Many wise insights from Gov Spencer Cox & @ezraklein.bsky.social Gov Cox rightly notes his 2020 video w Chris Peterson was among most impactful in Strengthening Democracy Challenge, a striking example of cross-party engagement. Grateful for their commitment. Hear it: 👇 youtu.be/WJB87niNCk0

It is great to see Gov Spencer Cox stepping up to turn the temperature down and focus ppl on grieving the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk. Gov Cox has long promoted civility across party lines. Our research finds that his messages are persuasive when Americans see it. 👇

Does labeling AI content affect its persuasiveness? Our latest policy brief evaluates the impact of authorship labels on how people perceive AI-written policy messages. @jurafsky.bsky.social @robbwiller.bsky.social @federicobianchi.bsky.social hai.stanford.edu/policy/label...

We live in a world that feels more divided than ever. This week, we revisit an episode with sociologist Robb Willer and discuss how to bridge even the greatest divides. hiddenbrain.org/podcast/us-2...

Fantastic piece from @robbwiller.bsky.social and @owasow.bsky.social on nonviolent resistance published in the @nytimes.com. Bravo! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...

Congratulations to lab alumn @maxhuibai.bsky.social on the release of his academic party game, Publish or Perish! Very excited to have received our copies in the mail – thanks, Max! You can check out Max's game here 👇 publishorperish.games

Thank you to @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social and David Broska for an engaging presentation on their work on support for predistributive and redistributive policies! @robbwiller.bsky.social @stanfordpacs.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! @robbwiller.bsky.social @stanfordpacs.bsky.social

Compelling evidence in this new WP that AI can do "deep canvassing" and durably reduce prejudice and change policy attitudes. Very cool stuff from @tomcostello.bsky.social @gordpennycook.bsky.social @robbwiller.bsky.social @dgrand.bsky.social

Very cool to see this research developed into a policy brief! Impactful work from a superstar team: @joon-s-pk.bsky.social @cqzou.bsky.social ‬ @aaronshaw.bsky.social @mako.cc Carrie Cai, Meredith Ringel Morris, @robbwiller.bsky.social Percy Liang, @mbernst.bsky.social

‬Big thanks to @devorahmanekin.bsky.social for an engaging talk on how affective polarization may shape nonviolent resistance!

Thank you Kylie Fuller 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!

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

Big thanks to @simine.com 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!

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.

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 @chagaiweiss.bsky.social for sharing his recent RCT with us, which showed that receiving investment portfolios in energy markets—especially green energy—can increase belief in climate change, support for climate action, and pro-environmental behavior. Exciting and encouraging results!

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: www.venn-advisors.com

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/

Thank you, Yao Xu, 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 @lxeagle17.bsky.social 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

Congrats to our lab's members and affiliates on their @spspnews.bsky.social presentations! 🎉🎉🎉 Check out the attached image for everyone's presentation details! ⬇️👀

A huge thank you to @spruill.bsky.social 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!

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!

We're honored to be among the winners of the 2024 @stanfordhai.bsky.social Seed Research Grants! And congrats to the scholars behind this winning proposal: Jonas Schoene, Johannes Eichstaedt, and @robbwiller.bsky.social

Thank you Maya Mathur for presenting your research on the behavioral science of reducing meat consumption at our lab workshop! You can learn about the work that Maya's lab, the Humane & Sustainable Food Lab, does here 👇 www.foodlabstanford.com

Thanks to @small-schulz.bsky.social for stopping by our lab this week to workshop his research on using Mastodon to test algorithms for reducing partisan misperceptions. Excited to see this project develop!

Excited to see our Strengthening Democracy Challenge featured in @pnas.org: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... To learn more, check out the manuscript in @science.org (science.org/doi/10.1126/...)!

Big thanks to @anthlittle.bsky.social for an informative presentation on how we might model motivated reasoning to distinguish the process from Bayesian updating. Check out Andrew’s argument in this fascinating pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/os...

