World after
How do we navigate
the changes ahead?
Covid
How do we navigate
the changes ahead?
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World after

How do we navigate
the changes ahead?

Covid

How do we navigate
the changes ahead?

The origins and goals of the WaC project.

Experts forecast the world after Covid, and share their advice on the wisdom people can use now to make it a better place.

A video database
initiated in
June 2020

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Scientists

World leaders in behavioral & social sciences document their forecasts and advice for the post-pandemic future in a series of interviews.

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Questions

Investigating positive and negative psychological and societal changes after Covid and the wisdom needed to sustain the good and prevent the bad.

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Themes

Central tenets from these interviews give a range of possible scenarios—a time capsule of scientists’ predictions at this moment in human history.

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Themes 60 60 Explore

A time-capsule of scientists’ hopes and worries about the post-Covid future.

Methods & visualizations

Igor Grossmann, Ph.D.
Founder

Growing up in Ukraine and Germany during the time of monumental societal shifts in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, Igor has long been wondering about how societies change. An award-winning social-cognitive scientist and professor, he aims to demystify the philosopher’s stones in psychological science – the concepts of wisdom and sound judgment.


Project Team

A project like this does not happen on its own. The following people were instrumental for the projects’ success.

Cendri Hutcherson / Charles Cassidy / Eranda Jayawickreme / Mane Kara-Yakoubian / Michael E. W. Varnum / Oliver Twardus
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Wisdom & Culture Lab

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