November 2021 – Division of Social Science

2nd Dean’s Symposium: Truth Decay

Publication date November 18, 2021
Categories: Symposia

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This afternoon’s topic is fighting truth decay. I very much suspect all of us have witnessed a level of contestation over scientific claims, even sometimes observations of seemingly obvious facts, or as is now emerged, ‘alternative facts’, that literally bewildering….Continue Reading 2nd Dean’s Symposium: Truth Decay

Podcast Episode 1: David Pedulla

Publication date November 1, 2021
Categories: Podcasts

My guest today is David Pedulla, a professor of sociology and of public policy, and a relatively new arrival here to Cambridge. We will be talking about his latest book Making the Cut: Hiring Decisions, Bias, and the Consequences of Nonstandard, Mismatched, and Precarious Employment….Continue Reading Podcast Episode 1: David Pedulla