Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to bias and stereotypes.
GATE Faculty Research Fellow András Tilcsik's research was featured in this article about how socioeconomic status can shape our working lives.
Joyce He and Sonia Kang speak about the challenges that women can face in the workplace and offer a solution to the problem.
On International Women's Day GATE Director Sarah Kaplan shares how we can 'Break the bias'
How can we eradicate the effects of unintentional bias and discrimination in fields like medicine, education, policing, and beyond? Author Jessica Nordell joins us to discuss her book 'The End of Bias: A Beginning' | April 12, 2022
Modern technology can often be a double edged sword, but where does artificial intelligence stand on that spectrum? We highlight how Artificial intelligence can be used from an equity perspective.
This study finds that how people are exposed to ideas about discrimination affects whether they use stereotypes in hiring, in turn shaping labour markets.
This study examines two selection tools to show how some standardized processes for eliminating bias (e.g. blind hiring) may not have the intended effects.
In conversation with Sarah Kaplan, filmmaker Shalini Kantayya discussed her 2020 documentary film Coded Bias and the impact of Artificial Intelligence’s increasing role in governing our liberties.
This brief highlights a study which tested whether parents’ behaviours, as well as their implicit beliefs about gender, also impact children’s aspirations and beliefs.
This brief examines how hiring managers' exposure to violent crime events affects their decisions to hire Black job applicants with and without a criminal record.
