Our contestants Craig Callender and Naomi Oreskes will try to spot lies – with audience participation encouraged, provided by ten additional experts. We'll then discuss how best to combat disinformation.

Disinformation at its core is false or misleading information created and then spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, sometimes by governments, all to undermine the public good and the knowledge institutions that are crucial to a functioning democracy.

MEET THE EXPERTS

• Craig Callender - UC San Diego
• Ben Franta - Oxford University
• Jennifer Jacquet - University of Miami
• Steven Livingston - George Washington University
• Gerald Markowitz - City University of New York
• Cailin O’Connor - UC Irvine
• Naomi Oreskes - Harvard University
• Robert Proctor - Stanford University
• David Rosner - Columbia University
• Kate Starbird - Washington University
• Jim Weatherall - UC Irvine
• Jevin West - University of Washington

This public event and subsequent institute session are supported by the Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego, the Climate Social Science Network at Brown University, and the Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington.

The Disinformation Summer Institute brings together early career researchers and senior experts to share concepts, techniques, history and theories useful in studying disinformation. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative social science, history, philosophy of science, public health, data science and more, each day of the institute convening will combine lectures by experts, group panels and open discussion. Potential topics include: theory of disinformation, research methods, case studies, expert testimony, FOIA requests, archival research, artificial intelligence and more. Learn more about the Disinformation Summer Institute