Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a dual book event with authors David B. Auerbach and Meredith Broussard, in conversation with Natasha Schüll and Angela Wu. See more info on each book below. Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities Auerbach argues that there is no hand…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents, featuring the author Rogers Brubaker in conversation with Natasha Schüll and Angela Wu. Digital hyperconnectivity – a condition, to exaggerate only slightly, in which everyone and everything is connected to everyone and everything else, everywhere and all the time –…
This series explores the historical foundations, contemporary patterns, and possible transformations of the modern research university. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, and the Center on Modernity in Transition. Session 4, “Are Universities Too Liberal?” will take place Friday, April 28 from…
RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the 370 Jay Project, the NYU Center for Responsible AI, and the NYU Tandon Department of Technology, Culture and Society invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This event will explore the critical intersection of algorithmic technologies, human speech and…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times, with the author Eszter Hargittai in conversation with Paul DiMaggio and Eric Klinenberg. What life during lockdown reveals about digital inequality. The vast majority of people in wealthy, highly connected, or digitally privileged societies may have…
Despite the common focus on Silicon Valley, New York has been a ‘tech hub’ for a long time. From IBM and Bell Labs to Squarespace and Hinge, New York has brought about many old and new tech companies. And with tech companies comes venture capital funding. In this panel conversation we will explore how today,…
RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. Join Rebuild by Design, the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Climigration Network for a conversation between Jake Bittle, author of “The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration,” and Christopher Flavelle, climate reporter for The New York Times. Climate…
Registration for this event is full. We are currently seeking a larger event space to accommodate more guests and will reach out if this occurs. The recording of this event will be available on IPK’s YouTube channel following the event. Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Robin Hood Foundation for a book talk…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Left Is Not Woke, with the author Susan Neiman in conversation with Stephen Holmes, moderated by Eric Klinenberg. If you’re woke, you’re left. If you’re left, you’re woke. We blur the terms, assuming that if you’re one you must be the other. That, Susan…
Elected officials, organizers, scholars will discuss efforts toward social housing. Organized by the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study Thursday 3/30: Vanderbilt Hall Room 220, 40 Washington Square South (There will be an option to attend through Zoom, which you can select upon registration.) Friday 3/31: Jerry Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for…