Instructional Video10:34
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Bruce Caldwell - Why Economics Needs the History of Thought

Higher Ed
Who is going to teach fields like economic methodology and the history of economic thought if these fields aren't taught to current graduate students? Bruce Caldwell is filling this hole in the graduate curriculum. The Hayek scholar is...
Instructional Video4:01
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Damon Centola - How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions

Higher Ed
Damon Centola is a Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group. He is a leading world expert on social networks and behavior change. His work...
Instructional Video4:26
Curated Video

Philosophical Thinking

12th - Higher Ed
UC Berkeley political theorist Mark Bevir relates his belief in the importance of thinking philosophically in order to make vital progress in the social sciences.
Instructional Video1:03:33
Curated Video

Can we understand an insect society, and why should we care?

9th - 11th
International lecture by Professor Raghavendra Gadagkar. Many insects such as ants, bees and wasps organise themselves into societies with sophisticated communication and division of labour, paralleling and sometimes surpassing our own...
Instructional Video1:26
The Business Professor

Action Research

Higher Ed
What is Action Research? Action research is a philosophy and methodology of research generally applied in the social sciences. It seeks transformative change through the simultaneous process of taking action and doing research, which are...
Instructional Video1:26
The Business Professor

Action Research

Higher Ed
What is Action Research? Action research is a philosophy and methodology of research generally applied in the social sciences. It seeks transformative change through the simultaneous process of taking action and doing research, which are...
Instructional Video4:24
Curated Video

Conceptual Rigor

12th - Higher Ed
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes how too many people associate rigor primarily with methodology rather than basic thinking.
Instructional Video3:07
Curated Video

Legal Rationale

12th - Higher Ed
Philosopher Scott Soames (USC) presents us with a methodology for developing an appropriate legal interpretation in the face of vagueness.
Instructional Video17:55
Institute for New Economic Thinking

The Dangerous Ideological Bias of Economists

Higher Ed
“We do not publish papers about our own profession.” – Top Five Journal



Economists claim they are not biased or ideological, but research by economist Mohsen Javdani tells another story. Javdani discovered that 82% of...
Instructional Video10:32
Institute for New Economic Thinking

John Davis - How to Avoid Herding in Research

Higher Ed
An individual fish reduces the danger to itself by swimming as close as possible to the center of the school. That is how schools hold together. John Davis says that researchers and fish are alike -- both engage in herd behavior. PhD...
Instructional Video2:33
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Philip C. Kendall - Teachers Make a Difference - Peter J. Mikulka, Al Finch, Jr. & Donald Kiesler

Higher Ed
Dr. Kendall is an active researcher, scholar, and clinician. His CV lists over 450 publications, including over 30 books and over 20 treatment manuals and workbooks. His treatment programs have been translated into dozens of...
Instructional Video3:06
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Damon Centola - Change: How to Make Big Things Happen

Higher Ed
Damon Centola is a Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group.

He is a leading world expert on social networks and behavior change....
Instructional Video11:04
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Jonathan Plucker - What is Creativity

Higher Ed
Jonathan Plucker is an Endowed Professor of Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut





Education:

The University of Connecticut, B.S. with honors in Secondary
Chemistry Education
The University...
Instructional Video8:27
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sasha Barab - The Power of Games

Higher Ed
Sasha Barab is a Professor in the Teachers College at Arizona State University , where he co-founded and serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Games and Impact . Dr. Barab is an internationally recognized Learning...
Instructional Video11:02
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Philip C. Kendall - Child & Adolescent Anxiety Disorders

Higher Ed
Dr. Kendall is an active researcher, scholar, and clinician. His CV lists over 450 publications, including over 30 books and over 20 treatment manuals and workbooks. His treatment programs have been translated into dozens of...
Instructional Video1:16
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Elizabeth Phelps - Teachers Make a Difference - Hugh B. Hammet

Higher Ed
Elizabeth Phelps received her PhD from Princeton University and served on the faculty of Yale University and New York University. Professor Phelps is the recipient of the 21st Century Scientist Award from the James S. McDonnell...
Instructional Video2:14
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Elizabeth Phelps - Emotion and Memory

Higher Ed
Elizabeth Phelps received her PhD from Princeton University and served on the faculty of Yale University and New York University. Professor Phelps is the recipient of the 21st Century Scientist Award from the James S. McDonnell...
Instructional Video6:05
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Damon Centola - Teachers Make a Difference - Peter Bearman

Higher Ed
Damon Centola is a Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group.

He is a leading world expert on social networks and behavior change....
Instructional Video2:28
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Michael Rich - On Akira Kurosawa

Higher Ed
Michael Rich, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, and practices Adolescent Medicine at Boston...
Instructional Video2:54
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Michael Rich - Media and Child Health

Higher Ed
Michael Rich, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, and practices Adolescent Medicine at Boston...
Instructional Video2:15
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sónia Moreira - Teachers Make a Difference - Graciosa

Higher Ed
At the age of seven, Sonia was already helping her teacher at school and teaching other girls in the street where she lived. Her vocation was again reinforced in adolescence, when she successfully mentored a classmate from South...
Instructional Video2:32
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sónia Moreira - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Portugal

Higher Ed
At the age of seven, Sonia was already helping her teacher at school and teaching other girls in the street where she lived. Her vocation was again reinforced in adolescence, when she successfully mentored a classmate from South...
Instructional Video9:23
Veritasium

The Science of Six Degrees of Separation

9th - 12th Standards
The concept of everyone on earth being separated by only six degrees of social connections originated more than 100 years ago. Connect the dots using an installment from an engaging video series that takes a look at various social...