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We're honored to be among the winners of the 2024 Stanford HAI Seed Research Grants! And congrats to the scholars behind this winning proposal: Jonas Schöne johannes Eichstaedt Robb Willer

A big thank you to Michael N. Stagnaro for sharing his research on using an informational intervention to bolster support for election integrity among conservative Republicans. It was a compelling study, and we look forward to seeing this project develop!

A huge thank you to Mikaela Spruill for sharing her research exploring the influence of legal language on Black and White Americans’ perceptions of police officers and police use-of-force. Truly thought-provoking work!

Congrats to our lab's members and affiliates on their SPSP Annual Meeting presentations! presentations! 🎉🎉🎉 Check out the attached image for everyone's presentation details! ⬇️👀

Thanks to Lakshya Jain for stopping by our lab to present the work that Split Ticket has been doing to establish a quantitative metric of candidate strength! You can learn more about Split Ticket’s work and their post-election analysis here: split-ticket.org

Thank you @yaomxu for presenting your research in our lab on how anti-establishment claims-making shapes electoral support for politicians who challenge democratic norms — truly insightful work!

Thanks to Hanzhang Ren for presenting his team's winning approach to a global forecasting competition, which predicted fertility in the Netherlands. You can learn more about the Predicting Fertility data challenge here: stulp.gmw.rug.nl/prefer/

Thanks to Josh Martin for stopping by our lab to share his experiences and wisdom around applied behavioral science! You can learn more about Josh's exciting work here: venn-advisors.com

A big thank you to Michael N. Stagnaro for sharing his compelling research addressing the ongoing challenge of distinguishing Bayesian from motivated reasoning. We look forward to seeing this project develop!

Thanks to Ryan Liu for sharing his exciting work on simulating and predicting people using generative AI agents! We are looking forward to seeing how this project develops.

Fantastic leadership by Isabel O. Gallegos on this working paper about whether labeling messages as AI-generated affects their persuasiveness. And thanks to co-authors @ChenShani Weiyan Shi@ICLR and CHI Federico Bianchi Izzy Gainsburg Dan Jurafsky Robb Willer

Big thanks to simine vazire for a thoughtful and engaging discussion on open science practices and strengthening trust in peer-reviewed research during her visit to the lab last week!

Thank you Minjae Kim for your engaging and insightful talk on cross-cutting ties among divided political elites last Tuesday!

Thank you Kylie for presenting your work on how extreme protest tactics affect legislators' support for climate activists and climate action. We look forward to seeing this project develop!

Big thanks to Devorah Manekin for an engaging talk on how affective polarization may shape nonviolent resistance!

Very cool to see this research developed into a policy brief! Impactful work from a superstar team: Joon Sung Park carolyn zou aaron shaw Benjamin Mako Hill🦈 Carrie Cai Meredith Ringel Morris Robb Willer Percy Liang Michael Bernstein

Compelling evidence in this new WP that AI can do "deep canvassing" and durably reduce prejudice and change policy attitudes. Very cool stuff from Tom Costello Gordon Pennycook Robb Willer David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social

Big thanks to Ariel Malka for a fascinating presentation in the lab this week on how cultural and economic ideologies shape anti-democratic sentiment across partisan lines!