Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Thursday, September 25th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Hanna Morris. She will discuss her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power with Melissa Aronczyk and Colin Jerolmack. Hanna E. Morris is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Environment at the University…
For Climate Week, the Institute for Public Knowledge is organizing a special event, “Expertise in the Age of Trumpism,” featuring Columbia University sociologist Gil Eyal, Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, and Sonali McDermid, Chair of Environmental Studies at NYU, moderated by IPK Director Eric Klinenberg. In recent years, there has been a significant change…
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 discuss AI, taxation and fair distribution vis-à-vis strategies for enhancing productivity and innovation. Ruth Braunstein studies…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Past and Future of Work Working Group on Monday, September 15th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Eric Blanc. He will discuss his new book We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big with Alethia Jones and Antonio Rosario. Eric…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, September 10th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Cynthia Miller-Idriss. She will discuss her new book Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism with Niobe Way and Ann Morning. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a sociologist and professor in the School of Public…
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…
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. Please register here. This event will discuss how AI’s predictive properties are entangled with social classification and the…
Developmental psychologist Niobe Way’s timely new book offers an in-depth study of what boys and young men teach us about the culture we have created—one in which we value money over people, toys over human connection, and achievement over kindness. In conversation with Carol Gilligan and Shahrzad Sabet, Way will explore how this “boy” culture…
At the start of World War II, millions of Americans believed that mass media had brought European fascists to power. Today, many are once again convinced that media — social media — are driving the rise of authoritarianism. Historians Ben-Ghiat (NYU) and Fred Turner (Stanford) compare and contrast these claims. Together they explore how mass…
Co-coordinators: Jacob Remes, 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…