julia R. Azari is professor of political science at Marquette University….
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Tuesday, February 17 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Jesse M. Keenan. He will discuss his book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America, with Amy Chester and Robert Freudenberg. Jesse M. Keenan is the Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning, Director of the…