The Certainty Studio is a space to explore how certainty drives conflict and what happens when we approach disagreement with clarity and precision instead of reflexive conviction.
Founded by Ilana Redstone, the Studio brings together ideas and tools that challenge rigidity and make space for genuine political and cultural disagreement. Change starts with how we think.
Please reach out if you're:
Interested in a certainty lab session
Bring me your unbridgeable disagreement—I’ll show you what’s holding it in place.
Trying to open up conversations in the classroom
We can confront what we believe—without having to let go of who we are.
Looking to navigate internal cultural conflict, backlash over DEI, politics, or institutional messaging
You don’t need to flatten disagreement to move forward—you need to understand where certainty is holding you back.
Hoping for a speaker with a different take on polarization and disagreement
I explain why unexamined certainty lies at the heart of our divisions, Let’s examine what feels unquestionable—with clarity, not condemnation.
Just curious and want to say hello
Have you ever wondered…?
Why opposition to affirmative action is often considered racist, advocating for stricter border controls is xenophobic, and the idea that trans women aren’t women is transphobic?
How disparate impact theory (the idea that disparities = discrimination) has shaped our modern political dynamic?
Why intent has to matter when it comes to contentious topics?
About the link between, for instance, campus failures to navigate the Israel - Gaza conflict, the idea of systemic racism, and the claim that there are more than two sexes?
How we ended up with record low levels of trust in institutions like higher education and the media and two different sets of facts?
Why a figure like Trump is so popular?
…Or what this all means for democracy?