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Chris Bail

@chrisbail.bsky.social
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Duke Professor directing scai.duke.edu, sicss.io & polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interested in the social impact of AI? Consider applying for this new post-doc at Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32805
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Duke University, Social Science Research Institute
Job #AJO32805, Postdoctoral Associate, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 06/09/2026
Nearly half of all polarization research focuses on the US, yet many American findings are global outliers. A Review in Nature Communications argues that a globally equitable understanding requires bridging traditional social science with new approaches leveraging social media and AI. 🧪
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Toward an integrated and globally equitable understanding of political polarization - Nature Communications
Nearly half of all polarization research focuses on the United States, yet many American findings are global outliers. A globally equitable understanding requires bridging traditional social science with new approaches leveraging social media and AI.
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Max Falkenberg @maxfalken.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Is the world getting more polarized? The polarization of the U.S. is worrying. But is polarization similarly bad elsewhere? What drives polarization globally, what role does social media play, and will AI make things worse? New review in @nature.com communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Applications to host a 2027 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are now live! sicss.io/stories/2026...
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Call for Applications: Host a SICSS Partner Location in 2027
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A new faculty position in media and politics at Stanford: facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Communication - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Communication at Stanford University seeks applicants for a junior appointment at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor. We invite applications from individuals working at the...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 06/07/2026
People can be trained to identify AI-generated faces, doubling their accuracy. Instead of focusing on tells, participants were told to focus on gestalt symmetry, proportionality, attractiveness, expressiveness, distinctiveness, and memorability. In PNAS: ow.ly/SKqz50ZkHNn
Example stimuli used in the experiment.
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It is so important to recognize the vital role of scientific innovation as we contemplate America's 250th birthday. Check out this great commentary in Science by my colleagues SharonBelenzon , Ashish Arora, and Daniel Gross : www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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From Edison’s Invention Factory to the new architecture of innovation
Shifts reflect the maturation of institutions surrounding science
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Another New Nature editor position: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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Associate/Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Human Behaviour)
Title: Associate/Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Human Behaviour team) Location: New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Berlin, Shanghai, Pune or Delhi Closing date: July 10, 2026 About Springer N...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
[walks into the sea]
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Not now, tiny particle that could erase the universe at any moment
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Nature Human Behavior is searching for a new editor to handle Computational Social Science: nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Human Behaviour
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Human Behaviour Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: Shanghai, Milan or Pune – hybrid working model Closing date: 10th July 2026 About Springer Nature...
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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
📄 New paper: people choose AI models partly on political grounds This is joint work with @pettertornberg.com @chrisbail.bsky.social @michelleschimmel.bsky.social and led by @michaelheseltine.bsky.social
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ouch.
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I can't think of many better causes right now than supporting science education for kids like the Tumble Science Podcast: givebutter.com/JokeHaThon2026
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Joke-ha-thon 2026
By Tumble Education, Inc.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This website visualizes social media as a room with 100 people 3 people are producing most toxic content Most people assume 43 are producing toxic content, because these 3 are hyperactive and amplified by engagement based algorithms. The other 97 quiet voices disappear thenoisyroom.com
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Prestige bias is a major problem in academia: success in academia leads to other unfair advantages. Prestige bias is bigger in fields that are less scientific (eg., art, history). Fields where claims are more testable have lower prestige markers (eg math, physics). kurtishingl.com/files/PTTS_l...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New job in computational social science: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Assistant Professor in collaborative civil defence and crisis management, with a focus on computational methods
Department of Building and Environmental Technology   at Lund University, Faculty of Engineering invites applications for a position as Assistant Professor. We are currently seeking a promising early
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Proposal would “dissolve the social and behavioral sciences at NSF”: Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Join us tomorrow (April 2nd) for Tech for Open Minds-- a conference at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Registration is not required, we will accommodate as many people as our room allows! sicss.io/tom
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Interested in whether technology can be leveraged to increase open-mindedness? There are a limited number of spots available to the public for our Tech for Open Minds conference next Thursday (April 2nd), we will accommodate all up to room capacity! Learn more here: sicss.io/tom
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Near the top of my list of book's I'm looking forward to reading this year is Disagree Better, by the great Julia Minson! disagreeingbetter.com/order/the-book
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Torn between arguing or staying silent? Consider a different path that gets results.
Harvard behavioral scientist Julia Minson reveals why persuasion backfires, and the counterintuitive approach that actually gets you what you want while improving your decisions and strengthening…
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and identify new research partners across academic fields? Apply to one of the 2026 Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (described in yellow in the attached map) here: sicss.io/locations
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Seats have opened up at Duke's Conference on Society-Centered AI today! Come join us to hear Nicholas Christakis, Ronnie Chatterji, Reggie Townsend, Kaamna Bhojwani, and many more: sites.duke.edu/scai/schedule/
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What better way to kick off Duke's Conference on Society-Centered AI than a killer talk by Arvind Narayanan (@random_walker) followed by an amazing student panel on topics from empathy to economic development.
