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Discussion | Ruth Braunstein | When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism

09/29 Monday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, September 29th at 5:30 PM for a discussion with Ruth Braunstein. She will discuss When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism, a new documentary podcast spotlighting evangelical leaders who are resisting political extremism in their church and the country, with Delia Baldassarri and Bart Bonikowski. Ruth Braunstein…

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Book Talk | Hanna Morris | Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power

09/25 Thursday | 5:30pm

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…

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Discussion | Expertise in the Age of Trump

09/24 Wednesday | 5:30pm

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…

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Co-Opting AI: Taxes

09/17 Wednesday | 4pm

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…

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Working Group Meeting

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

09/05 Friday | 12pm

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…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Debt

05/14 Wednesday | 4pm

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…

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Book Talk | Niobe Way | Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture

05/07 Wednesday | 5:30pm

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…

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Discussion | Do Media Make Authoritarians? A Conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Fred Turner

05/05 Monday | 5:30pm

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…

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