WE STUDY THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF ETHICS, KNOWLEDGE & POWER

We are a group of cognitive scientists with diverse interests. We study relationships between self and society, power and knowledge, technology and culture. Much of our work seeks to understand the nature of epistemic injustice: How do systems of power shape the ways we understand the world (including the work we do as scientists)? How is knowledge marginalized or amplified by social learning, technology, and their interaction? How do our beliefs about what people are like influence our judgments of how people ought to be? We address these questions by integrating theory and methods from cognitive science, social psychology, philosophy, science & technology studies, and data science.

We are located in Princeton’s Department of Psychology and the University Center for Human Values.

Our research is industry-independent. We do not accept research funding from the tech industry because it’s important to us that we conduct our work with autonomy, credibility and integrity.

Interested in joining the lab? See here for more information.

Interested in using LLMs in your research? Here is a resource on their ethical costs and epistemic risks that guides our lab’s approach to using LLMs in our work.

Department of Psychology • Peretsman-Scully Hall • Princeton, NJ 08544   •  USA