About

Mission

The Psychology of Technology Insitute is a non-profit network of behavioral scientists, technology designers, and decision-makers that protects and improves psychological health for society by advancing our understanding and effective use of transformative technologies. We focus on psychology because it is the core driver of individual and collective behavior; we focus on technology because it has powerful shaping effects on psychological health, at the individual and societal level. To solve major challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and nuclear threats we must understand and improve the human-technology relationship. To achieve our mission, our network facilitates new partnerships and conversations across the tech ecosystem in order to ask better questions, find answers more quickly, and spread insights more efficiently among scientists, tech designers, policymakers, and end users.

 

Advisors

Sendhil Mullainathan

Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science, University of Chicago

Stuart russell

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley

batia wiesenfeld

Professor of Management, New York University

 

Jeff Hancock

Professor of Communication, Stanford University

Gloria Mark

Professor of Informatics, University of California at Irvine

Jay Van Bavel

Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University

 

Elizabeth Dunn

Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Nancy Rothbard

Professor of Management, University of Pennsylvania

Jonathan Haidt

Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern School of Business

 

Jonathan Gratch

Professor of Computer Science and Psychology, University of Southern California

Adam Waytz

Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University

Don Moore

Professor of Management and Organization, UC Berkeley

 

Angela Duckworth

Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Lyle Unger

Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

Eli Pariser

Author, Activist, Entrepreneur, New_ Public

 

Roshni Raveendhran

Assistant Professor, Business Administration, University of Virginia

Ravi Iyer

Managing Director, USC Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making

David Evan Harris

Chancellor’s Public Scholar, University of B

 

Kamy Akhavan

Director, USC Center for the Political Future

Larry Rosen

Emeritus Professor of Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Matt Motyl

Resident Fellow, Integrity Institute

 

Juliana Schroeder

Professor, Management of Organizations, University of California, Berkeley (*Co-Founder, Psychology of Technology Institute)

Nate fast

Professor, Management and Organization, University of Southern California (*Co-Founder, Psychology of Technology Institute)