#AcademicRunPlaylist - 5/19/24

A large painted turtle basking in the sun on a log amidst the Charles River, with some green leaves from a tree on the right

It was a nice end to the week, and while I was spending a bit of time lazing around like this painted turtle I was able to listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a great talk by Jana Uher on how people judge personality through the lens of gender, ethnicity, and survey methodology at the LSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxKDwS5ALmo

Next was an engaging talk by Milind Awhad on paths to Dalit emancipation at the Boston Study Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwv33oM6hgg

Next was an intriguing talk by Russell Funk on social search and the network structure of communities at the SONIC Research Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DgnkxHU88k

Next was a nice talk by David Card on the role of firms in the labor market from an economics perspective at the Paris School of Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoVA98C_zDw

Next was an important talk by Paul Davis on the psychological spillover of layoffs for workers and the implications for employers at the Cornell University ILR School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMNsYo1lRsU

Next was a compelling talk by Steven Dow on building systems to improve collective decision-making and innovation at Stanford University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hemy827arDY

Next was a fascinating talk by Brian Enquist on physiological time and the relationship with biological scale at the Oxford Martin School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1NJTtWQSHQ

Last was an interesting talk by Ron Alterovitz on building autonomous robots to deploy within living tissue at the Maryland Robotics Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpne3JFqhW0