Dashun Wang
@dashunwang.bsky.social
đ€ 151
đ„ 33
đ 7
Kellogg Chair of Technology, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Exciting tenure-line hiring at Kellogg!! Led by Northwestern Innovation Institute. Open to all ranks, including junior, adv junior, and senior. Can be hosted in any Kellogg dept as the tenure home. focus area: innovation / science of science / AI.
4 days ago
1
0
0
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Alton B.H. Worthington
22 days ago
Good thread, and has me thinking of
@alexanderfurnas.com
,
@dashunwang.bsky.social
, et al's recent Science, too:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
add a skeleton here at some point
1
6
4
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Carl T. Bergstrom
2 months ago
Very nice story on risk in science from
@georgemusser.com
, featuring
@cbo.bsky.social
,
@dashunwang.bsky.social
, and me.
loading . . .
FQxI Article: Risky Business: How Science Plays Things Too Safe
The Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of science, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a dee...
https://qspace.fqxi.org/articles/284/risky-business-how-science-plays-things-too-safe
0
29
15
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Zander Furnas
2 months ago
I've got a paper "Bipartisan-cited science is rare, unevenly distributed, and disproportionately influential" published today at
@pnas.org
with
@dashunwang.bsky.social
.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
2
100
27
AI agents are "airplanes for the mind" - check out my latest piece in Nature. The question is not whether machines replace scientists, but what kind of scientist emerges when we learn to fly.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
loading . . .
AI agents are âaeroplanes for the mindâ: five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots
As artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and sur...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00665-y
4 months ago
0
4
3
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Zander Furnas
4 months ago
I've got a piece out today
@theatlantic.com
with
@dashunwang.bsky.social
on how the Republican Party in Congress continues to fund science, pushing back against the Trump Administration's most anti science funding proposals. (gift link)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
loading . . .
The Republicans Made Peace With Science
The Trump administrationâs hostility to science is real, but it isnât matched by the rest of the GOPâs.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/republicans-democrats-science-funding-trump/685996/?gift=mUz3Qz0qM0dfkimXxtFcPIyAjfgQtPFBBP8Gg8vmX34&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
8
74
31
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Nature Computational Science
7 months ago
đąOut now!
@dashunwang.bsky.social
and colleagues introduce SciSciGPT, a prototype AI collaborator for the domain of science of science that streamlines a wide range of empirical and analytical research tasks.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#cssky
loading . . .
SciSciGPT: advancing humanâAI collaboration in the science of science - Nature Computational Science
SciSciGPT is an open-source prototype AI collaborator that explores the use of LLM research tools to automate workflows, support diverse analytical approaches and enhance reproducibility in the domain...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-025-00906-6?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=natcomputsci
1
3
1
Postdoc openings at Kellogg/Northwestern! Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled). Apply / details:
www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...
loading . . .
Join the CSSI Team
https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-research/science-of-science/faculty-and-contributors/join-the-community/
5 months ago
1
6
7
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Amaral Lab
11 months ago
This was a very insightful read! There is a price to pay for making hard pivots in science and technology. By
@dashunwang.bsky.social
's group. Read here:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
loading . . .
The pivot penalty in research - Nature
An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a âpivot penaltyâ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09048-1
0
5
1
reposted by
Dashun Wang
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland
about 1 year ago
What happens when scientists leave their original research theme to explore a new field? A new
@nature.com
paper by
@dashunwang.bsky.social
et al quantifies this "pivot" and shows that it comes at a cost: work in new fields receives relatively fewer citations đ§Ș
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
loading . . .
The pivot penalty in research - Nature
An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a âpivot penaltyâ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09048-1
1
32
15
reposted by
Dashun Wang
about 1 year ago
Do US politicians listen to science? Democrat-led congressional committees and leftwing think tanks cite research papers more than their rightwing counterparts, finds vast analysis by
@dashunwang.bsky.social
@alexanderfurnas.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With comments from
@ejfagan.com
1
65
19
you reached the end!!
feeds!
log in
