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Prof. Mark Schroeder, Professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California
January 20, 2021

Persons as Things, and Treating like a child : Philosophical treatment of people and relationships Prof. Mark Schroeder is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. He is interested in the ways in which rationality, reasons, value,

Prof. Matthew Johnson, Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke University
January 19, 2021

Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining, Regulation by Shaming: Deterrence Effects of Publicizing Violations of Workplace Safety and Health Laws, and The Labor Market Effects of Legal Restrictions on Worker Mobility Prof.

Prof. Scott Huettal, Professor of Neuroscience at Duke University
January 18, 2021

Decision neuroscience: neuroeconomics, Linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics, Cognitive Foundations of Voter Choice, and Indulgent Foods Can Paradoxically Promote Disciplined Dietary Choices Prof. Scott Huettal is Professor of Psycholo

Prof. Christopher McKee, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley
January 15, 2021

A theory of the interstellar medium: Three components regulated by supernova explosions in an inhomogeneous substrate, Theory of Star Formation, and Radioactive feedback processes and implications for the initial mass function. Prof. Christopher McKee is

Prof. Nicholas Christakis, Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University
January 14, 2021

Social networks, Influencers, On the origins of a good society, Artificial Intelligence in hybrid systems, and managing pandemics. Prof. Nicholas Christakis is professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. He directs the Human Nature Lab at

Prof. Philip Cook, Professor of Public Policy & Economics at Duke University
January 13, 2021

The Great American Gun War: Notes from Four Decades in the Trenches, Understanding Gun Violence: Public Health v/s Public Policy, and Thinking about gun violence. Prof. Philip Cook is Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Sociology at Duke University.

Prof. Adriana Lleras-Muney, Professor of Economics at UCLA
January 12, 2021

Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal, The association between educational attainment and longevity using individual-level data from the 1940 census, The Incentive Effects of Cash Transfers to the Poor, and A Unified Model of Cohor

Prof. Anil Gupta, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh
January 11, 2021

Outline of an Account of Experience, Conscious Experience: A Logical Inquiry, Experience and Its Rational Significance, and Principles and the Generalization Function of Truth Prof. Anil Gupta is Professor of Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science

Prof. Chris Blattman, Professor of political science at the University of Chicago
January 08, 2021

Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia, The Long-Term Impacts of Grants on Poverty: Nine-Year Evidence from Uganda’s Youth Opportunities Program, and Gang rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal

Prof. Marty Woldorff, Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University
January 07, 2021

Modulation of early sensory processing in human auditory cortex,  Inhibitory Control in Children with ADHD, The neural bases of momentary lapses in attention, Timing and Sequence of Brain Activity in Top-Down Control of Visual-Spatial Attention, &nbs