🔊Listen to the June 3rd @laist.com podcast with Bob Page, OC Registrar of Voters & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu about the status of votes being counted and where we stand in the governor's race: laist.com/news/statewi...

🔊Catch the June 2nd episode of the @laist.com podcast, "Primary Election 2026, LA's 'mansion tax,' your first voting experience, and more," with @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu: open.spotify.com/episode/1Kdc...

📢 New blog post from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Beatrice Magistro, @northeasternu.bsky.social: 🔸Mapping the Mindsets: How Americans View AI's Economic Future🔸 lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b... 🔹LCSSP posts & archive: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b...

Today is Primary Election Day in California! ✅ It's important to drop off your ballot today at a designated dropbox or vote center before polls close! ✅ Also, take the ballot to a post office to make sure it is manually postmarked as today's mail. www.instagram.com/reel/DZFrFnc...

🔊New paper from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk! 🔶Read the latest environmental data science research published in @nature.com Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Watch a clip from the May 20th #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & guest Thad Kousser, ucsandiego.bsky.social, “The Flaws and Unintended Consequences of the Top Two Primary System." 🔶Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lV...

📢 New blog post from caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director, rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, Ransi Clark, & Alex Halsey, caltech.edu: 🔸Data Centers Are Spooking Americans🔸 lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b... 🔹LCSSP blog archive: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b...

Here’s a video from the May 20th episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & guest Thad Kousser, @ucsandiego.bsky.social, “Building Trust: Scholars & Election Officials Unite!” 🔶Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lV...

Congratulations to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social’s Rafal Kocielnik, Ramit Debnath, & Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on their paper being published: @icmlconf.bsky.social, 2026 & for Best Paper Honorable Mention @neuripsconf.bsky.social LAW Workshop! Project page: psychology-of-ai.github.io

📺 Watch the latest episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours - Science, Trust, and the June 2nd Primary: A Deep Dive into Election Transparency & Reform with host @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & guest Thad Kousser, @ucsandiego.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lV...

Congratulations to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow Rafal Kocielnik for being recognized as an ICML 2026 Silver Reviewer! @icmlconf.bsky.social's effort to acknowledge this is very much appreciated!

Congratulations to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk on being appointed Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group at @jbs.cam.ac.uk! Read below for details: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2026/eprg-ap...

Remember to join us, May 20 at 11am PST as @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director & @caltech.edu Professor @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social hosts Thad Kousser, Professor of Political Science, @ucsandiego.bsky.social for #ElectionScienceOfficeHours! ✅Register NOW: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Here’s a clip from the May 6th #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & Kim Alexander, CA Voter Foundation - “Strengthening Democracy: The Value of Every Vote.” 🔶 Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Oa...

Join us on Wed., May 20 at 11am Pacific for the next episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours: @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu will host Thad Kousser, Professor of Political Science, @ucsandiego.bsky.social. Register today: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔶The Pulse of Polarization: Caltech LCSSP’s Michael Alvarez & Raquel Centeno on Identity & Politics🔶 Watch here as @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @rcenteno.bsky.social expose complex forces driving partisan polarization in the US today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vcu...

See the short video from the May 6 #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & Kim Alexander, “Addressing Threats to Election Officials & Vote Counting:" youtu.be/hRhutQbQB_s 🔶Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Oa...

Learn about @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath’s part in shaping @crasshlive.bsky.social‘s blend of diverse perspectives and concepts! See here for more info in @crasshlive.bsky.social's 25th Anniversary - 25 ideas that shaped us: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/eve...

📢New blog post from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, Ransi Clark, and Alex Halsey, @caltech.edu: 🔸What Do Americans Know About Big Tech and AI Companies? lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b... 🔹LCSSP posts & archive: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b...

🔊New project from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA) and @cam.ac.uk! Read more here: www.nutgraph.in/post/learnin...

📺 Watch the latest episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & guest Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation on the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Oa...

🔶The Rhetoric of Governance: A Conversation between Caltech’s Michael Alvarez & Harvard’s Danny Ebanks🔶 Watch this video as Danny & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social discuss their work in U.S. congressional voting behavior & political speech through computational lenses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaYY...

So excited to welcome the newest member of the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social team, Rafal Kocielnik, Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow in Science, Society, and Policy! Learn more about Rafal here: www.rkocielnik.com

🟠Don't forget to join us on May 6th at 11am PACIFIC as @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's Co-Director and @caltech.edu Professor @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social hosts Kim Alexander for this week's episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours! ✅ Register NOW & join us: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔶Bridging Science & Society: Caltech’s Michael Alvarez and Cambridge’s Ramit Debnath🔶 📺Watch the video as @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social sits with Ramit to discuss how they came to collaborate & form the Caltech-Cambridge Lab: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVgN...