A big thank you to Katherine Clayton for workshopping The Structural Democratic Reforms megastudy in our lab this week! Excited to see this ambitious project develop! Jonne Kamphorst, @robbwiller.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social Ben Kinder, Chrystal Redekopp, Izzy Gainsburg

Thank you @jsmernyk.bsky.social and Jonne Kamphorst for presenting your exciting research on LLM-based voter guides!

Thank you to Jonas Schoene for sharing your innovative work on social media's role in shaping perception and well-being!

Big thanks to @anjiecao.bsky.social for an insightful talk this past Tuesday in our lab on the cognitive and perceptual differences between the United States and China!

Big thanks to @noamgidron.bsky.social for an insightful talk this past Tuesday in our lab on the underpinnings of public support for democratic backsliding in Israel!

Big thanks to @madalina.bsky.social for presenting this past Tuesday on effective interventions in the behavioral sciences to stimulate pro-climate behaviors!

New paper from Luiza Santos, Jan Voelkel, @robbwiller.bsky.social and Jamil Zaki in PNAS Nexus! This project is a great demonstration of how we need to harness both the heart and the mind to tackle polarization.

Big thanks to Joon Park for presenting your research last week on Tuesday on generative agents for simulating human behavior!

Big thanks to Jonne Kamphorst for presenting your insightful research this past Tuesday in our workshop on how perceptions of policy priorities can shift voting behavior!

Mohamed Hussein is starting as an AP of Marketing at Columbia Business School. His analytical reasoning and theoretical contributions to marketing and social psych - especially around political division - are already impressive. Mohamed is a sort of real-life Paul Bunyan, legendary in his own time.

@isaiasghezae.bsky.social is starting the PhD program at Harvard Psych. His experimental and computational skills have been crucial to our work the last two years, and his intellectual background was just as valuable. I’ll miss his insights, hard work, and ever-present sense of humor.

Kylie Fuller is starting the PhD program at NYU Sociology. Kylie was our crazy smart research coordinator the last two years, with *incredible* skills in political sociology, social psychology, and climate change. We'll miss her excellent taste in indep film and '80's alternative music.

Luiza Santos is starting as a Behavioral Scientist on the Human-Centered AI Team at Toyota Research. Her research on affective dimensions of political psychology was a needed perspective. We'll miss her smart feedback, analytic mind, and sense of humor (and hope she hangs with us sometimes!)

Jan Voelkel is starting as an AP at Cornell Sociology after a postdoc at Wharton. He will be missed for his innovative experimental skills, analytical rigor, methods expertise, and kind teaching style. Jan’s commitment to open and replicable research changed our lab forever. #Leadership!

Austin Van Loon is starting as an AP of Work and Organizational Studies at MIT Sloan. His computational social science skills and background in sociological theory are irreplaceable. We already miss his generosity, sense of humor, leadership on computational methods, and constant karaoke readiness.

Siwar Aslih is starting as an AP of Psychology at UCSC. We’ll miss her theoretical depth, creativity, and broad knowledge of intergroup conflict and resistance. Siwar brought her unique intellectual #bossmode style to Stanford, & it was a thing to behold. UCSC is getting one hell of a scholar.

With the new school year, my lab (@pascl-stanford.bsky.social) is adjusting to some big departures, as many folks move on to exciting new homes. Here’s a look at this stellar crop of alums & where they’re headed now. It’s been a privilege to work with such talented scholars & good friends!

Very cool to see our research on political persuasion covered in TIME Magazine by Terry Szuplat!!! time.com/7020200/terr...

Big thanks to Kasey Rhee for workshopping her research on the consequences of experiencing repeated political losses with PASCL this past Tuesday! We look forward to seeing this project develop!

Big thanks to Robin Na from @mitsloan.bsky.social (robin-na.github.io) for an insightful presentation in our lab's workshop today! Robin's research with Abdullah Almaatouq on how RAG and LLMs can use the scientific literature to forecast social science outcomes is truly cutting edge ✂️

Thanks @kristianvsf.bsky.social for presenting at our lab's workshop on how interstate conflict affects support for undemocratic candidates! @robbwiller.bsky.social