Kai Quek (University of Hong Kong) presents his work on “Dynamics of Reconciliation: Dyadic Experiments in China and the United States” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
Erik Wengström (Lund University) presents his work on “Behavioral Surrogates: Measuring and Predicting Long-Run Impacts of Vaccination Incentives” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
J. Håkan Holm (Cornell University) presents his work on “Lab-in-the-Field Experiments: Rationale and Applications in China with CEOs” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
Forrest Briscoe (Cornell University) presents his work on “Feeling the Vibe? A Theory of Social Movement Resonance in Distributed Workplace Communications” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
Sirui Wang (CSES and McKinsey & Co) presents his work on “A Cross-National Confirmation of the Theory of Emergence” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
Victor Nee (Cornell University) presents his work on “A Theory of Emergence: Knowledge Spillover × Network Rewiring → Innovation” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
Shawn Nichols (Cornell University) presents his work on “The Social Science of Philosophy: On the Presumed Necessity of Explanation” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 14, 2026.
Henry Farrell (Johns Hopkins University) and Margaret Levi (Stanford University) present their work on “RCTs and Democratic Experimentalism” at The Future of the Social Sciences VI: Theory, Prediction, and Confirmation, held by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society (CSES) in New York City on February 13, 2026.
“Economic action is ‘social’ insofar as its subjective meaning takes account of the behavior of others and is thereby oriented in its course.”— Max Weber