Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosMiriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This 1990 speech by Carl Sagan is timely times two: #war #climate 18958842741
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosMarijn Keijzer @mrnkzr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026How does social influence shape collective outcomes? When does it lead to lock-in on inferior options? In our 🚨 new preprint 📝 osf.io/preprints/so... we make three contributions w/ @alexgelas.bsky.social Alex Jochim @leostnbrk.bsky.social Peter Steiglechner & @pantelispa.bsky.social 🧵1/4doi.orgOSF 11710
Alexandros Gelastopoulos @alexgelas.bsky.social · 26/02/20261/ Why do inferior but popular things remain popular? Excited to share our new paper with @pantelispa.bsky.social, @glemens.bsky.social & @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social "The marginal majority effect: When social influence produces lock-in" www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....science.orgThe marginal majority effect: When social influence produces lock-inYou have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader. 1124
Alexandros Gelastopoulos @alexgelas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Four travel grants available for PhD students and postdocs to present their posters at the 13th Toulouse Economics and Biology Workshop! Apply by Feb 27th. www.iast.fr/conferences/...iast.fr13th Toulouse Economics and Biology Workshop13th Toulouse Economics and Biology Workshop, Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, June 1–2, 2026. 032
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosPantelis P. Analytis @pantelispa.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share! 11924
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosCharlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 18/09/2025It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky www.iast.fr/research-fel...iast.frResearch FellowshipsEach year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello... 04023
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosKevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Go home evolution, you're drunk! 25014
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosCatherine Molho @cmolho.bsky.social · 02/07/2025📣 We are excited (or should we say disgusted?) to announce the conference 'Disgust across borders' at IAST! @iast.fr 🗓️ Join us on Dec 4 & 5 for two days full of disgust research across species and disciplines. Registration and abstract submission are open (until Aug 31): forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY... 12314
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosArnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025As some of you guessed, the two models are statistically indistinguishable. The answer is Model 1, but there was no way to tell from the data. I was very surprised when I first saw this. Here we show that this confounding of heterogeneity and reinforcement is general: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgReinforcement generates systematic differences without heterogeneity | PNASInequality in outcomes may emerge through a reinforcement process in which stochastic variation in values is determined by prior values but may als... 01111
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosMarc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science 📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden ⏰Deadline June 3 🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 Please apply // help us spread the word 210576
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosArnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Did Model 1 or Model 2 generate these sequences? Why? Model 1: Pólya urn, starting with one black and one red ball. 1 (0) stands for black (red). Model 2: Empty probit model, random intercepts with mean 0, ICC = 1/2. All 100,000 sequences here: tinyurl.com/35pkyfxa 324
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosIASToulouse @iast.fr · 17/04/2025📢 We're now on Bluesky! Follow us for insights on: 🧠 Interdisciplinary research 🎤 Talks, workshops & conferences 🎧 Podcasts 🧐 Science outreach #Science #Research #Interdisciplinary #IAST #Toulouse #AcademicLife 0115
Reposted by Alexandros GelastopoulosSamuli Reijula @samulireijula.net · 24/11/2024Science of Science in Copenhagen, June 2025 #scisci 053