Santa Fe Institute Community Lectures

Gillian Tett is a columnist and member of the editorial board for the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on Friday, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. She also serves as Provost of King's College, Cambridge.

Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, and a member of the Berkeley AI Research Group. She received her BA from McGill University and her PhD. from Oxford University. She is a leader in the study of cognitive science and of children’s learning and development.

While president of the Royal Society (2015-2020), Ramakrishnan developed broader interest in science policy and public engagement. He is the author of Gene Machine, a frank popular memoir about the race for the structure of the ribosome, and Why We Perish: The New Science of Aging, and the Quest for Immortality (2024).