The Martin Lecture in Public Policy

Join us on Wednesday, March 29 for an evening with celebrated scholar and writer Zeynep Tufekci. Her work examines how technology, science and society interact, and Professor Tufekci has become arguably the most impactful analyst on the pandemic. The New York Times’ Ben Smith says, “Tufekci has made a habit of being right on the big things.”

 

The discussion will be moderated by Professor Peter Loewen, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and Dean Melanie Woodin of the Faculty of Arts & Science will deliver welcome remarks. A light reception will follow.

 

 

About the Speaker

Zeynep Tufekci is a columnist with The New York Times and has written for The Atlantic, Wired, Scientific American and other publications. She was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her insightful columns on the pandemic and American culture in The New York Times and The Atlantic. The inaugural director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security, she has examined how technology, science and society interact, and has become arguably the most impactful analyst on the pandemic. Her book Twitter and Tear Gas was published by Yale University Press.