Dora Biro from the University of Rochester leads this project to advance a framework for mapping rationality and reasoning across nonhuman in biological and machine intelligences and for identifying rationality and reasoning among individuals and collectives.

The global COVID pandemic has exposed inefficiencies and problems associated with scientific advisory boards who are tasked with providing timely information to the public. A comparative empirical study led by a team at Syracuse University seeks to develop design principles and mechanisms that will foster and preserve the wellbeing of citizens by improving the quality of advice given by these entities.

A novel intervention program synthesizes research on prejudice reduction, experiential design, and affective science into effective diversity interventions meant to aid reduction of social inequality. A multidisciplinary team has created cinematic-quality films where people with marginalized identities share their experiences with social exclusion. The program combines engaged viewing of these films with exercises designed to develop a nuanced and specific understanding of the emotional experiences of other individuals in a potentially polarizing context.

This research project aims to provide a robust and conceptually concise philosophical foundation through which particular claims about group rationality in cells, animals, humans, and machines can all be understood.

A team from Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion leads a workshop to take place during Templeton World Charity Foundation’s First Annual Global Scientific Conference on Human Flourishing that aims to create a durable and diverse community of researchers, funders, and innovators that will work together to advance intersubjective understanding of flourishing across cultures and disciplines.