Research Institutes and Centers

Block Center for Technology and Society*
Director: Scott Andes
Chief Ethicist, David Danks, L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy and Psychology

Center for African American Urban Studies & the Economy (CAUSE)
Director: Joe W. Trotter Jr., Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice

Center for Behavioral and Decision Research*
Steering Committee:
- Alessandro Acquisti, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy in Heinz College
- George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Economics and Psychology in Dietrich College

Center for Human Rights Science
Director: Jay D. Aronson, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society

Center for Informed Democracy & Social-cybersecurity (IDeaS)*
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Co-director: Kathleen Carley, Professor, Institute for Software Research
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Co-director: David Danks, L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy and Psychology

Center for International Relations and Politics*
Director: Kiron Skinner, Director of the Institute for Politics and Strategy

Center for Risk Perception and Communication
Director: Julie Downs, Associate Research Professor of Social and Decision Sciences

Children’s School
Director: Sharon Carver, Teaching Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean for Educational Affairs

CMU-Pitt BRIDGE Center*
(A joint center with the University of Pittsburgh)
- Co-director: Timothy Verstynen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Co-director: Julie Fiez, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Institute for Strategic Analysis*
Director: Kiron Skinner, Director of the Institute for Politics and Strategy

Modern Language Resource Center
Director: Sébastien Dubreil, Teaching Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Second Language Acquisition and Technology-Enhanced Learning

Neuroscience Institute*
Director: Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor of Auditory Neuroscience, Psychology, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering