Ben WaberIt was a lovely early spring day in Boston, and luckily I was able to get out for a run and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)
First was a thought-provoking discussion with Juan Gallego on neural manifolds on the Brain Inspired podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXClvInHDk (2/8) #neuroscience
BI 234 Juan Gallego: The Neural Manifold Manifesto
Next was an interesting talk by Steve Chang on behavioral and neural mechanisms of cooperation in marmosets at Motivated Cognition Meetings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2FN2l1HfU (3/8) #CognitiveScience #psychology
Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Cooperative Decision-Making with Steve Chang
Next was a fascinating talk by Deying Pan on 3D printing velcro and zippers (among other things) at @hcil_umd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bts2OrhbmzE (4/8)
HCIL Brown Bag Speaker Series, in collaboration with (re)presented: Deying Pan (February 2026)
Next was an intriguing talk by Haozhe Zhou on human motion sensing with flexible IMU placement at @hcil_umd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ud2yXGvqu4 (5/8)
HCIL Brown Bag Speaker Series, in partnership with (re)presented: Haozhe Zhou (February 2026)
Next was an engaging panel on the state of Latino entrepreneurship in the US at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business with Jennifer Garcia, Rosalia Zarate, and Marlene Orozco https://www.youtube.com/live/EHXHWvlmxWA?si=1vGgu3_hE17q2lFO&t=2625 (6/8)
2026 State of Latino Entrepreneurship (SOLE) Summit
Next was "Varieties of Impact Investing," edited by Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier, and Noé Kabouche. This collection digs into the world of impact investing, largely finding it wanting from a variety of perspectives. I especially liked Kabouche's investigation of Geneva's impact investing ecosystem, as well as the section on impact investing in Nigeria (Elena Christodoulou and Shonali Banerjee). Highly recommend
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10502662/s/a-compelling-academic-collection#anchor-10502662 (7/8)
Last was "Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers" by Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello, and Sarah Fraser Butlin. This book is an excellent ethnographic dive into the migrant worker community in Great Yarmouth, exploring their living and working conditions in an already deprived part of the UK
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10503725/s/an-excellent-law-infused-ethnography#anchor-10503725 (8/8)
