Faculty
October 18, featuring Ajay Batra
Oct. 4, 2024—
Cognitive Biases in Large Language Models
Sep. 27, 2024—David Thorstad, 2024-25 RPW Center Faculty Fellow. This year’s group is exploring the theme of Emerging Technologies in Human Context: Past, Present, and Future It is often held that humans fall prey to a number of cognitive biases. For example, we may react differently to different framings of the same decision problem, or may anchor...
September 20, featuring Sam Finkelman
Sep. 13, 2024—
September 24, featuring Adeana McNicholl
Sep. 9, 2024—
Life-Affirming Cycling Practices in Quito, Ecuador
Aug. 23, 2024—Julie Gamble, 2024-25 RPW Center Faculty Fellow. This year’s group is exploring the theme of Emerging Technologies in Human Context: Past, Present, and Future Daisi held her right arm in the air with a closed fist, a common signal for cyclists to use when coming to a stop. We stopped at her request and had...
August 21
Jul. 16, 2024—
Emerging Technologies and the Human Experience
Apr. 29, 2024—
Adapting Galeano’s “Magical Marxism”
Oct. 17, 2023—Jefferson Cowie, 2023-24 RPW Center Faculty Fellow. This year’s group is exploring the theme of “The Place of Memory.” “Memory of Fire” Who is responsible for this forgetfulness? "It's not a person. It's a system of power that is always deciding in the name of humanity who deserves to be remembered and who deserves to...
The Politics of Developmental Disruption: Memory, Place, and the Pandemic in Southern Brazil
Sep. 27, 2023—Dominique Béhague, 2023-24 RPW Center Faculty Fellow. This year’s group is exploring the theme of “The Place of Memory.” How and with what consequences do everyday people push against standardized views of “normal” and “healthy” development? Can reclaiming memory and place from the way developmental sciences conceive of these play a role in challenging developmental...