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Gizem Ceylan

Gizem Ceylan is a behavioural scientist at the Yale University School of Management and the Yale Center for Customer Insights.

Gizem Ceylan is a behavioural scientist at the Yale University School of Management and the Yale Center for Customer Insights. She completed her PhD in Consumer Behavior at the University of Southern California. She also holds a master’s degree in psychology from New York University.

Ceylan’s research mainly focuses on the psychology of technology use, specifically emphasising habitual and motivational processes related to technology use, their impact on people’s decision-making, and ways to prevent potential negative consequences. In addition, she is particularly interested in understanding why people are vulnerable to misinformation and strategies to mitigate it. Her research was published in premier journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Consumer Behaviour.

Before her doctoral studies, Ceylan was a consumer researcher and conducted field research across multiple continents, including Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and North America. Her diverse experiences and extensive academic knowledge enable her to provide unique and effective solutions to misinformation that transcend geographical boundaries.

See Gizem Ceylan at:

  • 24 May - The Global Conversation
  • Session 2 - Making Sense of Misinformation Part 1: 11:00 - 12:30
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Summit talks: technology and ethics

I'm not afraid. You're afraid.

A thought-provoking talk by technology ethicist Tristan Harris, on the race between technology creators and our regulation on AI and our ever-increasing addiction to social media.

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Summit talks: history of disinformation

Manipulating the marginalised.

Watch researcher and scholar Rachel Kuo chart the history of how misinformation and disinformation has been used against the disenfranchised across different racial and religious groups and what we can do collectively to combat it.

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"I don’t think the truth has ever mattered more"

Watch Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, discuss the upcoming Nobel Prize Summit.

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“With the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit we will promote the scientific method, critical thinking, and constructive dialogue.”

Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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