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Claire E. Robertson, PhD

@crobertson500.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof @ Colby College. Head of the EXPO Lab, studying extremism and polarization. sites.google.com/colby.edu/expo-lab… Currently a postdoc at NYU and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management.

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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New paper powered by not one but two dissertations, led by @small-schulz.bsky.social and @crobertson500.bsky.social!
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and make major changes to its products over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms Meta agreed to limit how long teenagers can spend on its platforms & to ban features that stoke mental health issues www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...
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Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims
The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 25/08/2026
Glad to finally be able to post about this long-in-the-works paper, led by the amazing @crobertson500.bsky.social and @small-schulz.bsky.social! "Everyone knows" that social media gives a distorted view of public opinion (...right?). 1/8
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization We find that: 1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates 2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one 3) This replicates in 40 countries 4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Is social media truly making us more politically polarized, or does it simply over-represent our most extreme opinions? In our new preprint, @small-schulz.bsky.social and I present *punishing evidence* that social media systematically overrepresents users’ most extreme political opinions. 1/n
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨🚨 My lab is hiring a Pre-doc Researcher/Lab Manager! 🚨🚨 Full-time pre-doc research opening in my lab at Harvard Psych (start: Summer/Fall 2026). Review begins April 10 Apply: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/HarvardUnive... Please repost + tag folks who might be a good fit! 👇
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Research Assistant II
Company Description: By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds...
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
People really love morality -- to an almost disturbing amount. Check out this **fun, quirky, NYC experience** i got a targeted ad for on Instagram 🫠
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Nate Fast @natefast.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Winners: Benjamin Lira Luttges @lirabenjamin.bsky.social sky.social, Dan-Mircea Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social, Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social Honorable mentions: Claire E. Robertson @crobertson500.bsky.social, Thomas Scheurer‬, Michael Geers @michaelgeers.bsky.social
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Nori Jacoby @norijacoby.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
We are recruiting two postdoctoral scholars for a research project in human collective intelligence and creativity at UC Davis and Cornell. Joint project with @enfascination.com, @norijacoby.bsky.social, @oferon.bsky.social & Dalton Conley. Please forward this thread to relevant people. 1/n
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
ATTENTION New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research publicusaresearchbenefits.com Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!
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Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
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Mary C. Murphy @marycmurphy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Academic friends, if your NSF grants have been terminated by the administration, FABBS is hosting a webinar Friday about appealing the decisions. It's important that as many people appeal as possible to show we're not accepting this targeting of science. Link to the webinar registration is below.
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Besides killing innovation, this action on NSF puts 8 decades of freely available, consistent, rigorous, & widely used time-series evidence about who we are, what we do, what we want, & what we know at risk of never being collected again. The ANES and GSS are at risk. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 02/05/2025
Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology who pursued non-academic careers. We spoke with Teon Brooks about his journey from a postdoctoral scholar to a data science consultant. go.nature.com/3GAhf9b #psychscisky #academicsky
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Jeff Seidman (he/him) @jeffsseidman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
🔌💡 Vassar College is hiring a 2-year Research Associate (post-doc) in Community-Engaged Energy Systems Modeling. Bring your modeling skills, apply them in a regional context, and communicate them to inform decisions of local and regional politicians. *Deadline extended to May 10.* Pls. Share widely!
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Faculty Research Associate in Environmental Studies
Department Environmental Studies Program Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backg...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
NYU is hiring a Visiting Lecturer in Social Psychology The position is ideal for someone who is applying for academic positions and looking to gain additional research and teaching experience. The salary is $70,000 Applicant review begins MAY 1. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166631
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Another amazing opportunity with a mentor I am so grateful to have worked with!! @ashwinia.bsky.social
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Apply Apply!! @jayvanbavel.bsky.social is a fantastic mentor, and this is a great opportunity!
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
As per NYT: "Every dollar spend on research returns at least $5 to the economy." From every angle, including fiscal, science is a force for good. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
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Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Polling my extremely smart community -- I'll be teaching a 1st- year writing course next year, and I'm thinking about doing it on psych., tech., and the ways it distorts our perceptions. Do you have books/stories/movies/etc that changed how you thought about our online brains? + if by wmn. or POC
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ajua duker @ajuaduker.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🚨 I’m hiring a full-time lab manager to help me build my lab start in July or August 2025! 🚨 If you know any stellar candidates who might be interested, please send this their way. 🗓 Application review begins April 15 ⏰ Final deadline is April 25 📎 Apply here ➡️ lnkd.in/evhfqzTP
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🎉 I am THRILLED to announce that I will be starting at Colby College as an assistant prof. Of Psychology In Fall 2025! 🎉 I’ll be starting the ExPo Lab, and will be focused on working with undergraduates to study the causes and consequences of extremism and polarization.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Our findings reveal that news media companies have an incentive to produce news headlines containing out-group derogation to maximize engagement, which may, in turn, heighten animosity between groups. This was led by @jesperrasmussen.bsky.social @steverathje.bsky.social @crobertson500.bsky.social
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jesperrasmussen.bsky.social @jesperrasmussen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨 New WP on online news consumption (osf.io/h3cn5_v1) 🚨 KEY FINDING: Negativity + identity language is particularly effective at generating engagement—and even more when targeting out-groups With @steverathje.bsky.social, @crobertson500.bsky.social , @jayvanbavel.bsky.social 🧵👇
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Inoculation reduces social media engagement with affectively polarized content www.nature.com/articles/s44... cc @profsanderlinden.bsky.social "...inoculation significantly reduced self-reported engagement with polarising stimuli." But didn't reduce "polarised language in user generated text"
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