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Only two days until #SCAI2026: our annual Conference on Society-Centered AI at Duke. Can't wait to hear amazing talks by Arvind Narayanan, Nicholas Christakis, Ronnie Chatterji, Reggie Townsend, and so many more! sites.duke.edu/scai/
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How can we create new benchmarks to measure the social impact of AI? More than 185 people registered to participate in our second annual society-centered AI hackathon at Duke last weekend-- I've never felt more confident that the future is bright!
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Fascinated by #Moltbook? The Duke Polarization Lab has been studying how humans interact with large groups of bots simulating humans for the past three years, and we've learned a lot. For example, this forthcoming paper in AJPS documents how a "spiral of toxicity" unfolds: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Interested in #Moltbook? Social scientists have been studying whether LLMs can simulate entire social media platforms for some time. 2.5 years ago we published the paper below, and there have been dozens of studies since then which I reviewed last year in this piece: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please tell UNC not to destroy a pristine forest in order to build a new basketball stadium with luxury boxes by signing this petition: renovatesmithcenter.org?utm_source=s...
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Renovate Don’t Relocate - Smith Center Petition
Renovate Don't Relocate Join us in asking UNC Administration to keep Tar Heel Basketball on South Campus. Add My Name We do not support the move of the Smith Center and our historic Carolina men’s…
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Dr. Nicholas Christakis (@nachristakis.bsky.social ) will be joining us as a Keynote Speaker at the Conference on Society-Centered AI 2026 Feb 12-14th! Learn more and Register here: sites.duke.edu/scai/
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Rest in peace, Perspective API
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Dr. Arvind Narayanan (@randomwalker.bsky.social ) will be joining us as a Keynote Speaker at the Conference on Society-Centered AI 2026! Join us Feb 12-14 at Duke for industry and academic keynotes, research spotlight talks, and poster sessions. Learn more and Register here: sites.duke.edu/scai/
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
How can we create new benchmarks to measure the social impact of AI? Join us for an interdisciplinary hackathon where teams will tackle this question and compete for prizes including the chance to present their work at the Conference on Society-Centered AI: sites.duke.edu/scai/hackath...
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Hackathon - #SCAI2026
SCAI Hackathon Join us for the second annual Society-Centered AI Hackathon at Duke University, where teams will work on a topic of importance in society-centered AI. Open to members of the Duke…
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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Tutorial Submissions close on February 2nd!
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Join us for the 2nd annual Conference on Society-Centered AI at Duke University (Feb 12-14th). Last year’s event drew over 700 people from 50+ companies and 20 universities to discuss topics ranging from AI safety to alignment to the impact of AI systems. Register here: sites.duke.edu/scai/
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Main - #SCAI2026
Conference on Society Centered AI February 12 -14, 2026 Duke University, Durham, NC https://youtu.be/m9CGFovLZGQ The #SCAI2026: Conference on Society-Centered AI (previously Responsible AI…
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
some good climate/energy news: * 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!) * 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free * The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
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IVADO @ivado.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🔹 3rd Workshop, Mar 10-13, 2026: Social Reasoning and the Ecology of Thought with @blaiseaguera.bsky.social @ashtonanderson.bsky.social @chrisbail.bsky.social @joehenrich.bsky.social @jzleibo.bsky.social ivado.ca/en/events/so...
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Applications to host a 2026 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due Sunday (December 1st) by 5pm. Don't forget to check out our new "Tech for Open Minds" program too. Apply here: sicss.io/host
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Host a Partner Location
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David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🚨Out in PNAS🚨 Examining news on 7 platforms: 1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news 2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning 3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The ENSAE-CREST is hiring a computational sociologist -- Assistant or Associate Professor. Date of appointment: September 2026. Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
$10 million for a computer scientist who is interested in building a lab that creates new technology to increase civil discourse-- really looking forward to working with the Laude Institute on this new "moonshot" program: moonshots.laude.org
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Laude Institute | Moonshots
Seed funding and multi-year labs for proven academic researchers using AI to tackle species-level challenges. Apply for Moonshot funding in civic discourse, scientific acceleration, frontline healthca...
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🚨New WP!🚨 Structured AI Dialogues Can Increase Happiness and Meaning in Life In a preregistered RCT, four psychology-grounded #AI chatbots improved well-being across several outcomes. Co-authors: Jonas Schoene, Johannes Eichstaedt, Aadesh Salecha, Sonja Lyubomirsky 🧵👇
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Junior and senior faculty positions in computational social scientists at Bocconi, one of the world's best universiites: Assistant Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=841 Associate/Full Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=843
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Job Market - Bocconi University
Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New jobs for computational social scientists at UNC and USC: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... amd uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...
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Assistant Professor
This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Really great discussion of political violence in the U.S. today featuring political scientist Sean Westwood: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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What we get wrong about political violence in the U.S.
Podcast Episode · Apple News Today · 09/27/2025 · 27m
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
New dataset that describes social media activity of a very large group of US elected officials: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials
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