First paper of the PD out! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... We argue that we can think about the start of a new collective ritual as a Stag Hunt Game. But a frequency-independent payoff is needed to get it going. In our case, perceived miracles is such a mechanism!

This is an astounding contribution to our understanding of attitudinal formation, change, and stability. Turgut wrote it as a 3rd year grad student. You should hire him before someone else does.

I am a huge fan of "what is this kind of argument and how can you do it right?" papers. I collect them and I've tried to write a couple, and think they can be tremendously useful especially for teaching. A new, useful addition to this set just arrived from @sociologicalsci.bsky.social:

Worth saying that most of my papers have been collaborations with folks from my grad program. Of course, I am extraordinarily lucky to have been surrounded by them. But this ability to foster collaboration is, above all else, the mark of a successful grad program.

"We argue that the resulting inability to talk plainly about functions is a major hindrance for theory building in the discipline." This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social

Our paper on functionalist explanations with @acastroaraujo.bsky.social is out! I am immensely proud & grateful to have been part of this project! It has really changed how I think about the explanations I make and the evidence necessary to back them up! sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

no one does recession music like ke$ha

Our paper on the resilience of animal networks is out! Animals have culture: dolphins use sponges to hunt, elephants swat flies with branches. What happens to their capacity to keep and pass on knowledge when members are lost to poaching? That's the question we try to answer! shorturl.at/GvG0d

Hey friends, I’m job hunting! Looking for roles in data science or research—if you hear of anything, I’d love it if you send it my way. If you’re looking for someone who knows Python, R, Stan, has collected and worked with all kinds of data, and is always excited to learn more—let’s talk! 😊

I know there's a lot going on right now, but my housemate's beloved Dog Choco is fighting for his life and they really need all support they can get. If you can spare a few dollars, it would mean the world: www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...

One final time: I am on the post-doc market! I have primary interests in pol. ID motivational explanations for misinfo and hostility towards DEI. I have a lot of work in closing stages, and a lot of future ideas for great work that would be a strong addition to a lab. Please share far and wide!

And doing thankless, boring, absolutely essential stuff

Change over time is often depicted as a trendline. But what does shape a trendline? Which forces? Our new paper presents a method allowing to “decompose” trendlines into constituent forces. Also, we tackle an old puzzle: Does culture change “one funeral at a time”? 🧵(1/8) doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

My first PhD project is out there. Thank you to my advisor @psmaldino.bsky.social and to mentor, co-author and friend @babeheim.bsky.social for encouraging and helping build this exciting and insightful collaboration. Onwards!

My favorite thing on the internet!

Paper with @tkeskinturk.bsky.social out! Culture is often described as a landscape. We build these landscapes and examine movements across them. People move to popular positions, but this implies different overall patterns based on the ruggedness of the terrain www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lazio’s kit so unlicensed might as well be called Roma BlueSky and field Castolo

Ah no, Marino y Asprilla metiéndoles gol. Asi se debe sentir la heroina.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned

Watching the big fight on tv

A lot of people coming over so I will share the only thing I know to be true in this world: If you want to watch soccer in the US, there’s no better bang for your buck that paramount’s coverage of Serie A.

A little game I call: Is this a predatory journal email or a Zen Koan?

The world can be a messed up place, but emails from predatory journals are such an immense source of joy.

The world can be a messed up place, but emails from predatory journals are such an immense source of joy.

I’m incredibly proud of this paper and very grateful to have seen it develop. I also learnt that writing theory papers is really, really hard

If you're in the Chicago area, can you please help spread awareness about my cousin Adam who's missing? Thank you <3

Hello, my partner got screwed and the place she was suppose to be renting in NYC fell through. If you have any leads about places for rent (beginning ASAP) let me know. Thanks!

First paper from my post-doc! We argue that the emergence of a collective ritual can be understood as a Stag-Hunt Game. To get it off the ground, you need something extra. In our case, we think (the perception of) miracle-granting can act as that extra element! 1/2 osf.io/preprints/so...

Our paper on how the networks of different species react to removals of their members has been accepted! Removals hit hardest when they target key conduits & sources of innovation. What/where these are, however, depends on the species! Massive collaboration; hugely proud of it! tinyurl.com/5a3m5jfs

Hello new followers! I'm an anthropologist studying how and why people cooperate, and how we can leverage cooperation to support communities in East Africa as they navigate large scale changes, such as globalization, environmental degradation, and emerging infectious diseases

Theory predicts that threat experiences shift people towards conservatism and that this is particularly true for those with certain personalities. In our paper forthcoming at SPPS, we find limited support for these predictions in the ~real world~ 1/n osf.io/preprints/ps...

“Analogies for modeling belief dynamics” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Won't be in ASA because I am doing fieldwork in the Peruvian altiplano, but I am in the job market this year! I use different approaches-like formal models, field experiments, and panel data-to study cultural change, both at the individual and group level. If you hear of anything cool, let me know!

**Publication Alert!** "An Ideology by Any Other Name," from me & sky-free Chris Johnston in Political Behavior. We investigate ideological identities in the U.S. beyond 'liberal' and 'conservative.' VoR: doi.org/10.1007/s111... Free to read: rdcu.be/dNDiD A brief summary thread:

I’m thrilled to share that my first academic publication is out @sfjournal.bsky.social In this paper, with @garyadler.bsky.social, we analyze religious identity and behavior over time to analyze the secularization question in Turkey. 1/n academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

I might explode. I just don’t have the emotional maturity to see Colombia in a final

Just hung up with my dad in tears who kept saying (rough translation): “we out-Uruguayed Uruguay” Estamos en la hpta final hpta 🥲

A true futsal strike, something you’d never seen in the euros

This might be the 2nd best Colombia team I’ve seen, just shy of the one that qualified to Brazil 2014

Bluesky will never be great until we post a football culture into existence

Sadly, the Ecuador fans are singing "sí se puede" which means they deserve to be utterly humiliated

Average Euros > Average Copa América Good Euros < Good Copa América QED

Caicedo’s game so far is unbelievable! True South Americans are better for country than club

Magnificent performance against Brazil in the U.S, 30 years on the day after Andrés was murdered. Con el corazón de Andrés 💚