The Human Show: Innovation through Social Science
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Jamer Hunt, Vice Provost for Transdisciplinary Initiatives at The New School: how to blend social science with design; interventions & multidisciplinarity
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jamer Hunt is the Vice Provost for Transdisciplinary Initiatives at The New School, where he was a founding director (2009-2015) of the graduate progr...
Steph Creasy: Talking about research within the New Zealand tech/business sector and working with social scientists
07 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Steph Creasy is the Managing Director of Digital Arts which is based in Auckland. Digital Arts is one of New Zealand’s preeminent human-centered Dig...
Angèle Christin, Assistant Professor, Stanford University: risk assessment tools, algorithms and the US justice system
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Angèle Christin has a PhD in Sociology from Princeton University and the EHESS (Paris). She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of...
Matt May, Head of Inclusive Design, Adobe: inclusive technologies; ethics & trust; privilege & allyship
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt May has had an extensive career in technology design, access and inclusivity. He is currently Head of Inclusive Design for Adobe where his work i...
Thomas Malaby: Professor/Chair of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin: inclusive avatars; chance and patterns in games
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we talk to Thomas about what a game is and how a well-designed one balances constraints and unpredictabilities. We cover what rel...
Saswati Saha Mitra, Head of Global Research, Uber: ethics, governance, policy; gender & tech
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Saswati (Sas) Saha Mitra has both a diverse background (Literature, Political Science and Business) as well as an extensive career in research having ...
Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, University of California, Irvine: youth and digital cultures; access, trust, ethics and privacy
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mizuko (Mimi) Ito is a cultural anthropologist and learning scientist studying children and youth's new media use. She has 2 PhDs from Stanford Univer...
Mrudula Sreekanth, Peepal Design India: the value of a (social science) researcher
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mrudula Sreekanth has an MICT from the International University in Germany and over 13 years of experience in User Experience Research and Interaction...
Ann Hsieh: UX Research Leader, Facebook Groups: exploration & creativity in research
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ann Hsieh is a mixed-methods research leader and loves adapting or creating new methods to build greater impact with stakeholders. She currently leads...
Dr. Henrique Z. M. Parra, Professor Social Sciences, UNIFESP, Brazil
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Henrique Z. M. Parra has an MsC in Sociology (USP), a PhD in Political Science (UNICAMP) and is currently a permanent Professor of Social Sciences...
Jacquelyn Krones: Principal for Ethics in the AI Perceptions and MR Group, Microsoft
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Jacquelyn about the definitions and components of AI and ethics at Microsoft ; how she works with ethics within an enterprise solution t...
Scott Matter: Ethnography and Co-Design in the Media Sector
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Matter is a sociocultural anthropologist and a political ecologist with experience both in the strategic design sector as well as in the academi...
Matt Bernius: Lead UX Research, Measures for Justice
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Bernius has had an extensive career working at the intersection of design and anthropology. Matt holds a MA in the social sciences from the Unive...
Jessica Outlaw: How to bootstrap your applied research career , AR/VR
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Outlaw, M.S., is a culture and behavior researcher in immersive tech and the Founder of The Extended Mind. She uses behavioral science to help...
Sibel Kusimba: Mobile money and how it impacts peoples practices within Kenya
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sibel Kusimba is an Anthropologist who does both archaeological and anthropological fieldwork within Kenya. Throughout the years 2012 to 2018 she has ...
Shriram Venkatraman, IIIT-Delhi: Why We Post Project: social media in India
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shriram Venkatraman has academic and industry career tracks that both sit at the intersection of big and thick data. He has a background in Diversity ...
José Manuel dos Santos, Head of Design & User Experience - Americas at Signify: articulating the value of social science to design; working alongside anthropologists
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
José Manuel dos Santos has an MA In Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design/UK, an Executive MA in Product Design and ...
Dr. Grant Jun Otsuki: Intuitive design and robots; service, ethics, class, power dynamics and technology in Japan
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Grant Jun Otsuki is currently a lecturer in cultural anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He received his Ph.D. in So...
