Is Columbia a center for Social Intelligence research?
It is no coincidence that the campus where the concept of social intelligence was born is also playing a leading role in its renaissance. From Thorndike’s day to the present, Columbia has been place where psychology research meets real-world problems, particularly those posed by urban, cosmopolitan life. The importance of social intelligence may be easier to appreciate in New York, given that it is a center of relationship-based professions, such as investment banking, and that it is a diverse community constantly recharged with fresh waves of immigration. Columbia Business School has built a uniquely strong group of research psychologists. A number of faculty members are jointly appointed at the University’s psychology department. An area of emerging strength, together with the Columbia psychology department, is neuroscience studies of decision making and social judgment. Lastly, Teachers College has strong programs in more applied fields relevant to social intelligence, such as the t
