Mission
The Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) is a non-profit research center that innovates creative solutions for urgent social problems arising within complex networks of evolving minds in dynamic cultures. Committed to a radically interdisciplinary, non-partisan approach, centered on computational and data sciences, CMAC mobilizes an international network of experts to develop and disseminate visionary insights to public and professional stakeholders.
CMAC’s core values include:
- upholding the highest intellectual standards in all phases of our work
- acting ethically toward our business partners and funding sources
- maintaining neutrality regarding the ideological promotion or critique of healing traditions, faith communities, and political outlooks
- remaining institutionally agile and creative
- maximizing efficiency and productivity by optimizing infrastructure and overhead
Strategy
Research CMAC coordinating and collaborating across disciplines, with diverse perspectives, and around the world. This involves:
Training
CMAC provides an institutional locus for sponsoring students, training postdoctoral fellows and supporting veteran researchers. This involves:
- providing established investigators with the necessary resources
- offering fellowships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows
- introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the research tasks
- establishing and nurturing affiliations with universities
Outreach
CMAC disseminates knowledge about the mind-culture nexus and connects a network of academic experts to the organizations that need them. This involves:
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- producing technical working papers and policy recommendations
- communicating the significance of research efforts
- launching new publications
- developing curriculum materials for related course work
- sponsoring colloquia, seminars, working groups and public lectures
CMAC on the Move:
Presented in July, 2020.