Kathy Baxter, Research Architect Salesforce: definition of AI and types of intelligence for bots; enculturation and training data; fairness, ethics and research methodologies to build a neutral system; governance, bias and ethics in AI
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Baxter has an MS in Engineering Psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology and has been on the “Silicon Valley tour” working for compan...
Andy Goodman, BCG Digital Ventures: methods and practices on how to move from an insight to good design; the secret sauce of a good researcher; the case for the new design of iPhone 10
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Goodman, VP Experience Design at BCG Digital Ventures is an artist turned service designer with a wealth of experience in the design space having...
Jamie Sherman, Intel: on how (human life) it’s complicated but it’s also actionable; why (in VR) everybody talks to the robot dog; the value of user hacking in design; what is like to work in business as an anthropologist
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Sherman holds a PHD from Princeton in Cultural Anthropology and is a Senior User Experience Researcher with the Intel Corporation most recently ...
Dan Podjed: Working to grow a vibrant community of applied anthropologists in Europe; (applied) events, projects, symposiums; re-thinking (business) ethnography; barriers and opportunities for the applied sector
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Podjed is an applied anthropologist with 15+ years' experience in ethnographic research, project management, and university teaching. He is a foun...
Stephen Rea and Taylor Nelms: An anthropological conversation about Mobile Money and Financial Technologies
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Stephen Rea and Taylor Nelms about mobile money and financial apps. Stephen Rea and Taylor Nelms are two anthropologists wh...
Betsy DiSalvo: More than just play, or the significance of ethnicity, race, gender and sociality in how young people engage with video games, education and technology.
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Betsy DiSalvo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. There she leads the Culture and...
Erin B. Taylor: Researching mobile money in Haiti & The Netherlands; the ethics and methods for asking people about money; regulation and financial design
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Erin B. Taylor is an economic anthropologist with experience both in the applied financial sector and in the academic sector. She holds a PhD in Socio...
Amy Sheppard, Xero: What is an insight, how to build great design teams & what she looks for in a researcher role
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Sheppard has an extensive experience in the design space, having been in leadership positions in design across companies such as Deloitte Digital,...
Susanna Helen Trnka: The many ways in which people make medical technologies work for them; how to approach building multifaceted medical apps; what’s next for a student of anthropology
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Susanna Helena Trnka holds a PhD from Princeton University in social anthropology and has studied the body, citizenship and subjectivity. Her specific...
Nimmi Rangaswamy: Stories from India on mobile internet & Facebook use of slum youth; technology as a force for good; the access & (corporate) ethics of technology
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nimmi Rangaswamy has an extensive experience in the technology space that spans both academia and the business sector. She is currently an Associate P...
Kevin Lee: Working with insight across organisational silos and on being human inside a company role
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Kevin Lee about his experience in working with insights and teams (beyond the borders of design teams) & what he values...
Crystal Abidin: Influencers, youth online and the intersections of social media and traditional media
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Crystal Abidin has a PhD in Anthropology & Sociology, and Media & Communications and done extensive research into the practices of internet ce...
Shikha Desai: Microsoft. Learning about Product Design, AI and working with Social Scientists
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shikha Desai is a Principal Designer for intelligent experiences across Office apps for Microsoft Seattle HQ, with an extensive experience of understa...
Nick Seaver: Understanding Taste, Algorithms and Context in Music Recommender Systems
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Corina and Angel talk to Nick Seaver about his research with music recommender systems and understanding the cultures, tastes and relationships create...
Sam Ladner: On the emotional bonds we build with Software, Hardware and each other
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Ladner holds a PhD in sociology and has studied work, technology, and organizations in both academic and applied settings. She worked as a Senior ...
Danya Glabau: From patients to users and the fears and hopes of managing ones health
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danya Glabau is a medical anthropologist and the founder of Implosion Labs, an ethnographydriven research and consulting group focused on health and...