"Someone To Talk To"

When people face personal difficulties—a challenge, stress, or failure involving work, career, family, relationships, finances, or any major aspect of life—they often find the need to confide in someone. How do they decide whom to talk to? New studies suggest that what people think they do differs from what they actually do.

Columbia University's Mario L. Small will discuss what such differences reveal about rationality, human nature, and the conditions affecting how we manage the complexity of today's daily life.

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This hybrid event will be held in person at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. To attend in person, click the "Register" button.

If you prefer to attend the webinar version instead, please register here.

About Mario Small

Mario L. Small, PhD, is Quetelet Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. Small has published award-winning articles and books on urban inequality, personal networks, and the relationship between qualitative and quantitative methods. His books include Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio, Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life, and Someone To Talk To: How Networks Matter in Practice. Small previously served as Dean of the Division of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.

Agenda

5:15pm - Doors Open
5:30-6:00pm - Reception with beverages & hors d'oeuvres
6:00-7:00pm - Presentation and Q&A