Manu Kapur

Dr. Manu Kapur is Professor and Chair of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he directs the Future Learning Initiative and researches human cognition, instructional technology, and learning sciences. He has worked with Singapore’s Ministry of Education to implement a curriculum based on his theory of Productive Failure on a national scale. Dr. Kapur's research has been featured in international publications including TIME, NPR, New York Times, and Times Higher Education, and he has given scores of presentations about Productive Failure to academics, business leaders,students, teachers, policymakers, and nonprofits.