Join us for the 2025 Political Networks & Computational Social Science Conference (sites.google.com/view/confpolin…), Aug 11-14 at Harvard & Northeastern, with Duncan Watts delivering the keynote. Workshops: Aug 11-12; panels: Aug 13-14. Submit by March 28:

Sad to see the ATI paused due to aid cuts. As @PublishWhatYouFund highlighted, that's a big blow. We can't abandon transparency now. Aid is vital for public goods, & researchers must step up to fill the data gap. doi.org/10.1002/jid.37… #AidTransparency #GlobalDev #Accountability

A sizeable crowd is presently gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to Stand Up for Science. #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpForScience

Recently retired NIH Director Francis Collins played the guitar and a led a sing along at today's Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial. Photo extracted from PBS live stream. #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpForScience #FrancisCollins #nationalinstitutesofhealth #PBS

With Stand Up for Science taking place across the USA today, it is a great day to re-read the article by my collaborators and I on "The science of contemporary street protest: New efforts in the United States." science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #StandUpForScience #StandUpforScience2025

These photos are from today's Stand Up for Science rally today at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Photos are courtesy of Amy Kasper, who took them while she was conducting surveys for my research. #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpForScience

Surveys by my research teams at yesterday's #StandUpForScience rally and the 2017 #MarchforScience (both in Washington, DC) show that rally participants in 2025 reported significantly higher anxiety about politics and significantly lower enthusiasm about politics than in 2017.

"Thousands gather across U.S. and world in Stand Up for Science events" #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 science.org/content/articl…

I now have emotional comparisons for anger, anxiety, & enthusiasm between #StandUpForScience2025 & the #MarchforScience (2017), based on surveys of participants at Washington, DC events. Anger and anxiety have increased, while enthusiasm has declined. #StandUpForScience

Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention actionnetwork.org/letters/demand…

Science Magazine reported on the results of my surveys at Friday's Stand up for Science rally in Washington, DC. #StandUpForScience #StandUpforScience2025 #marchforscience science.org/content/articl…

My Centre for Public Policy blog on the drivers and effects of the #USAID shutdown: gla.ac.uk/research/az/pu… - UofG Soc & Pol Sci #ForeignAid #GlobalDevelopment Devex OECD Development IDOS_research Scottish Council on Global Affairs

I was very happy to be quoted today in The Atlantic in this excellent article by Gal Beckerman: "Why It’s So Hard to Protest Trump 2.0." #50501Protest #protest theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

#HumzaYousaf speaking this morning at the #StopReform2026 summit in #Glasgow #Scotland.

The sister of #ShekuBayoh seeks justice for the death of her brother. #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #StopReformSummit #Glasgow #Scotland

Materials for my Introduction to Network Analysis in R workshop are accessible using the following link: 1drv.ms/f/c/1836dd8b24…