Congratulations to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath on receiving the AI Accelerator grant from @ai.cam.ac.uk! See below for details:

New work from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Board Member Hannah Druckenmiller, @caltech.edu offers a promising path forward: a "spatial first differences" approach that identifies causal effects in dense geocoded datasets without requiring instruments: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOI...

🔶Meet Ramit Debnath: LCSSP Research Affiliate & Director, CHIA at Cambridge🔶 Watch this brief video about Ramit and discover how his work at both @cam.ac.uk and @caltech.edu bridges the gap between social intelligence and technical innovation to shape future public policy: youtu.be/4XzEWw17tJg

Join us on Wed., May 6 at 11am Pacific for the next episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours: @caltechlcssp.bsky.social at @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social will host Kim Alexander, President and Founder of the California Voter Foundation. Register today: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔊New paper from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk! 🔶Read the paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

📺Watch the discussion between @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu and Bob Page, OC Registrar of Voters which centers around a new project funded by @mitelectionlab.bsky.social aimed at improving the accuracy and quality of voter registration data in Orange County!

📢 Learn more about this project from grant recipient @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu and Bob Page, OC County Registrar in this short video clip:

🔊 New paper ("Fast-ER: GPU-Accelerated Record Linkage and Deduplication in Python") published in JORS: 🔶 Jacob Morrier, @analysisgroup.com 🔶 Sulekha Kishore, @mit.edu 🔶 rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu Read paper here: openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/10....

Read "Why Peak Water Matters for Data‑Center Reporting," re: new Caltech‑linked research that explains what’s missing: data centers’ water demand is highly “spiky.” Research by @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's Sara Kassir, paper by Adam Wierman, @caltech.edu & coauthors: thegputrade.com/news/why-pea...

New research from @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu: Securing the Vote Against Autonomous AI Read & subscribe: electionscience.substack.com/p/securing-t...

📢 New blog post from caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Policy Lead, Sara Kassir: 🔸Transparency on the Water Demand of AI Data Centers: What Reporting Requirements Should Policymakers Be Focusing On?🔸 lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b.... 🔹LCSSP posts & archive: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b....

See the short video from April 8 #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & Bob Page, OC ROV, “Ensuring Every Vote Counts: The Push for Multilingual Support in Elections.” 🔶Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjWA....

Here's a clip from the Apr. 8 #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & Bob Page, OC Registrar of Voters, “Why Orange County Leads California's Ballot Printing Revolution.” 🔶Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjWA....

Catch the latest episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours - The Scale of Democracy: Managing the Fifth-Largest Voting Jurisdiction in the Country with rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, caltech.edu & Bob Page, OC Registrar of Voters - watch now on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjWA....

🔊New paper published in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Energy Policy journal: 🟠 Ransi Clark, @caltech.edu 🟠 Beatrice Magistro, @northeasternu.bsky.social 🟠 rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu Paper available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Team science paper by @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath has made the cover of @nature.com! See link to this issue: www.nature.com/nature/volum...

Great webinar coming up at 11 am Pacific this Wednesday, April 8 with @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu and Bob Page, Orange County Registrar of Voters on the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours. 🔶Register at the link below and join us: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New working paper with Sophie Borwein: "Causal Beliefs about the Economic Effects of AI among Politicians and the Public" from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Beatrice Magistro, @northeasternu.bsky.social! 🟠Read the paper here: osf.io/preprints/so...

Today we’re awarding grants to ten research projects across the country that aim to improve the security, accuracy, and accessibility of voter registration systems and list maintenance practices. buff.ly/g0xAjUC

A brilliant article synthesizing the findings of the study from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk! 🔶See article link in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... For original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us on Wed., Apr. 8 at 11am Pacific for the next episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours: @caltechlcssp.bsky.social at @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social will host Bob Page, Registrar of Voters (ROV) for Orange County, California. Register today: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Read this massive social science replication study that @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk was involved in! 🔶 See the published paper link in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here’s a clip from the 3/25 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & guest Natalie Adona, ROV of Marin County, “Elected or Appointed? The Truth About Government Roles.” 🟨Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyT....

Our @caltechlcssp.bsky.social newsletter has a fresh new look with content curated just for you! Go to our LCSSP website now and see what’s new: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-n.... 🔶 Sign up for our mailing list to receive the quarterly newsletter by email: lists.caltech.edu/postorius/li....