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Twenty years after Facebook spread across college campuses, its effects on society remain heavily studied and poorly understood. Little consensus exists over whether it promotes or degrades mental health, heals divides or polarizes, alters electoral outcomes or foments extremism. Repeated failure to reach scientific consensus…

Max Besbris, H.I. Romnes Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.

Barons is the story of eight titans of the food industry, their rise to power, and the consequences for workers, eaters, and democracy itself. Barons paints a stark portrait of corporate consolidation, but it also shows that a fair, healthy, and prosperous food industry is possible—if we take back power from the barons who have…

Greg Scarlatoiu is currently the President and CEO of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK). Previously, he was Executive Director of HRNK for thirteen years, where he has directed, supervised, or authored fifty-eight publications. For twelve years, he has been a visiting professor at Hankuk University of Foreign…

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu is Director of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR) of the IMF, a position she has held since 2020. Ms. Pazarbasioglu leads the work on the IMF’s strategic direction and the design and implementation of its policies and lending activities across all IMF member countries.

Seminars are open to graduate students, faculty, and staff. All seminars are on Thursdays and run from 12:00 PM EST to 1:00 PM EST. Room 290 in Wallace Hall and on Zoom (email ffdata@princeton.edu for link). Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.

Leon Schreiber has served as South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs since 3 July 2024. During his time in office he has overseen significant reform, accelerating the delivery of visas and crucial identity documents for South Africans and visitors. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), he has been a Member of the National…

The ERS Seminar Series is hosted by Jennifer Jennings, director. The series features works in progress by Princeton graduate students and faculty from universities across the U.S. focusing on current interdisciplinary education-related topics. The seminars are open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided. No…

Institutions--like the communities they serve--are living systems: formed, sustained, and continually remade by people. This discussion situates contemporary non-profit strategy as a practice of institutional design and imagination: inviting new ways of thinking about, stewarding, and evolving the systems that shape our…

Relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) agents such as companion chatbots are on the rise. Concerns that these relationships may harm or replace real human relationships have been raised, but whether and how these social consequences occur remains unclear. Prior research suggests that people’s states of social need and…