The Institute for Human Reasoning is a research and education organisation

We study how people and companies actually make decisions, and we teach them to decide on evidence — when the data is thin, the sources are biased, and part of the information was written by a model.

Everyone is investing in AI tools. We invest in the people who have to decide what to do with what those tools return.

We are not against the technology. We use it every day, and one of our courses is entirely about using Claude well. What we are against is the quiet handover: the moment a recommendation turns into a decision because nobody asked where it came from.

Mission and vision

Mission

To help decision-makers triangulate what they know, name what they don’t, and still make the call.

Vision

A world where technology answers, and people still decide.

What we do

01ResearchWe run our own studies on how decisions get made inside product teams and companies: who gets heard, what counts as evidence, where AI enters the room.
02TeachingA playbook on research that holds up when challenged, a recorded course on doing research with Claude, and a short test that shows whether you can tell when an AI is lying to you.
03Tools for thinkingGames as brain workouts, quizzes, courses, playbooks, articles, templates and checklists you can take into a meeting tomorrow.

Our products

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Playbook

So They Lied to You

Where evidence misleads at each step from question to decision — with tools and prompts to catch it.

  • Eight stages from request to decision
  • Seven working templates to download
  • English edition, read online in your profile

$49One payment. Taxes, where they apply, are added at checkout and paid by the buyer.

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Bundle · coming soon

Playbook + course

The thinking and the tools together: where evidence misleads, and how to check it with AI.

  • So They Lied to You, the full playbook
  • Claude Lifehacks for Research Tasks, every lesson
  • Opens when the course launches

$149Planned price, plus taxes where they apply, paid by the buyer.

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Video course · coming soon

Claude Lifehacks for Research Tasks

Recorded lessons on checking AI on real research tasks, step by step in Claude.

  • Recorded video lessons, at your own pace
  • Real research tasks in Claude
  • Includes Product & Research Basics

$119Planned price, plus taxes where they apply, paid by the buyer.

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Brain Workout

Can you spot when AI lies?

A 20-minute workout for your judgement: five quick exercises, twenty everyday AI answers.

  • No AI experience needed
  • Your profile, a 7-day plan and prompts
  • Take it as many times as you like

Free$16 opens your personal results. Taxes, where they apply, are paid by the buyer.

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Hi, I’m Nina Somkina

Hi, I’m Nina Somkina

Founder, Institute for Human Reasoning

A researcher with ten-plus years of mixed-methods practice: interviews, surveys, analytics — and how to turn them into decisions. Teaches at Projector Institute and Apollo IT School; mentor with 200+ sessions in the last six months. Author of the playbook So They Lied to You.

Why I founded IHR

In ten years of research I watched good work end up as a dead file on Google Drive. I founded IHR to help teams walk the path from data to decisions and real change.

The unit of our work is the decision. Not every decision needs a new study. But every one needs a person who understands its grounds and takes responsibility for it.

Brain Workout

Lots of AI answers, and only some are true.
Can you tell which?

No AI experience needed. About 20 minutes.

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