Dr.Freddie Mason received his doctorate from the Royal College of Art in 2019, where he researched the history and futures of viscosity and viscous materiality. The fruits of this work formed a book, The Viscous: Slime, Stickiness, Fondling, Mixtures (New York: Punctum Books 2020). He regularly gives talks, teaches, writes and makes films on matters related and unrelated to his material specialisms. He is currently working on a new book about the history of texture in food and art.

Polarised Populations

People are searching for stability in alternative sources of authority

Alt Faith

Konstantin Tskhay is a VP, Organizational Effectiveness at Top Hat, an education technology scale-up. Konstantin focuses on data-driven decision-making, building programs to fuel retention, performance, and engagement. Before Top Hat, Konstantin worked at Deloitte as a management consultant, where he helped his clients understand how to improve their Talent Management and Leadership bench strength using data. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Social Psychology from the University of Toronto and is an avid writer in People Analytics.

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United States

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The Independent

Financial Times

Interview with Dr. Konstantin Tskhay conducted by the author

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Stagwell Group

University of Waterloo

EurekAlert

Pew Research Center

Edelman

Evening Standard

Center for Climate Change Communication

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